1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comAlexander Macris Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/archon/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ebgRd6KzuX"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/games-on-trial-part-two/">Games on Trial, Part Two</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/games-on-trial-part-two/embed/#?secret=ebgRd6KzuX" width="600" height="338" title="“Games on Trial, Part Two” — The Escapist" data-secret="ebgRd6KzuX" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Today is a great day for the video game industry, and for free speech in the United States. The Supreme Court of the United States has overturned California’s law banning the sale of “deviant or morbid” violent videogames to minors. In so doing, it has extended the aegis of First Amendment protections over the entirety of the gaming medium. Today, our medium gained its legitimacy. Back in November 2010, in Games on Trial, I first analyzed the issues presented in Schwarzenegger v. EMA and predicted that the Court would overturn the California law as being too vague and overly broad, […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/galleries/display/66/66048.jpg