Hal Halpin on the Entertainment Consumers Association
August 7, 2008
Big Download interviews ECA president Hal Halpin to find out more about the group, his opinions on various PC game industry issues and more.
Geek.com interview: Hal Halpin
March 6, 2008
Halpin explains how the Entertainment Consumers Association is looking out for us, why he needed to speak out after a recent school shooting, and what the industry should work towards in the next decade.
Destructoid interview: Hal Halpin
February 19, 2008
The often insulting mainstream coverage of videogames
Why You Should Attend and Support Game Consumer Events
February 14, 2008
"To gain perspective, be inspired from an end-user's enthusiasm and see the impact that we, collectively, have... there's just no beating a consumer event..."
Video Game Violence
From the dawn of video games, violence and addiction have been an fundamental part of the gaming experience. Maybe you pumped quarter after quarter into the pac man machine, where a yellow character chased down and ate ghosts, all the while avoiding being eaten.
ECA Promotes Politics, but no Candidates
An ECA group member, Regina, asked, "Does the ECA endorse a particular candidate?" To answer her question, Halpin issued a group-wide response...
Hal Halpin weighs in on the Entertainment Consumer Assn.'s 2007
To that end, we're going to do two things: one is recycle a summary piece that I put together for the reporter because it succinctly captures the cross-section of what the ECA has been doing...