And Now For Something Completely Different
October 5th, 2008Today’s list of frontpage GamePolitics stories not actually about politics (8:46pm CST):
- New Site Chronicles Struggle with MMO Addiction
- Bethesda: No Nasty DRM for Fallout 3
- Be Old, Play Games, Get Cheaper Car Insurance
- Destructoid Editor Singing Like a Bird… For 24 Hours
- Warhammer Online’s Gold-Seller Hate Makes No Sense, Writer Argues
- Star Wars Galaxies Developer Commits Suicide
(A little over 33%.) I don’t begrudge them the right to write about whatever they want, but let’s not mock the theme, people.
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October 6th, 2008 at 4:52 am
GP has been running for nearly four years. In that time we have historically focused on issues relating to games and politics, but also frequently touch on the game business (e.g., the MMO gold story and the SWG dev tragedy) games & health (e.g, the MMO addiction article) and games & education (the driver training/insurance story)… As to the DRM issue, that’s purely a political issue. DRM is essentially a class struggle between the publishers and the consumers.
Sorry you think that we are “mocking the theme,” but I would simply disgree. At GP we strive to be both highly informative and highly enjoyable.
October 6th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Links point to the wrong domain.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:36 am
@GamePolitics,
I was being a bit flip with the mocking comment, but the reference was to the GP masthead - “Where games and politics collide.” As I suggested, there’s nothing wrong with writing what you will; I just found it amusing since it seems to belie the stated intent of the website. Sorry if you found it derogatory.
Re: DRM, it has political implications when it leads to political ramifications, but the post in question was simply a factual reporting of whether or not restrictive DRM would be in Fallout 3. Since no recent DRM issues have led to political outcomes - they’ve been purely gamer-fueled - I put it in the “non-political category.” (This would be similar to suggesting that an armed robbery is political because it’s governed by applicable legislation. It might be at some point in the future, but it’s not right now.)