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Lingyis on 15 January 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/technology/15game.html?ref=us

 

Michael D. Gallagher, chief executive of the Entertainment Software Association, the industry’s lobbying arm in Washington, said last week that the group’s board approved the PAC’s creation last fall and that the committee would be up and running by the end of March. The association represents major game publishers including the Walt Disney Company, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony.

 

They're all working together, of course.  End of Thompson? 



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famousringo on 15 January 2008

Now politicians will have to decide whether they want to buy votes with populist rhetoric or lobbyist dollars.

Yay?



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Krasnaya Yastreb on 15 January 2008
Lingyis said:

End of Thompson?


Unfortunately no.  This is another step in the maturation of the game industry, but really there’s myriad factors weighing in on government decisions regarding games…same goes with any industry really.  One side doesn’t simply evaporate when the other is strengthened. 

Anyways this is a pretty predictable development.