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07/14/2010 AN 's Jeff Green chimes in California for the game right if the Supreme Court If you were looking for a concise explanation of why you should care about the upcoming Supreme Court reviewCalifornia 's often defeated measures to prohibit the sale "too" violent games to minors, look no further than the blog EA' s Jeff Green . Then again, you've probably heard his argument before: Films have the MPAA, and games have the ESRB. Why does Gov. Schwarzenegger think the first can be self-regulated, while the second must be restricted by state law?

Green worries that, should the law be reenacted, it could have "a chilling effect on the gaming industry as a whole," forcing developers to constantly second-guess the content that goes into their games. He encourages everyone who wants to voice their opinion on the bill to speak up on this ECA-penned petition.

AN 's Jeff Green chimes in California for the game right if the Supreme Court originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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