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Danny LeDonne and Jack Thompson on Free Talk Live May 26, 2008 - by Ian Bogost On Saturday, libertarian talk radio program Free Talk Live aired an interview with Super Columbine Massacre RPG creator Danny LeDonne and well-known attorney Jack Thompson. LeDonne promoted the special edition release of his documentary film Playing Columbine, about the game and video game controversy more generally. Jack Thompson, the hosts of Free Talk Life, and myself all make appearances in the film (which is very good). You can read a near-live comment thread coincident with the program's airing over at Game Politics. For me, the initial segments without Thompson, in which LeDonne discusses the film, went well. The rest of the show just reinforces the standard discourse about videogames, no matter how factual or fallacious the arguments presented might be. LeDonne's film tries, successfully I think, to shift the frame of videogame debates from defenses to knee-jerk vulgarity accusations to a defense of games as expression. This isn't the kind of press junketing that will help that cause. Comment from DannyLedonne on May 28, 2008
The consensus among listeners seems to be "the show was going so well until that lawyer came on the air." However, for better and for worse, the reason that show got so many listeners is because of Jack Thompson - not me. POST A COMMENT
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