The synopsis of the bill (provided at the link above):
> Amends the Violent Video Games Law in the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes provisions that restricts the sale or rental of violent video games to minors to prohibit the sale of all violent video games. Modifies the definition of "violent video game" to mean a video game that allows a user or player to control a character within the video game that is encouraged to perpetuate human-on-human violence in which the player kills or otherwise causes serious physical or psychological harm to another human or an animal. Modifies the definition of "serious physical harm" to include psychological harm and child abuse, sexual abuse, animal abuse, domestic violence, violence against women, or motor vehicle theft with a driver or passenger present inside the vehicle when the theft begins. Makes conforming changes, including repealing a Section concerning the labeling of violent video games by video game retailers.
I am gonna take a atypical/non-standard opinion (for HN) on this -- I wholeheartedly support this proposed bill.
We already have First Amendment restrictions when it comes to the depiction of a certain type of crime (i.e. a certain type of pornography). If that 1st Am. exemption is legal and permissible, then it should constitutional for that exemption to cover other crimes as well.
I see no reason why the depiction of the commission of other types of crime should be legal, permissible, and even popular (as shown by how many buy games like these). You can still make a lot of interesting video games that don't involve gratuitous user-directed violence / other crime.
Heck, I think the whole video game scene will become a lot more interesting and creative once a ban like this is put into law.
One last note: I don't think this bill would lead any reduction in real-world crime. I know that was the reason this bill was introduced, but I find that kind of connection to be spurious at best. I think a real reason we should ban depictions of crimes and violence (often where the player is the one perpetrating it), is that it simply is distasteful, and if I may say so--a tad bit morally not-good.