User blog comment:MEffect Fan/California VG law/@comment-217683-20101101232832/@comment-217683-20101102032754

I do have my moments! :)

Seriously though, that's one of my big things. I don't vote to send people to Sacramento and Washington, D.C. to serve as nannies. I don't need government going "Don't stay up too late! Eat your vegetables! Don't drink so many sugary drinks! That might have trans-fats in it! Don't play those violent video games!" I can manage that myself, thanks. Ditto for parents. I know if I did have kids, I'd want the government to leave parenting to me. I send people to the state and federal capitols to do things I can't reasonably do myself, like manage the state and federal finances (though maybe I could do that better than them), stop terrorists, handle relations with other countries, put men in space, etc. Not to waste my money with nonsense like this.

As has been pointed out by Lancer and Dammej, the market has already pretty much solved this "problem" thanks to the ESRB doing its job, and most retailers following those guidelines. Government just wants in on the action to make it look like they've accomplished something.