The pure, unadulterated ignorance of reports like this makes me glad I don't live in the States and don't watch TV.

talk about a slow news day.

I was thinking the same thing. He's even got the same expression on his face.

@Scottland89

Yep, that was exactly my first thought as well *laughs*.

@Colonel Finn
Yeah I was thinking the same thing, seriously it's getting to be as bad as my dad calling video games "videoes." Who the hell got everyone in politics and the media to agree to use that dumbass term?

Thats actually the Los Angeles ABC affiliate. But getting back to the Governator not wanting to be apart of the Conan game, what about the Terminator games that he's been a part of?

The Conan in the new games looks and sounds nothing like the governor, and I was shocked to see this as a story on the news this morning. What a non-issue.

Then again, my local ABC affiliate also dedicates an unusual amount of time to reading high school sports scores out of the local paper, so I guess they do have trouble filling up all the time.

BTW: I beleive this is from Los Angeles' ABC 7. The ABC affiliate in Sacramento is channel 10.

There IS something vaguely 'South-Park' about the whole report for some reason....

In a world where dodgeball is considered "violent", they needed a phrase to describe violence where somone might actually get hurt, or at least where a digital representation of a humanoid might be animated into something infering the concept of pain. So they coined the term "ultra violent". But, seeing as Halo can be considered "ultra violent", I think they need some more phrases to truly cover the spectrum of animated violence.

May I suggest:
Mega Violent
Super Mega Violent
Mega Ultra Violent
Super Ultra Violent

And this one is reserved for Fox News use already:
Xtreme Super Mega Ultra Violent to the MAX


My question is, what does Arnie have to do with this game? He was hired to play a part twenty five years ago. I doubt he had anything to do with writing the script, coreagraphing the moves, or anything at all to do with the game. All that linking him to the game will do is increase his stance against the game as he tries to differentiate himself from his character.

Can anybody say hypocrite? All I got from the video was that Arnold was a part of something violent, but games are bad and he's against violence.

And Yee acting like everybody's parents? Does he even have kids?

Ultra Violent why is every game with some violence classified this.

Wow Yee didn't bash the ESRB

Oh, this is an actual full-on action Conan game? Sweet. I'd only heard of Age of Conan: Hyborian adventures which is an MMORPG and didn't really appeal to me.

Anyway, Schwarzzenagger's association with the Conan movie is just one more thing in the long line of his starring in ultra-violent R-rated action movies and now being hypocritical in wanting M-rated video games federally controlled while not supporting federal control of R-rated movies.

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@Paul Kerton
Ah right, I haven't the game so I just presumed that monsters where the main victim of ultra-violence.

I was wondering would RPGs like Final Fantasy count as ultra-violent because you walk about, get into a random battle and if you attack first then the violence was kinda unprovoked...

If the "journalists" did any actual investigating, they would have realized that not only is this game based on the books but also the COMIC BOOKS from Dark Horse Comics. The art and all of that remind of that Conan and not the one from the movies.
On of these "journalists" must have walked into an EB to get something for one of their kids and saw this game and said..."hmmm, it is a slow news day..."

As for the battle with the ratings system...how about we impose fines on the parents for NOT knowing what their kids are playing and using the game systems as babysitters.

Growing up, I had an hour a day (IF I had been a good boy and finished my chores and homework) to play and Mom and Dad always knew what I was playing and explained things to me.

Parents do not say NO to their kids enough, they do not take the time to learn what is going on their life, and they no longer punish them properly when they have done wrong.

Put all this blame of video games and movies and TV on the parents for not knowing what the kids are doing and doing anything about it.

lessthan12parsecs
Tallahassee, Fl

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“So they’re all ultra-violent. Including Guitar Hero III and skate.”

Guitar Hero III is incredibly violent! It brainwashes the youth into attacking people with jumping scissor kicks!