New Game Industry Advocacy Group Launches
New Game Industry Advocacy Group Launches
April 16, 2009
A new video game advocacy group has been stepped onto the scene.
The Entertainment Media Council, created last year, but officially launched this week, is led by CEO Morgan Ramsay (left). Ramsay formerly served as head of the San Diego chapter of the International Game Developers Association.
A press release on the EMC website offers some details of the group's mission:
Entertainment Media Council is pursuing a broad agenda for advancing the interactive entertainment business in the United States.
“With interactive entertainment in the midst of a sea change, the need for a navigator is more pronounced than ever,” said Morgan Ramsay, president and chief executive officer at Entertainment Media Council. “We are embarking on a mission to solve the most challenging problems facing the industry today.”
Entertainment Media Council will harness the collective intelligence of an inclusive assembly of entrepreneurs and corporate leaders to support and focus on entrepreneurship, organizational innovation, social responsibility, environmental sustainability, professional diversity, and globalization.
As to video game industry experience, Ramsay's LinkedIn Profile says that he "held roles" at Sony Online Entertainment and SCEA.
Gamasutra reports that EMC will seek start-up capital from corporate sponsors and private investors.
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ZippyDSMlee: JD:I think doc phill is still sout about the break up with his wife he dose not fill holes as much as make them bigger these day
Posted 11/22/09 at 12:06am
JDKJ: You should get Phil McCraken to help you spackle those banisters.
JDKJ: You should get Phil McCraken to help you spackle those banisters.
Posted 11/21/09 at 11:57pm
ZippyDSMlee: Oh in the pirate hunter article I need my song ieda heckled DS,JD,Beemon sic im !!!
ZippyDSMlee: Oh in the pirate hunter article I need my song ieda heckled DS,JD,Beemon sic im !!!
Posted 11/21/09 at 11:56pm
ZippyDSMlee: JD:no I am tried from prepping the banisters for painting , worked on them from 12 to 4 and 6 to 8...after I got back from the store...got up early got ready...blah...been up all day..I need a nap...
ZippyDSMlee: JD:no I am tried from prepping the banisters for painting , worked on them from 12 to 4 and 6 to 8...after I got back from the store...got up early got ready...blah...been up all day..I need a nap...
Posted 11/21/09 at 11:42pm
JDKJ: No. You gonna stay up late tonight soldering?
JDKJ: No. You gonna stay up late tonight soldering?
Posted 11/21/09 at 11:41pm
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:Don't you mean Mctite?
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:Don't you mean Mctite?
Posted 11/21/09 at 11:33pm
JDKJ: @Zip: Neil, Bob, and Lik McTaint. The McTaint brothers. LOL!!!
JDKJ: @Zip: Neil, Bob, and Lik McTaint. The McTaint brothers. LOL!!!
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:44pm
Flamespeak: I still think military personell, killing other military personell, on a military complex should be handled by military courts.
Flamespeak: I still think military personell, killing other military personell, on a military complex should be handled by military courts.
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:43pm
Flamespeak: I could see this a mixture of the two charges rather than just one or the other.
Flamespeak: I could see this a mixture of the two charges rather than just one or the other.
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:43pm
Flamespeak: I think this was mainly a person who snapped, but evidence is showing he definitely had strong inlinations to islamic-extremism.
Flamespeak: I think this was mainly a person who snapped, but evidence is showing he definitely had strong inlinations to islamic-extremism.
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:41pm
Flamespeak: People are trying to claim that Hasan's actions were not terrorism. I don't jump on the 'terror train' like others, however
Flamespeak: People are trying to claim that Hasan's actions were not terrorism. I don't jump on the 'terror train' like others, however
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:38pm
mentor07825: Britain certainly does deserve it! And the French! God damn it, it was a hand ball!!!
mentor07825: Britain certainly does deserve it! And the French! God damn it, it was a hand ball!!!
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: mentor07825:Well Brittan dose deserve it....
ZippyDSMlee: mentor07825:Well Brittan dose deserve it....
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:33pm
ZippyDSMlee: Alyric:I don;t hasliburton having to pay back billoins... don;t you love it when the rich roll over the goverment without a care?
