This is quite funny, probably because no videogame example could better highlight Arnold Schwarzenegger’s blatant hypocrisy better than THQ’s recent, awful,Conangame. The California Governor, as we all know, has tried to pass an unconstitutional videogame law in the past, and has been on the warpath against violent games for a while. How ironic that one such games isConan, a game that draws from the same violent, sexist, bloodsoaked stories as theConanmovies in which Schwarzenegger himself has starred.
The “Governator,” who has made money by starring in so-called “violent” videogames, has decided towisely distance himselffrom THQ’s game, which has no relation to the movies but shares the source material.Conanis currently on Leland Yee’s hitlist as one of the “ultra-violent” videogames that he is warning parents about. Yee’s (failed)videogame lawwould restrict the sale of THQ’sConanamong other games, while Schwarzenegger’s ownConanmovie would be under no such regulations.
While a spokesman drew the dividing line between Arnold and theConangame, he gave no comment as to what the governer’s opinion on the title may be. Yeah, probably best Mr. Schwarzenegger shuts the hell up on that one, lest he look like even more of a self-interested hypocrite.
