Arthur Ally

Radio Alert: Game-Bashing Eagle Forum Schedules Game-Bashing July 4th Guest

July 3, 2009

Last week, GamePolitics broke the news that the ultra-conservative Eagle Forum had filed a "friend of the court" brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Calfornia's bid to have its 2005 violent video game law reviewed by the justices.

The rambling brief sought to link video games with everything from school shootings to poor grades to sudden death.

The group, founded by conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly, wades back into gamer space tomorrow when video game critic Arthur Ally appears as a guest on Eagle Forum Live, a radio show hosted by Schlafly.

Ally bills himself as a morally-responsible fund manager. In December his Timothy Plan investment fund issued a list of 30 "most offensive" video games, including the likes of World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online and Halo 3.

Ally also rather famously criticized Army of Two for "somewhat homo-erotic undertones between the two main characters."

Ironically, the conversation between this pair of would-be censors airs at 11:00 a.m. Central Time on Independence Day.

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Posted 03/20/10 at 10:03pm
BearDogg-X: Andrew Eisen: It won't take as many people to change their votes next election. Besides that, it's a moot point now that he's
Posted 03/20/10 at 10:02pm
Flamespeak: Seems kind of early considering the PS2 didn't launch until well into 2000.
Posted 03/20/10 at 10:01pm
Andrew Eisen: Fleamespeak - I'd say since around the turn of the century.
Posted 03/20/10 at 10:01pm
BearDogg-X: BREAKING NEWS: Atkinson will step down as South Australia Attorney-General; will remain in Parliament
Posted 03/20/10 at 09:59pm
Andrew Eisen: BearDogg-X - Not sure what your point about Atkinson having only 8500 votes is, seeing as that's around 65% (of the total votes counted at the time).
Posted 03/20/10 at 09:57pm
Flamespeak: I remember when the NES controller held that honor and the stand alone one button joystick before that.
Posted 03/20/10 at 09:56pm
Flamespeak: artistic rendering of things associated with gaming? Even GP has a rough version of one in their logo.
Posted 03/20/10 at 09:56pm
Flamespeak: Just out of curiosity, when did the PS2 controller become the 'standard' for video game controller representation in most
Posted 03/20/10 at 09:48pm
Flamespeak: Saw a post by DS earlier. Good to see you are still amongst us, bro. Your absence has been felt.
Posted 03/20/10 at 09:46pm
Flamespeak: Well, if the people would rather Atkinson be in power, then he should be in power, no matter what my opinion of him might be.
Posted 03/20/10 at 09:44pm
BearDogg-X: Andrew Eisen: He continues behaving like he's the Metropolitian Moron of Miami, the jabroni will lose the next election, I think
Posted 03/20/10 at 09:42pm
BearDogg-X: The Continental Cretin of Australia may be sitting pretty, but keep in mind he still only got about 8,500 votes.
Posted 03/20/10 at 07:37pm
Andrew Eisen: However, if Atkinson continues with the recent threats, insults, and otherwise nigh JT-level absurd behavior, it will probably be a lot closer the next time around.
Posted 03/20/10 at 07:29pm
Andrew Eisen: The Liberal candidate did a bit better than G4C at a low 30s percentage of the vote but yeah, Atkinson is sitting pretty at about 65%.
Posted 03/20/10 at 04:20pm
SeanB: Damnit, atkinson won by a HUGE margin. G4C did get more than 1% though!
Posted 03/20/10 at 03:01pm
GoodRobotUs: Interesting comments on games from Dara O'Briain
Posted 03/20/10 at 03:00pm
GoodRobotUs: http://tinyurl.com/yg64kws
Posted 03/20/10 at 09:40am
JDKJ: You accusing someone else of flagging for attention is just too funny for words, Zippy. After all, you're an obvious graduate of the Jack Thompson School for Attention Whores.
Posted 03/20/10 at 09:38am
ZippyDSMlee: JD:BREAKING, JD wants attention!
Posted 03/20/10 at 09:35am
JDKJ: BREAKING: House votes unanimously to close Zippy's doughnut hole.
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