Violent video games are protected 
forms of free speech, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today.
In a 7-2 ruling, the Court struck down a controversial California law that attempted to restrict the sale of violent games to minors.
“Video games qualify for First Amendment protection,” the Court said in its ruling, written by Justice Scalia. “Like protected books, plays, and movies, they communicate ideas through familiar literary devices and features distinctive to the medium. And ‘the basic principles of freedom of speech . . . do not vary’ with a new and different communication medium.”
Chris Morris: Journalist 