It seems that these days, any and every U.S. politician will find some time to speak out against the "atrocity" of violence and sex in videogames. It's such a frequent occurrence that it spurred on a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Dennis McCauley, to start-up GamePolitics.com. Just in the last week alone, we have a U.S. senator calling for the boycott of the unreleased 25 to Life, a D.C. Mayoral Candidate saying the videogame industry is "out of control," and a group of North Carolina state senators trying to pass yet another restriction of sales of violent games.
Schumer called upon New York retailers to boycott the game, and for Sony and Microsoft to cancel their licensing deals with Eidos for 25 to Life. "Little Johnny should be learning how to read, not how to kill cops," Schumer said. The bottom line is that games that are aimed and marketed at kids shouldn't desensitize them to death and destruction."
Another interesting point of discussion that was brought up is GTA: SA's unlockable sex mini-game. Could it make the game as obscene as a hardcore porno flick, thus making it illegal to sell to a minor? Get caught up on your game politics
right here.