The battle between the video game industry and the State of California ended with the Supreme Court ruling California’s law unconstitutional. The 2005 law would have made it a crime to sell violent video games to minors. Now the Entertainment Software Association filed a motion for reimbursement of $1.1 million in attorneys fees from California. The ESA motion argues that numerous states had tried to pass similar laws and had them shot down as unconstitutional. Thus, the ESA contends California was wasting time and taxpayer dollars defending legislation doomed to fail.

As reported by San Jose Mercury News, on Wednesday (October 22, 2008), the State of California will try to revive its crusade against violent video games. This will be contesting a law deemed unconstitutional in 2007. This decision will be reviewed by the 9th District U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. It is in reaction to the pending release of Mad World for the Nintendo Wii.

The law itself bars sale or rental of violent video games to minors. Other such similar laws have been repealed nationwide in the US, often being cited as attempts to limit both freedom of speech and of expression.

Law-makers seem to be in agreement that…