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 The U.S. Supreme Court heard an oral argument about the possibility of prohibiting the
sale of “excessively violent video games” to minors in the State of California.
Should the restriction of certain violent video games be taken to a different level than
violent movies or books? Is Grand Theft Auto that much worse than something like Scarface?
“Why just video games? Why not movies, for example, as well?” Chief Justice John Roberts asked Zackery Morazzini, the
attorney representing California petitioners, during the hearing.
Morazzini replied: “Sure, Your Honor. The California legislature was presented with substantial evidence that demonstrates
that the interactive nature of violent – of violent video games where the minor or the young adult is the aggressor, is the – is
the individual acting out this – this obscene level of violence, if you will, is especially harmful to minors.”
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