Shannon DrakeThough gaming is certainly being explosed to the mainstream, not all of the attention is good. Shannon Drake talks to Dennis McCauley, editor of GamePolitics.com, on the challenges the gaming industry is facing in the political arena.
Issue 38: Casual Friday - A Huge Disconnect
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Original Comment by: Patrick Dugan
http://www.kingludic.blogspot.com
I figured these issues would work themselves out and weren't relevant in the long term, but this article opened my eyes. I agree that the industry has been shamefully careless in their handling of these issues. My solution, as usual, is interactive drama, where violent content is only one possible mode of exploring the game, and counter balanced by more thoughtful and socially redeeming content.
Actually, I'm trying to do a drama with Storytron about school violence, hopefully it'll get those politicos to shut the fuck up.
http://www.kingludic.blogspot.com
I figured these issues would work themselves out and weren't relevant in the long term, but this article opened my eyes. I agree that the industry has been shamefully careless in their handling of these issues. My solution, as usual, is interactive drama, where violent content is only one possible mode of exploring the game, and counter balanced by more thoughtful and socially redeeming content.
Actually, I'm trying to do a drama with Storytron about school violence, hopefully it'll get those politicos to shut the fuck up.
Original Comment by: Pixelantes Anonymous
http://pixelantes.blogspot.com/
"We ran a poll on GamePolitics; 45% who responded said they would decide their vote based solely on a candidate's views on videogame legislation. With issues like Iraq, Iran, globalization, energy policy and abortion on the table, that's actually a little scary."
Think about it this way.
Any politician devoting time on such an important issue as video game censorship during the time when there're much more pressing issues to concentrate on is not fit to represent us.
Furthermore, a large percentage of these bills are based on such shoddy, incomplete or downright dishonest research that anyone basing legislative efforts on them should be kicked out of office immediately. Just imagine what sort of other laws they're drafting based on equally bad research.
Not only that, but many of these bills are known to be unconstitutional even before they're formally introduced. Some of the people sponsoring them have even admitted to it while still pressing on. These legislators are wasting MY money introducing bills that they know are going to get shut down by an expensive legal process. Why should I ever vote for these people? In fact, I should be sueing them to recoup some of the tax payers' money wasted by them.
Finally, as Dennis even mentioned, some of the bills are so clearly motivated by baby-kissing type of election campaigning that there's no question as to where that person's priorities are: getting re-elected no matter what. These sort of people should not get a single vote either.
So in essence, I don't think it's such a bad idea to base your decisions on who to (not) vote on the candidates' views on video game legislation.
http://pixelantes.blogspot.com/
"We ran a poll on GamePolitics; 45% who responded said they would decide their vote based solely on a candidate's views on videogame legislation. With issues like Iraq, Iran, globalization, energy policy and abortion on the table, that's actually a little scary."
Think about it this way.
Any politician devoting time on such an important issue as video game censorship during the time when there're much more pressing issues to concentrate on is not fit to represent us.
Furthermore, a large percentage of these bills are based on such shoddy, incomplete or downright dishonest research that anyone basing legislative efforts on them should be kicked out of office immediately. Just imagine what sort of other laws they're drafting based on equally bad research.
Not only that, but many of these bills are known to be unconstitutional even before they're formally introduced. Some of the people sponsoring them have even admitted to it while still pressing on. These legislators are wasting MY money introducing bills that they know are going to get shut down by an expensive legal process. Why should I ever vote for these people? In fact, I should be sueing them to recoup some of the tax payers' money wasted by them.
Finally, as Dennis even mentioned, some of the bills are so clearly motivated by baby-kissing type of election campaigning that there's no question as to where that person's priorities are: getting re-elected no matter what. These sort of people should not get a single vote either.
So in essence, I don't think it's such a bad idea to base your decisions on who to (not) vote on the candidates' views on video game legislation.
