Terminator against violence

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California signed a bill that is supposed to protect minors from violent video games. For somebody who based his career on making violent movies, that is pretty strange. Why should the same scene that is legal in a movie be illegal in a video game? I think that the Terminator still has a lot of friends in the movie business, and they would like to have a monopoly on violence, because it sells so well.

Now how much violence should be available to children of what age is a matter of endless debate. I wouldn't let a 12-year-old play GTA:Vice City or San Andreas. But neither would I want him to see a typical Quentin Tarrantino movie, and some of the more violent Schwarzenegger movies. Video games are media just like movies, and should be treated equally.
- posted by Tobold @ 10:45 AM Permanent Link