A Gamer's Manifesto

Krimszon writes "The top 20 things you always knew were wrong about games, but were afraid to talk about, since you thought that was just the way is was."

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[HG2]

I swear I just got that message when I clicked to Read more 20 seconds ago.

Europe is really going downhill

[Anonymous Coward]

First France rejects the EU constitution, now this.

And YES, this post is ON TOPIC. For those in the know, France is the number one maker of computer games outside Japan and the US. The EU constitution put Europe in a much stronger position to leverage the world gaming market and push superior products into the channels. Being in the UK, it irks me that people can be so selfish... the French are basically pissed at Chirac so they have to go punish Europe, and the gaming world, at large.

Re:Europe is really going downhill

[Cutie Pi]

France is the number one maker of computer games outside Japan and the US.

Care to quote your figures?

The EU constitution put Europe in a much stronger position to leverage the world gaming market and push superior products into the channels.

Again, care to back it up?

Being in the UK, it irks me that people can be so selfish... the French are basically pissed at Chirac so they have to go punish Europe, and the gaming world, at large.

Although anger at the French government probably played a part, the voters were also pissed that their taxes were going to fund programs in the poorer Eastern European nations (added to the EU without their consent BTW), at the same time these nations were stealing their jobs. With unemployment so high in France, this is not an appealing situation. And the Netherlands is next, along with the UK, in voting NO for similar reasons.

Re:Europe is really going downhill

[David Horn]

In addition, the EU constitution is 400 pages long. Wouldn't be so bad if it was 10-20 pages, but 400 lets them stuff in things we don't want.

There's an exclusive clause in the constitution that grants politicians the right to buy tax free cars. You really think people are going to vote for something like that?

Re:Europe is really going downhill

[Anonymous Coward]

agreed. i feel there is need for a EU constituion, but not *that* constituion, which rather than laying down a bill of rights, laid down a framework for exploitation (IMHO)

Re:Europe is really going downhill

[guet]

at the same time these nations were stealing their jobs. With unemployment so high in France, this is not an appealing situation.

France has suffered structurally high unemployment which has hovered around 10% since the early 1980s, and you are trying to claim that it is somehow caused by Eastern Europe 'stealing jobs' since the union? That is nonsense at best and sophistry at worst.

We had the same arguments when Portugal and Spain joined, but perhaps you would have been against that too. Inevitably, money goes to those who need it most, I see that as only fair.

And the Netherlands is next, along with the UK, in voting NO for similar reasons.

Err, no, for entirely different reasons, in fact in France the No vote was evenly divided between the far right (Le Pen), the communists and half the socialists - hardly a united front - I wonder what sort of treaty we'd have if they all had a hand in writing it; probably they'd still be arguing over which capitalists/foreigners to blame for their woes in the preface.

OT: popup with Firefox

[Anonymous Coward]

Anyone else get a popup with Firefox? I'm using 1.0.4 in Linux and one came up with this page. Argh.

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[cwebb1977]

Hey, I think I just saw boobies in there! A must-read!