Hasta La Gadget!

Are video games too violent? Yes, says pretty much every grownup, ever, apparently. This is according to a new study commissioned by Common Sense Media, a parent watchdog group.

The study of 2,100 adults conducted by Zogby International found that 72 percent approved of a law that “prohibits minors from purchasing ultraviolent or sexually violent video games without parental consent.”

Seventy-five percent of those surveyed gave the video game industry a “negative rating when it comes to how they protect kids from violent video games.” More than 50 percent of those surveyed rated the classified the industry’s handling of the matter as “poorly,” according to Game Spot.

The matter is set to become one for the U.S. Supreme Court, which will decide the constitutionality of a violent video game bill signed into law by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2005.