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The California State Assembly Democratic Caucus issued the following news release:
Harvard University School of Public Health (HSPH) released a study yesterday indicating that Mature or M rated video games often include content, including graphic violence, that is not noted on the game box content description. This is the first independent, quantitative study to analyze content in M rated games.
"This is yet another piece of evidence showing that the current rating system just doesn't work," said Assembly Speaker pro Tem Leland Yee (D San Francisco/Daly City), a child psychologist and legislator who authored California's law to prohibit the sale of extremely violent games to minors. "I have urged the industry on numerous occasions to appropriately rate and disclose the content of M rated video games. Yet, time and time again we have seen that parents can't trust the ratings; now this study...