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theprof00 on 23 May 2011
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HappySqurriel said:
theprof00 said:

that's a good example, but how does that relate to why video games shouldn't be considered among the recipients for NEA grants?


Because it demonstrates that all the money that is needed to "fund" educational videogames is already in the system; with how much money is being wasted you could probably ensure that every child had their own computer that was fully loaded with state of the art educational software.

On top of this, if the software is funded through schools buying the effective products you are going to end up with far better solutions than a large government organization handing out sums of money to companies based on arbitrary (or often corrupt) criteria.

AH, I get your point now.

But while that is a good solution, this bill is not including any more funding that NEA already gets. It's not costing more money, it's taking money from say, someone who wants to draw a childrens book and applies for a grant to get professional grade markers, and gives it to someone who wants to develop a typing game of some kind.

While you do provide a solution, it's really a solution to something that isn't the real issue. We don't NEED to cut back on waste in order to allow devs to compete for funding, specifically. We need to cut back on waste in order to help fix the economy as a whole, but cutting off those teachers is not a necessary step in allowing indie devs to make a typing program for kids, if you get my point.

That's a 3-4 step solution. Cut back on the union power somehow, fire the teachers, convince the school board to reinvest in computers (because you know there is going to be competition from every department like new fields, new school, science lab, gymnasium, etc), and then create grants for developers.

In the long run, your solution is better, but why can't we just allow for indie devs to apply for funding anyway?