British Parliament Forms Video Game Study Group

June 12, 2009

The British Parliament has formed a working group to address issues related to the U.K. video game industry.

Edge Online reports that Labour MP Bill Olner (left) will head the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Computer and Video Games Industry. Of the newly-formed group, Olner said:

All-Party Groups can be a highly effective vehicle to raise and discuss issues amongst interested Parliamentarians. I congratulate [U.K. game developers associartion] Tiga for showing leadership in instigating the creation of Westminster’s first All Party Parliamentary Group for the Computer and Video Games Industry, and for providing its secretariat. The entire All Party Parliamentary Group is looking forward to working with Tiga in discussing issues crucial to the video games industry.

Posted in Politics & Legislation U.K. Video Game Industry/Economics

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Re: British Parliament Forms Video Game Study Group

Submitted by Bennett Beeny on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 08:13.

Double post - sorry.

Re: British Parliament Forms Video Game Study Group

Submitted by Roh02 on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 17:56.

politics trying something to do with videogames ... why does this never reasure me

Re: British Parliament Forms Video Game Study Group

Submitted by C. Aaron Browbo... on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 20:09.

i think i can confirm your fear that this is going to be a problem for video games in general, especially violent ones, is that the laboUr party is run by people afraid brave new world that is reality these days. i.e.: this world feeds off violence in the new world, and conservatives want the '50's style of wholesome entertainment.

man it breaks my heart that i am a republican sometimes, (and this is going to get taken out of context by Bill O'Reilly or Glenn Beck), this world is not yet brave enough to face the violence of this world, imo, we don't have the same princeables as we did back in the day, but this is reality and people like JT (the "second") and others like him don't realize that we are coming out of our shells and norms in life. this is how it is. (i need red bull now)

Jesus Jack Jones Thompson loves you, so kill for his amusement so we can get money for the new "People's Temple of Jesus Jack Jones Thompson"

Re: British Parliament Forms Video Game Study Group

Submitted by Bennett Beeny on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 08:13.

Even back in the day we didn't have the principles you're talking about. The fact that people wrote down documents like the Constitution that espoused high principles means that we DIDN'T have those principles back then either. If you think people actually lived by higher principles and values 'back in the day' then you're living in a fantasy that's just as unrealistic as anyone else's.

Shout box

Andrew Eisen: That article is over five years old, Uncharted.02/12/2012 - 10:47pm

Uncharted NES: Critics: 'Left Behind' game glorifies violence- http://tinyurl.com/wu64s02/12/2012 - 4:34pm

Zen: I felt Brutal Legends was a funny & beautiful look at the world of rock from Double Fines point of view. The only parts I wasn't hot for were the RTS bits as it felt forced. Otherwise fantastic.02/12/2012 - 1:34pm

DorthLous: Passed 1.5M$. And I'd also say that Brutal Legend is far from being a bad game. I just think it was a few levels under what people expected from the people working on the project.02/11/2012 - 8:25am

Technogeek: Brutal Legend wasn't bad so much as "marketing had no idea how the game actually played", causing it to suffer accordingly.02/10/2012 - 10:38pm

RedMage: It looks the CIA's website has been DDOS'ed. Anon?02/10/2012 - 7:52pm

RedMage: Brutal Legend.02/10/2012 - 7:52pm

ddrfr33k: Has anything Tim Schafer ever made been of crap caliber? I'm struggling to think of one...02/10/2012 - 7:37pm

Guamish: I think it is in good hands. Tim did a game for the GDC award show and that was fun for how short it was.02/10/2012 - 12:22pm

Andrew Eisen: It'll be tragic if the game ultimately sucks.02/10/2012 - 12:17pm

james_fudge: $1.3 million02/10/2012 - 11:32am

Uncharted NES: Germany Says It Won't Sign ACTA [Update: ... Yet]- http://tinyurl.com/7r2twrg02/10/2012 - 11:21am

Andrew Eisen: Damn. Double Fine's Kickstarter fund has already passed a million dollars.02/09/2012 - 8:16pm

Andrew Eisen: Audrey didn't quote the sassy parts. Here's IGN's article: http://wii.ign.com/articles/121/1218359p1.html And here's my original post: http://tinyurl.com/7y68a3902/09/2012 - 7:50pm

james_fudge: I hope you some said something sassy! Where's the link?02/09/2012 - 7:46pm

Andrew Eisen: Hey, neat. IGN quoted a blog I had writen only two hours earlier. I certainly timed that one pretty well.02/09/2012 - 7:38pm

Andrew Eisen: Toki Tori has been added to the Humble Bundle for Android.02/09/2012 - 5:11pm

james_fudge: Thanks for the heads-up DorthLous02/09/2012 - 4:33pm

DorthLous: Will do, my apologies.02/09/2012 - 4:14pm

Andrew Eisen: I appreciate the heads up but please keep typo alerts to the specific article's comments or PMs.02/09/2012 - 3:33pm

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