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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Re:Escapist by biryokumaru · 2005-09-20 07:19 · Score: 2, Informative

And they don't even link to the actually readable version:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/print/11/3

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My Views by McLetter · 2005-09-20 07:35 · Score: 2, Informative

I understand where this person is coming from but they are viewing the industry in a different way then he is. People can say, "yeah some games are good and not bad influencing, but other games (shooters, GTA, etc) are a bad influence." Though IMO I think this is wrong. I think games give people skills such as multitasking and quick thinking, which are both required in almost every good game out there..