With the London Games Festival kicked off in the capital, of course politicians needed to say a few words about the game industry and get their face plastered in the papers.
Brace yourselves.
As per the Guardian, Dan Foster, a Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament in the UK has said,
“I hardly play any games – I’m not from that generation – but because of my job, I had to research the industry. The vast majority of my parliamentary colleagues are always wanting to ban the latest game, but they don’t know the details of the industry. Few people in this country realise how important it is to the UK economy.”
It’s nice to finally see a political statement that is not trying to sink a game or industry but let me tell you some of the background to his comment.
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In UK news, the London Games Festival 2008 has kicked off this week and will be running until the beginning of November with a series of workshops, public events, and more. Some of the events include a LittleBigPlanet Creative Cupboard, a creativity workshop, which is being run in Covent Garden all week and the Eurogamer Expo 2008 which will allow you to play all of the big upcoming Christmas releases, and not to forget the Girl Gamer Tourney. Get in there ladies.
I will try to get myself over to a few of these events and get some reporting back to you all, but if you are in London you can check it out here which I do suggest. This is not a closed event, it’s a festival, there are plenty of free and public events all across the city. A few events are asking for donations to quality causes, but remember they are providing to you plenty of gaming and swag. Get lootin before I get there son.
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