Increasingly violent video games now are adding sexual themes. And the video-game industry is fighting any restrictions on content.
The Entertainment Software Association is bringing major video-game publishers together to form a political action committee. The group will fund candidates who are friendly to its goals — no regulation "in any form."
“As games have gotten more violent and really hypersexual these days, I think America’s clamoring for the video-game industry to be more responsible," said Daniel Weiss, senior analyst for media and sexuality at Focus on the Family Action. “Money does a lot of talking in Washington, unfortunately, and our concern is that this lobby is going to be very formidable.”
The coalition under the lobbying umbrella includes Walt Disney Co., Microsoft Corp. and Nintendo.
Matt Barber, policy director for cultural issues at Concerned Women for America, said family advocates are swimming upstream in the battle for regulations.
“It’s going to be difficult to get common-sense legislation in place," he said, "especially where we have an activist lobby."
