Lorne Lanning will be at the VGXPO (
http://www.vgxpo.com/) this year to meet gamers and to have a panel with (/against?) Jack Thompson supervised by Newsweek's N'Gai Croal. The panel will be about Spencer Halpin's latest documentary: Moral Kombat (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Kombat) featuring "[...] leading politicians, journalists, academics, consumer advocates and special interest group executives, game developers, retailers, trade associations and publishers." Of course Lorne and Jack are in the documentary too.
More about Moral Combat by Wikipedia:
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Shot entirely in high-definition video, the full-length feature documentary studies the controversial, polarizing subject of the video game controversy through a series of interviews with experts on both sides of the matter – some believing that violent games should be banned, others supporting their protection under the First Amendment.
The film makes extensive use of green screen technology to blend the subject matter being discussed (games, characters, archival news footage) in the background, while keeping the interviewee actively in the shot.
The trailer was uploaded to YouTube on December 27, 2006 and was met with overwhelming concern and dismay from gamers around the globe who felt it sensationalized the topic and serves as a rhetoric piece for anti-games and anti-gamer activists and political figures. The trailer was viewed over 100,000 times in the coming weekend and spurred debate on scores of websites.
Interviewees in the film are leading politicians, journalists, academics, consumer advocates and special interest group executives, game developers, retailers, trade associations and publishers. The interviewees among others, include: Dr. David Walsh, Jack Thompson, Dr. Michael Rich, Lorne Lanning, Greg Fischbach, Dean Takahashi, Jeff Griffiths, John Marmaduke, Pamela Eakes, Andy McNamara, Greg Ballard, Bob McKenzie, American McGee, Hal Halpin, Lt. Col Grossman, Phil O'Neil, Marie Sylla, Ed Williams, Richard Ow, Dr. Henry Jenkins, and Jason Della Rocca.
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