He is perhaps best known as the founder of the game industry's retail trade association,
IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association), which merged with the VSDA (Video Software Dealers Association)
to form the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA).
Hal is presently running the Entertainment Consumers Association, an advocacy group representing gamers.
ECA PAX East Panel 2010 With Hal Halpin
April 9, 2010
The Politics of Gaming
August 31, 2009
Video Games Are Dead – Part 1
August 10, 2009
Organizational-Alphabet-Soup
October 13, 2009
Triangle Games Conference '09: Hal Halpin Interview
May 9, 2009
PAX '08: Hal Halpin Interview
September 4, 2008
1UP Specials: Hal Halpin Interview
July 25, 2008
The Art of Video Games
June 6, 2008
Twitter Updates
Hal Halpin
Opinion: We Are All Gamers
October 30, 2009
Guest Editor's Note: Alphabet Soup
October 13, 2009
Opinion: Those Who Cannot Remember the Past are Condemned to Repeat It
October 2, 2009
The Magic Price Point
August 28, 2009
Perception is Everything
July 17, 2009
King Gillette Would Be Pleased
March 12, 2009
The Price We Pay
February 25, 2009
Resolutions and Change
January 20, 2009
Gaming Charities and How You Can Help
December 16, 2008
Quotation: High-tech titles, lowbrow stereotypes
November 22, 2008
My Dinner With Halpin
November 21, 2008
ECA Pres: Anti-Piracy Act Dangerous to Gamers
November 13, 2008