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Video Games Banned by their Occasional Star
12 October 2005
Posted by Rick
Without a hint of irony, Arnold Schwarzenegger, star of such films as the Terminator series, Collateral Damage and Last Action Hero, has signed into law as governor of California a rule limiting children's access to violent video games.
Though Governor Schwarzenegger has at last count stabbed, shot, or blown to smithereens over 10000 human beings and various life forms both from this planet and others on film and television screens round the world, Schwarzenegger felt "these games are made for adults and choosing games that are appropriate for kids should be a decision made by their parents."
The law is being challenged by several video game lobby groups in the state as a violation of free speech.
Though Governor Schwarzenegger has at last count stabbed, shot, or blown to smithereens over 10000 human beings and various life forms both from this planet and others on film and television screens round the world, Schwarzenegger felt "these games are made for adults and choosing games that are appropriate for kids should be a decision made by their parents."
The law is being challenged by several video game lobby groups in the state as a violation of free speech.
# posted by Rick at 2:20 PM 
Comments:
Although, you could argue that children are stopped from seeing his films too since they're mostly 15 or 18 rated.
I remember the first game to have a rating in this country: CRL's Dracula. That was mainly as a publicity stunt because you couldn't do much to scare people on a Spectrum. Even 'entrance to Hades' in Jet Set Willy was more annoying than terrifying.
Funny how we rate films and games (and in the US, music) but we don't rate books.
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