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Industry/Political News - Politician to Make Games to have Cigarette Box-like warnings

Congressman Joe Baca (D-Califorinia) tried to introduced legislature in 2009 on display a label warning of links between violent video games and aggressive behavior. The proposal was denied. Read more about the 2009 legislature here.

Cut to 2011, where he has now proposed the exact same legislature with the exact same information, only the difference now is he's backed by Congressman Frank Wolf (R-Virginia). The Virginian Congressman adds that like smokers being warned about cigarettes via labels, we should warn parents and children about the growing scientific backed link between violent behavior and video games. So really it's the same thing only he's backed with another congressman. If you're interested in this legislature, you can read more about the repeating proposalhere.