Because Congress clearly has nothing more important to focus on at the moment, Rep. Joe Baca (D) has just introduced a bill called the Video Game Health Labeling Act, which would require all violent video games to carry a Surgeon General-type explicit warning label on them. What would it read?
“WARNING: Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior.”
The act states this would be plastered on all games rated Teen and above. Baca cites “scientific studies from the Pediatrics Journal, University of Indiana, University of Missouri, and Michigan State University” which point to a “neurological link between playing violent video games and aggressive behavior in children and teenagers.”
The bill’s co-sponsor, Rep. Frank Wolf (R), has more light to shed on the cigarette comparison. “Just as we warn celebrity smokers of the health consequences of tobacco, we should warn parents — and children — about the growing scientific evidence demonstrating a relationship between violent video games and violent behavior. As a parent and grandparent, I think it is important people know everything they can about the extremely violent nature of some of these games.”
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