Justin Kemppainen, Minnesota Games Examiner, writes:
So, by now you may have checked out and seen the latest from Game Politics, and perhaps have noticed that video game legislation is cropping up once more. It is unsurprising that the ultra-conservative Utah is the first to adopt such a strategy.
In case you were unaware or are too lazy to click; the bill, introduced by Jack Thompson, states that penalties would be issued against retailers who have pledged to sell R-rated films and Mature-rated video games to those underage.
This may sound limiting; one might think "well, if they don't make the pledge in the first place, then there's no penalty." However, despite a lack of a repeated public announcement or anything that would really suggest compliance, more retailers than you think have done so.
It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.
Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.
A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.
