UK Goverment fully supports Games!
It is good news indeed for once to see such entheastic support from the goverment party for the gaming industry, even if it is from the other side of the globe. With many possitive reports on gaming from the medical field and the finanacial sector, the game industry is still overshadowed by critics.
“Games are easy targets for the fundamentalist leaders and uninformed parents who want to blame the Problems of the Youth Today on one easily defined and censorable hobby.” as quote by Mur Lafferty from Escapist Magazine
Shaun Woodward, UK’s Minister for creative industries and tourism states that the game industry is “one of our most important creative industries, and one at which the UK excels”. Meanwhile, Paul Jackson chairman of British Academy of Film and Television Arts(BAFTA)’ games committee provide further encourage ment to the game industry by saying “Games now make up a huge part of entertainment and spending across all age groups… The creative lines have blurred, and the synergies between the industries of games, film and television are now many.” during a discussion on BAFTA’s plans to host a new videogames awards ceremony on October 5.
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