A couple weeks ago I reported that Indianapolis' silly Mayor Bart Peterson and county prosecutor Scott Newman enacted a silly law meant to save our kids from the scourge that is Mortal Kombat (and other violent games like Ms. Pac Man). The law forced arcade owners to separate violent games with a curtain or wall and to not allow those under 18 to play. The law goes into effect September 1st.

Two game industry groups are suing to negate the law, The American Amusement Machine Association and the Amusement and Music Operators Association are petitioning a judge to issue a restraining order on the law. According to Frank Seninsky of the Amusement and Mus… er… the 2nd one: "We are on the edge of a slippery slope, and our industry has been forced to litigate to protect core constitutional rights."

Republican video game advocate Max from MDK2 declined to comment as did Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman. Duke Nukem and John Mullins (Duke Nukem Forever and Soldier of Fortune) did suggest that Frank Seminsky "gun them all down and aim for the crotch!" but this advice was deemed unhelpful. Good luck Frank, keep Mr. Do legal.

Gold:

Star Trek New Worlds: Earth, the not so final frontier….

Age of Empires II: The Conquerors: Stay tuned for the next AOE add-on: AOE 2: The Nice Guys.

Reach for the Stars: For breakfast I also like to reach for the moons, clovers and horseshoes.

Sanity: Aiken's Artifact: Hey, Ice T is down wit it.

SIMS: Livin' Large Mortimer Goth! How you livin' homeslice?

Released:(interesting, all of them are sports games…)

Madden 2001: Feel the Power!

Sydney 2000: Australian for "Summer Games."

Grand Prix 3: Just like NASCAR Heat, only not with NASCARs.

NASCAR Heat: Just like Grand Prix 3, only not with Grand Prix cars?