Playing Politics, Part III

By Hal Halpin
EGM, December 2007

Jack Thompson, Jack Thompson, Jack Thompson. OK, so he's not Beetlejuice, but he is probably the most famous/infamous person associated with games. That's right, I said it. And it's the truth...
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Playing Politics, Part II

By Hal Halpin
EGM, November 2007

For years my fellow game lobbyists and I have been saying that there's a clear generational gap between those in Generation X, Y and Z and the Babyboomers when it comes to understanding and respecting games as media. Its part of the paradigm that we all know will change as we mature and they, well, aren't with us any longer. At the heart of the matter is the fact that we grew up playing games, ingesting them as part of a broader entertainment diet which also included music, movies et al...
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Playing Politics

By Hal Halpin
EGM, August 2007

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board (or ESRB, as it is better known) is the body which reviews and rates interactive entertainment products and assigns them a symbol and adds to that a content descriptor which further explains the severity of the most potentially controversial aspects of the game. It is akin to the movie industry's rating system in many ways, where a "T" or "Teen" rating is roughly equivalent to a "PG-13." It's not perfect, by any means, but it is ours - and we have a duty to embrace or enhance it...
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