Government Love and Hate for Video Games

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday September 20, 2005 @07:12AM from the get-with-the-programming dept.

hapwned writes "Jason Della Rocca, the executive director of the International Game Developers Association, unmasks the hypocrisy of governmental interaction with the video game industry. He expounds: 'Why is it that the cultural and artistic merit of the game medium is so hard to accept? Are games simply too complex for digital immigrants to grok? Why can't they see games for the powerful medium that they are? Is the word 'game' honestly so damaging as to demean the entire creative output of the industry, to reduce it to an empty pastime? Or, are the politicos enacting an entirely different drama where the industry is their hapless whipping boy and the sincerity of their intentions to "save the children" need to be questioned altogether?'"

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What theyre called by Gogo0 · 2005-09-20 09:30 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Is the word 'game' honestly so damaging as to demean the entire creative output of the industry, to reduce it to an empty pastime?

Dont worry, in a few years Microsoft and Sony will start calling them "interactive media". The only people who will call them games any more will be Nintendo.
Re:Okay by (A)*(B)!0_- · 2005-09-21 04:53 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Yes - you said that but you also said you support censorship. Which is it?
You're inconsistent in your statement.
Save the 'you're 12' comments, they're a waste of time. Why don't you read your post again? You specifically said, "I do agree that games that are overly violent or sexual in nature are bad particularly for young children (and adults, mildly), and that's why I agree with censorship and regulation." [read your post!] - you SUPPORT CENSORSHIP, you said it.