Ah-nold's Game Law: Terminated!

A federal court judge ruled that California's Video Game Law (imposing a video game rating system and fining retailers for selling violent games) is unconstitutional  (full text of ruling, PDF). 

The crux of Judge Whyte's ruling:

The evidence does not establish that video games, because of their interactive nature or otherwise, are any more harmful than violent television, movies, internet sites or other speech-related exposures.

Although some reputable professional individuals and organizations have expressed particular concern about the interactive nature of video games, there is no generally-accepted study that supports that concern. There has also been no detailed study to differentiate between the effects of violent videos on minors of different ages.

The court, although sympathetic to what the legislature sought to do by the Act, finds that the evidence does not establish the required nexus between the legislative concerns about the well-being of minors and the restrictions on speech required by the Act.

Of course, moral panics over new forms of entertainment are nothing new. Whenever new forms come out, elders have the tendency to think that they're far more corrosive than previous expressions.