With United States Supreme Court case Schwarzenegger vs. EMA in swing, the heat is on from interest groups pushing for the contested law that would criminalize the sale of violent video games to minors. Here's how K-Mart and Sears are so not helping.
The Parents Television Council shot out a press release this morning announcing its intent to urge the Supreme Court to uphold the law. Among materials cited was a "secret shopper" campaign conducted by the PTC where 12- to 16-year-olds attempted to buy M-rated games from retailers in 14 different states. According to PTC, K-Mart and Sears failed to check the age of the shoppers 62 percent of the time.
On the bright side, GameStop, Shopko, and Toys R Us never failed to check ID and Target only failed 5 percent of the time. Best Buy, Walmart, and Blockbuster clocked in at up to 33 percent fail. Most of these numbers are vast improvements on a similar 2008 "secret shopper" study conducted by PTC with only Best Buy showing an increase in the sale of M-rated games to minors.
Schwarzenegger vs. EMA is scheduled to be heard in court next Tuesday. GamePolitics has the most up-to-date coverage on the court proceedings, and you can find out more about the case here. And in case you're wondering what a Supreme Court ruling could do to you, the gamer, study up.
Correction: An early version of this article appeared to imply the case was currently being heard.
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