ELSPA to forge closer relationship with UK government
Some people have this perspective of video gaming and politics that’s best captured by the statement: “You CAN fight City Hall.” Others aren’t as bellicose, and the UK Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers’ Association (ELSPA) is one of them. One of its New year’s resolutions for 2007 is to build closer working relations with the UK government, says ELSPA Director general Paul Jackson to GamesIndustry.
And by closer, we mean closer. Jackson uses the word “aggressively”, and aims at not only Government, but shadow Government – the opposition – as well. Jackson notes the improvement in ELSPA’s attitude towards politics: “When I first joined the ELSPA board in ’92 or ’93 there was almost no interaction between us and the political world.” True enough, and between acerbic political soundbites and controversies in video gaming, being a partner rather than an adversary in governance is a good thing.
Of course, this shares priority with running after some scurvy knaves of the seven seas. Arr.
Some people have this perspective of video gaming and politics that’s best captured by the statement: “You CAN fight City Hall.” Others aren’t as bellicose, and the UK Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers’ Association (ELSPA) is one of them. One of its New year’s resolutions for 2007 is to build closer working relations with the UK government, says ELSPA Director general Paul Jackson to GamesIndustry.
And by closer, we mean closer. Jackson uses the word “aggressively”, and aims at not only Government, but shadow Government – the opposition – as well. Jackson notes the improvement in ELSPA’s attitude towards politics: “When I first joined the ELSPA board in ’92 or ’93 there was almost no interaction between us and the political world.” True enough, and between acerbic political soundbites and controversies in video gaming, being a partner rather than an adversary in governance is a good thing.
Of course, this shares priority with running after some scurvy knaves of the seven seas. Arr.