State Law

Is Richard Blumenthal Losing the War On Virtual Beer Pong?

By Ryan

Yes.

Last July, I wrote about Attorney General Blumenthal taking on the makers of a beer pong video game for the Nintendo Wii. In the name of protecting the children of Connecticut, Mr. Blumenthal forced the makers of the game to rename the game Pong Toss. Point Mr. Blumenthal.

In 2009, the iPhone and iPod Touch are the new Wii.

And guess what, in the App Store there are not 1 but 3 virtual beer pong games.

One of the games happens to be free.

The cold hard truth that kids in Connecticut have access to virtual beer pong games. We’re not safe.

Full post as published by A Connecticut Law Blog on February 01, 2009 (boomark / email).