Do video games really need to be censored by the US government? A controversial court case to censor video games has been discussed in recent years. In this case we are trying to convince the US government to ban the sale of all video games that may include graphic violence, virtual sex, violent or gory scenes, partial or total nudity, depictions of criminal behavior, or other provocative or objectionable material ( Mears, paragraph 1). There are numerous arguments as to why video games should or should not be censored. Video games should not be censored because parents should show responsibility in raising their children, it is unconstitutional, video game companies take enough steps to censor their products already and censorship would have a huge impact on the video game industry. In recent years there was the first video game court case called Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association, in an effort to pass a law against the sale or rental of violent games to minors (Scholssman, Para 1). This case has been going on for several years and recently made it all the way to the Supreme Court. On the morning of November 2, 2010, the United States Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments for this case. During oral arguments; both sides explained why they believe the bill should be passed or rejected. During the oral arguments of the Representative of California; Justice Scalia pointed out that the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, a series of German fairy tales for families and children, are also violent and could be excluded from the law. This brought up an immediate discussion, whether or not it could be expanded to just video games or all sources of entertainment... middle of paper ......ame Votes Network states that "content-based government regulation of games will stifle creativity, and will have a chilling effect on game publishers who may feel the need to dilute content due to the threat of government action and fines” (2010, para. 2). These regulations will impose enormous limitations on video game producers that producers of other forms of media do not have to deal with. This case is still ongoing and is being litigated in the Supreme Court. The fact that the Entertainment Merchants Association has won all the cases in the lower courts gives them a huge advantage in the Supreme Court ruling. They expect to hear a ruling in late February or early March 2011, but at the latest in June because that's when the Supreme Court's term ends. When a sentence is issued there will be no warnings and once the sentence is withdrawn everyone will have to go from there.