New York Governor David Paterson has signed into law a new video game legislation that was recently passed by the Senate and Assembly, according to a report today by GamePolitics.
With this done, Paterson will now form an advisory council to conduct studies on “interactive media and real-life violence in minors exposed to such media”. It [...]

The Entertainment Software Association spent more than $714,000 in the first quarter of 2008 for federal government lobbying, according to a report today by the Associated Press.
Among the issues that were lobbied by the group were First Amendment issues, video game piracy, parental control measures, and patent reform.
The ESA also lobbied several other organizations including [...]