Happy Thanksgiving!

November 24, 2011

GamePolitics is going dark today in observance of Thanksgiving and boy howdy do gamers like us have oodles to be thankful for this year. Fall 2011 is jam-packed with more awesome video games than most will ever have the time (or money) to play. See the bottom of Leland Yee’s recent “Don’t buy these video games” press release to parents for a few good suggestions.

Personally, I can’t wait to dig into the newest Zelda game. I know James is schoolgirl giddy to play Skyrim and word has it that ECA big cheese Hal Halpin just can’t get enough of PETA’s Super Tanooki Skin 2D.

I may have made up that last part. Moving on...

The Supreme Court finally vetted legislation restricting the sale of violent video games to minors and we’re supremely (see what I did there?) thankful that it agreed with every single other court in America to have tackled this issue and ruled in favor of the video game industry. The Brown v. EMA decision sets an important president for all future game legislation and will help ensure that we get to enjoy the unrestricted creativity of game developers for Thanksgivings to come.

Net Neutrality is now the law of the land and while it may not be exactly what we wanted, we’re darn thankful for everyone that helped to get it where it is and who continue to fight to get it to where it should be.

Hopefully next year we’ll be thankful for the toilet flushing of legislation like SOPA and the Protect IP Act. Granting IP holders the ability to shut down websites and services for allegedly infringing on a copyright with little to no judicial oversight isn’t cool. Call us old fashioned, but we rather dig that whole “innocent until proven guilty” thing. Until then, we’re enormously thankful for everyone out there doing their damnedest to prevent these laws from going into effect as currently written.

And finally, thanks to all our international friends who don’t celebrate Thanksgiving for keeping the world running while we take the day off to gorge ourselves on turkey and pie!

From all of us here at GamePolitics and the ECA, we wish you a very happy Thanksgiving!

-GamePolitics Contributing Editor Andrew Eisen

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Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

Submitted by james_fudge on Fri, 11/25/2011 - 14:19.

I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday. As you can tell we're not doing much today, but I am am enjoying the links being shared in the Shout box.

I am going to spend my day in Skyrim trying to join the various guilds. Have Fun! - J

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Shout box

DorthLous: I love how she plays the "I'm a parent, you're a gamer, you couldn't understand" card... I'm a parent and I find her position despicable...05/23/2013 - 4:16pm

E. Zachary Knight: She didn't address your questions because she doesn't have any answers.05/23/2013 - 3:38pm

Andrew Eisen: I replied to her comment. Maybe in a few weeks I'll get a reply.05/23/2013 - 3:24pm

Thomas Riordan: @Andrew Eisen To what bowling alley does she go that puts sexual images in the faces of 6 year olds?05/23/2013 - 3:17pm

Andrew Eisen: Well, it took a month but Linda Stender finally replied to me... and didn't address a single one of my questions. http://aswlindastender.com/2013/04/23/follow-up-video-games-and-their-effect-on-children/05/23/2013 - 3:13pm

Imautobot: Also, from a tech perspective the PS4 is apparently already winning. http://bgr.com/2013/05/22/xbox-one-vs-playstation-4-specs/05/23/2013 - 3:12pm

Imautobot: Sony's PS4 motto should be "We play games." Microsoft's should be "We play games, when we're not rewinding your tapes."05/23/2013 - 3:11pm

Andrew Eisen: Oh look, Dying Light was just announced For Everything But Wii U. That's 73.05/23/2013 - 2:06pm

james_fudge: Zippy: they said the same thing about Cell. How did that turn out.05/23/2013 - 1:28pm

Andrew Eisen: Need for Speed Rivals is coming out For Everything But Wii U - PS3, 360, PC, PS4 and Xbox One. That brings the grand total up to 72.05/23/2013 - 12:55pm

PHX Corp: http://wiiudaily.com/2013/05/microsoft-is-selling-the-wii-u-better-than-nintendo/ Wii U daily Opinion: Microsoft is selling the Wii U better than Nintendo05/23/2013 - 12:23pm

E. Zachary Knight: Zippy, they very well may be. But that will only last until they are released. At that time, they will be two generations behind.05/23/2013 - 11:14am

ZippyDSMlee: for a good luagh, http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/124288-EA-Exec-Xbox-One-and-PS4-Are-A-Generation-Ahead-Of-PC05/23/2013 - 10:55am

james_fudge: It's about time! I need W805/23/2013 - 10:49am

MaskedPixelante: Looks like Gamepot is more willing to play ball than Square Enix. Wizardry 6+7 and 8 are available on GOG.05/23/2013 - 10:36am

DorthLous: Anybody tried Hiversaire? Thoughts?05/22/2013 - 5:48pm

E. Zachary Knight: New Humble Bundle Weekly Sale. Alan Wake: https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly No Linux or Mac support. :(05/22/2013 - 1:46pm

E. Zachary Knight: Microsoft talks about the lack of backward compatability. You're backwards. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/192801/If_youre_backwards_compatible_youre_really_backwards.php05/22/2013 - 1:39pm

E. Zachary Knight: That is absolutely nuts there. As bad an experience XBox Indie Games was, the problems weren't with the self published side of things. Forcing a publisher onto independent studios is not going to help.05/22/2013 - 10:43am

MaskedPixelante: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-05-22-microsoft-wont-let-indies-self-publish-on-xbox-one And the hits just keep on coming.05/22/2013 - 9:20am

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