Remember “back in the day” when Mike Tyson’s Punch Out and Mortal Kombat were considered brutally violent and Leisure Suit Larry and Final Fantasy were too sexy for the uptight gamer? How things have changed for more modern gaming. Like the Gen X and Gen Y gamers, modern gamers have become seemingly desensitized to the gore and sex. It’s new and shocking for a minute, and then we just want to get on with the plot.

Perhaps that’s why gamers of all ages are up in arms about the possibility of violent games being criminalized and treated like pornography. A current argument in the United States Supreme Court of California would do just that, and there is no statute of limitations in the argument as currently worded. Ergo, if the bill passes, ALL violent games regardless of their age will not be sold to gamers of particular ages. A gaming advocacy group is defending the gaming and freedom of speech faction. Read more about it here.

Mortal Kombat

Down with censorship, 5.0 out of 5 based on 3 ratings

Tags: Super Nintendo Entertainment System SNES

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