Weapon 117
12-11-2007, 11:49 PM
Although California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger helped build his acting career by starring in the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian, he is carefully distancing himself from THQ’s recent Conan video game release.
As reported by the Contra Costa Times (http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_7690672?nclick_check=1):The new Conan is the sword-wielding, decapitating star of a new ultra-violent video game, “Conan,” which is drawing criticism from [State Sen. Leland Yee] and warnings from [the National Institute on Media and the Family (http://gamepolitics.com/2007/12/04/senators-on-hand-as-nimf-report-card-zings-game-biz-for-ominous-backslide/)] to scratch the game off Christmas lists for children and teenagers.Schwarzenegger has “no association with this game,” said Aaron McLear, the governor’s spokesman, who did not elaborate on how the governor feels about the character becoming a video game. Schwarzenegger is fighting for a law to restrict the sale of violent video games, and “Conan” would be among those regulated.Schwarzenegger, who has himself appeared as a a character in several violent games, signed California’s video game law into effect in 2005.
Sen. Yee authored that legislation while a member of the California State Assembly. When a federal judge overturned the law on constitutional grounds earlier this year, Schwarzenegger vowed to appeal (http://gamepolitics.com/2007/09/05/schwarzenegger-appeals-ca-game-law-as-industry-seeks-320k-legal-fees/). The matter is currently under consideration by the U.S. Circuit Court.
Source: http://gamepolitics.com/2007/12/11/schwarzenegger-distances-himself-from-thqs-conan-game/
As reported by the Contra Costa Times (http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_7690672?nclick_check=1):The new Conan is the sword-wielding, decapitating star of a new ultra-violent video game, “Conan,” which is drawing criticism from [State Sen. Leland Yee] and warnings from [the National Institute on Media and the Family (http://gamepolitics.com/2007/12/04/senators-on-hand-as-nimf-report-card-zings-game-biz-for-ominous-backslide/)] to scratch the game off Christmas lists for children and teenagers.Schwarzenegger has “no association with this game,” said Aaron McLear, the governor’s spokesman, who did not elaborate on how the governor feels about the character becoming a video game. Schwarzenegger is fighting for a law to restrict the sale of violent video games, and “Conan” would be among those regulated.Schwarzenegger, who has himself appeared as a a character in several violent games, signed California’s video game law into effect in 2005.
Sen. Yee authored that legislation while a member of the California State Assembly. When a federal judge overturned the law on constitutional grounds earlier this year, Schwarzenegger vowed to appeal (http://gamepolitics.com/2007/09/05/schwarzenegger-appeals-ca-game-law-as-industry-seeks-320k-legal-fees/). The matter is currently under consideration by the U.S. Circuit Court.
Source: http://gamepolitics.com/2007/12/11/schwarzenegger-distances-himself-from-thqs-conan-game/