Stephen King: Violent Video Game Law is a Crock

As a guest columnist for Entertainment Weekly, Stephen King, horror writer extraordinaire, took on Massachusetts House Bill 1423 which would ban M-rated game sales to anyone under the age of 18. King feels, as do most thinking gamers, that a law such as this only 'bandaids' what the real problem is: Parental supervision:

The most effective bar against what was called ''the seduction of the innocent'' when this hot-button issue centered on violent comic books 60 years ago is still parents who know and care not just about what their kids are watching and reading, but what they're doing and who they're hanging with. Parents need to have the guts to forbid material they find objectionable...and then explain why it's being forbidden. They also need to monitor their children's lives in the pop culture - which means a lot more than seeing what games they're renting down the street.

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