ViolentVideoGames,Inc.markets a variety of shooting,fighting and hunting video games.A state statue is enacted that requires all video game manufacturers to label any games with an option to kill something as "excessively violent." A court would likely hold this regulation to be

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The state statute requiring labeling of excessively violent video games would likely be challenged as an unconstitutional restriction of speech. Video games, like other forms of media, are generally considered protected speech under the First Amendment, and government regulation of the content of such speech is subject to strict scrutiny by the courts. The statute would likely be found to be too broad and vague, and not narrowly tailored to serve a compelling government interest.