ZippyDSMlee: Alyric:I don;t hasliburton having to pay back billoins... don;t you love it when the rich roll over the goverment without a care?
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:32pm
mentor07825: I say we nuke the whales, for the benefit of both mankind and the environment.
mentor07825: I say we nuke the whales, for the benefit of both mankind and the environment.
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:28pm
Austin_Lewis: I say we try Al Gore too. I always said he was in on the racket.
Austin_Lewis: I say we try Al Gore too. I always said he was in on the racket.
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:16pm
Alyric: The leaked information proves these organizations knowingly defrauded governments (i.e., taxpayers) out of billions of dollars. Yet there will probably never be a trial.
Alyric: The leaked information proves these organizations knowingly defrauded governments (i.e., taxpayers) out of billions of dollars. Yet there will probably never be a trial.
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:15pm
Flamespeak: working on other things makes me angry. I might have had a jet pack by now. :p
Flamespeak: working on other things makes me angry. I might have had a jet pack by now. :p
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:14pm
Flamespeak: Just thinking of all the time and manpower wasted to try and make things emit less CO2 emmision that could have been spent
Flamespeak: Just thinking of all the time and manpower wasted to try and make things emit less CO2 emmision that could have been spent
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:07pm
Alyric: @Zip: FYI, the construction of solar panels puts out more pollution than any form of energy production. To say nothing of the toxic components of the panels that cannot be recycled.
Alyric: @Zip: FYI, the construction of solar panels puts out more pollution than any form of energy production. To say nothing of the toxic components of the panels that cannot be recycled.
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As noble as the goals are, I can see plenty of gamers immediately writing off the CEO as an idiot since his experience came from SOE.
I don't see how an advocacy group will help spread innovation within the industry. We have developers taking risks, it is just they aren't marketed well or gamers just won't bite and part of that is the fact that the customers that would dig that stuff, is in a minority.
Also, with these tough times, I don't see how they'll be able to stay afloat with funding like that... I think most investors wouldn't bother.
"I don't see how an advocacy group will help spread innovation within the industry."
Entertainment Media Council is more of a hybrid association, combining elements of trade associations and professional societies. We're also more interested in the innovation of organizations, business models, and the processes used to deliver value to consumers than the creation of new products. While product innovation is an inevitable result of our work, it's not our focus. We're concerned with the business side of the industry, such as governance, finance, marketing, operations, etc.
Hey how things are sold and distributioned to the populace is something in bad need of innovation... the current way games are made(to much overhead) mediocre balance in profit taken in.... DLC might make things better if you get back to polishing the products set development cycles longer and allow a 2nd lesser paid team do some of the bug work and polish over the year after the game is released so the main team can start the next product and release non critical content (like game of the year edition style upgrades to control,features,content,cheats,ect) as a whole expansion for 30 or in parts for 2$ a pop that amounts to 2 or 3 times the whole package price.
I mean putting out DLC without fixing and finishing/polishing the Gdamn games(Starwars unleashed,Bioshock,ect,ect,ect) is just plain bad and has forced me and others not only to ignore DLC but get away from modern gaming.
Gore,Violence,Sexauilty,Fear,Emotion these are but modes of transportation of story and thought, to take them from society you create a society of children and nannys, since adults are not required.
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I really hope they got a more aggresive aproach than the ECA on videogames issues.
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Well, they have Greg Boyd and Cindy Armstrong on board, so it's a good start. Best of luck to them.
-- Dan "SWATJester" Rosenthal; Executive Director, http://www.gameslaw.net
Why are there no whites in Ramsay's eyes?
So noone will shoot him.
"Don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes."
E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
http://www.theeca.com/chapters_oklahoma
Not a guy I'd want to meet in an alley, especially if he was giving me that look, and holding a picture frame over the rest of his face.
And what's with the beard but no moustache? The only one I've ever seen successfully pull that look off is Abe Lincoln.
I see Hurley from "Lost". Anybody else?
Whilst it's always good to see fresh thinking join the fray, I only have a limited memory for acronyms...
Sorry but I have to ask. We need this guy and his org. why?