California's Definition of Dangerously Violent Games

[BobYoMeowMeow]

(d) (1) "Violent video game" means a video game in which the range of options available to a player includes killing, maiming, dismembering, or sexually assaulting an image of a human being, if those acts are depicted in the game in a manner that does either of the following:

(A) Comes within all of the following descriptions:
(i) A reasonable person, considering the game as a whole, would find appeals to a deviant or morbid interest of minors.
(ii) It is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the community as to what is suitable for minors.
(iii) It causes the game, as a whole, to lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.

(B) Enables the player to virtually inflict serious injury upon images of human beings or characters with substantially human characteristics in a manner which is especially heinous, cruel, or depraved in that it involves torture or serious physical abuse to the victim.

(2) For purposes of this subdivision, the following definitions apply:
(A) "Cruel" means that the player intends to virtually inflict a high degree of pain by torture or serious physical abuse of the victim in addition to killing the victim.
(B) "Depraved" means that the player relishes the virtual killing or shows indifference to the suffering of the victim, as evidenced by torture or serious physical abuse of the victim.
(C) "Heinous" means shockingly atrocious. For the killing depicted in a video game to be heinous, it must involve additional acts of torture or serious physical abuse of the victim as set apart from
other killings.
(D) "Serious physical abuse" means a significant or considerable amount of injury or damage to the victim's body which involves a substantial risk of death, unconsciousness, extreme physical pain, substantial disfigurement, or substantial impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty. Serious physical abuse, unlike torture, does not require that the victim be conscious of the
abuse at the time it is inflicted. However, the player must specifically intend the abuse apart from the killing.
(E) "Torture" includes mental as well as physical abuse of the victim. In either case, the virtual victim must be conscious of the abuse at the time it is inflicted; and the player must specifically intend to virtually inflict severe mental or physical pain or suffering upon the victim, apart from killing the victim.
(3) Pertinent factors in determining whether a killing depicted in a video game is especially heinous, cruel, or depraved include infliction of gratuitous violence upon the victim beyond that necessary to commit the killing, needless mutilation of the victim's body, and helplessness of the victim.

Help California Name Some Dangerously Violent Games - Schwarzenegger vs - Kotaku

so basically this would include something as simple as Pokemon
thank you California for cutting education and putting your money in stopping video games.

[Chockeh]

(iii) It causes the game, as a whole, to lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.

That one line make's no sense.

[Axx]

of minors
for minors
for minors

Do not care.

[Hiccup]

E) "Torture" includes mental as well as physical abuse of the victim. In either case, the virtual victim must be conscious of the abuse at the time it is inflicted; and the player must specifically intend to virtually inflict severe mental or physical pain or suffering upon the victim, apart from killing the victim.

^pokemon

[Magenera]

I'm confuse? Are we talking about a real person or a virtual person cause a virtual person has no awareness. On that note, glad to know that when AI's become self aware, California will be the first to accept them.

[Chiri]

Enables the player to virtually inflict serious injury upon images of human beings or characters with substantially human characteristics

Not for pokemon, unless it's Jinx or something that looks more human.

I guess this makes all zombie games violent.

[Laconicus]

This is completely flawed. Notice how it only says things about humans or human-like things? If there was a game where you raped animals it wouldn't be banned by these rules. (sorry for the graphic image, just trying to make a point)

[Chockeh]

Not for pokemon, unless it's Jinx or something that looks more human.

I guess this makes all zombie games violent.

What about Zombies vs. Plants?

[MrShandavio]

What about Zombies vs. Plants?

I lol'd for some reason

[Hazeri]

Yay for Virtual characters having rights!
So think about it next time you slay any mob in mabinogi, you could get arrested 8D
[/Sarcasm]

No offense guys, but this is just... gah.