Schwarzenegger's Appeal of CA Games Bill Under Fire

The CA games bill struck down last week to cheers is currently in a holding pattern as Governor Schwarzenegger works on an appeal. His decision to fight the judiciary is coming under fire from several sources. The ESA has mounted a campaign against the initiative through its Videogame Voters Network. Even the media is objecting, with an opinion in the LA Times telling the governor not to bother. "Having made a career off fantasy violence, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is an odd advocate for the regulation of violent video games. After all, his face (and, sometimes, his voice) helps to sell a number of electronic kill-fests. Yet there he was last week, pledging to appeal a federal judge's decision against a state law banning the sale of such games to minors."

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[MMaestro]

Seriously, anti-video game bills are getting shot down left and right these days. With the media having a ball with Schwarzenegger painting himself as a hypocrite for casting in a number of games and local courts around the country refusing to even bother involving the Supreme Court, this bill is never going to pass.

"Having made a career off fantasy violence,..."

[sehlat]

"I vas just doing it for the money." Now he's a "public servant." Makes a big difference in attitudes.

Re:No hypocracy, game ratings like movie ratings

[Chris Burke]

Restricting sales to minors based upon these ratings is no different than restricting a minor's entrance into a theater based upon moving ratings.

So you mean it should be a voluntary restriction enforced solely by the game retailers, with zero force of law?

I agree completely. And in which case there's no point in the Governator even being involved.

That's where the hypocrisy is. Call me when Arnold starts campaigning to make it illegal to let minors into R rated movies, then he'll be consistent. Until then, he's a hypocrite.