What's gaming law like outside the U.S.?

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Originally Posted by corncracker

Last I heard in washington state if you sell a mature video game as a minor its the same consequences as selling a cigarette to a minor.

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Impossible, because the classification system is a voluntary guideline, not a legal limitation. That is precisely why these laws always get struck down - they're trying to legally enforce what is an industry's own guideline, and aside from anything else the government hasn't done it's thing to see if it is effective.

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Originally Posted by bipper

Retarded logic. Liquor stores have a responability to card thier clientel. Why would the same get over turned in courts for video games? I genuinely hate video game politics.

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Because selling liquor to minors is illegal. Selling videogames to minors is not. The ESRB is not a lawmaking or law enforcing body, it just creates guidelines. Games don't even have to go to the ESRB before they get released, but I suspect most stores won't sell the game if they do.