I don't know. USN so song?We ought to ban everything but our birthday suits, it's ruining Homo Sapiens as a whole!
Under most US ideas of lawmaking that is dubious (interference with free trade, interference with free speech). Instead politicos rattle a sabre and then the industry in question "voluntarily" introduces a code, and they go back to the voters (usually scared old people) saying we did it whilst not being able to have interference with business come back the other way.Hey, I know what'll solve this. How about a central body that gives out ratings for games, based on content? It'll be great, you just submit the game and it gets rated, then when it releases publicly, there can be selling restrictions for age and folks will be able to make an informed buying decision about the product! It's amazing, I'm sure no one has ever thought of this.
Mind you clicking around on the links from the opening post then I noticed the ESRB is given some kind of force of law
https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=072000050K12A-20
Seems I am a failure. Also forgot legs in the Victorian era
http://www.unhingedhistorian.com/2013/01/top-ten-awesome-victorian-swear-words.html