Re:I don't get it. (Score 1)

Here is what I have been able to glean from various articles:

It requres that games disply age ratings. Of course all comercialy available games already display an ESRB rating so nothing changes there.

New consoles must have parental lockouts. Of course all consoles already have lockouts, and have done so for years. So no benifit there.

Establishes a comission to evaluate (suposed) links between real world violence and playing Missle Command. [sarcasm] I am sure that we can trust that the conclusions from a politicaly created body will be far more objective and fact based that academic studies.[/sarcasm]

All in all this has the smell of election year posturing. It was sped through at the end of a legislative session, so that the sponsors could claim to voters that they voted to "protect the children." In reality it will do nothing for NY other than sticking the tax payers with a big legal bill defending against costitutional challanges.

It is an atempt to convince voters that crime is not related to lawmakers failures to handle law enforcement, economics or eduction. It was Mario who stole your hubcaps.