Oct 27, 2026 · 1 hr · 12 segments
Comedian Brian Simpson reacts to the growing controversy over digital video game ownership and Congressman Ritchie Torres's proposed Power to the Players Act, which aims to protect consumers from…
Brian SimpsonHost
Colt GarrettHost
Rep Richie Torres introduces legislation to ensure gamers own their digital games.
Democratic Congressman Richie Torres is introducing legislation that aims to ensure you own your digital games rather than merely buying a license that gives you permission to play them.
The bill, known as the Power to the Players Act, would direct the federal government See, I'm already suspicious of this article.
Not as a reporter, not as like a professional writer, because this has to go through a couple people.
The act would direct the Federal Trade Commission to establish regulations that would protect gamers and their digital libraries.
In short, Torres wants to ensure that when you buy a digital game, you actually own it as opposed to getting a license that can be revoked.
Additionally, the bill would require online games to have offline functionality so that when servers are shut down, the content can still be played by those who own the game.
OK, so for those of y'all that are not gamers, because it's so funny because people that are gamers, which I think in our audience is like 50-50.
The people that are gamers love the gaming content and people that are not absolutely fucking hate it because they feel like, you know, this is that same feeling like when I'm around like super car guys and they start talking about cars and the feel it feel it's the same feeling you get when you around people that's speaking a different language.
Rep Richie Torres introduces legislation to ensure gamers own their digital games.
Democratic Congressman Richie Torres is introducing legislation that aims to ensure you own your digital games rather than merely buying a license that gives you permission to play them.
The bill, known as the Power to the Players Act, would direct the federal government See, I'm already suspicious of this article.
Not as a reporter, not as like a professional writer, because this has to go through a couple people.
The act would direct the Federal Trade Commission to establish regulations that would protect gamers and their digital libraries.
In short, Torres wants to ensure that when you buy a digital game, you actually own it as opposed to getting a license that can be revoked.
Additionally, the bill would require online games to have offline functionality so that when servers are shut down, the content can still be played by those who own the game.
OK, so for those of y'all that are not gamers, because it's so funny because people that are gamers, which I think in our audience is like 50-50.
The people that are gamers love the gaming content and people that are not absolutely fucking hate it because they feel like, you know, this is that same feeling like when I'm around like super car guys and they start talking about cars and the feel it feel it's the same feeling you get when you around people that's speaking a different language.
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