When Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich proposed “The Safe Games Illinois Act” in 2004, he hailed the bill as “common-sense legislation” to protect children from video games with violent content.

“There’s a reason why we don’t let kids smoke or drink alcohol or drive a car until they reach a certain age and level of maturity,” Blagojevich said. “That’s just common sense. And that same common sense should be applied to excessively violent and sexually explicit video games.”