ESA's Annual Report Now Available
We win, neener neener neener, Jack Thompson is still a blowhard.
Published: August 5, 2008
Ladies and gentlemen, the ESA's annual report is now available for your perusal at http://www.theesa.com/about/annualreports.asp. To sum it up, the highlights according to the ESA:
- The ESA fielded a study showing that the games industry is outpacing the general economy.
- The ESA kept the game industry's business relatively clean-cut in Washington and educated naysayers about the true nature of the industry and game violence.
- The ESA "prevented enactment of any harmful copyright legislation", but that won't stop you from having your computer ravaged when you install Mass Effect.
- No laws on the state level were passed to regulate violent game sales.
- Judge Ronald Whyte essentially ruled that video games are protected under the first amendment.
- The ESA is your friend. Give your firstborn to the ESA.
Basically, these are the guys keeping the feds off our asses and making us look good doing the things we love, and keeping the blame-games-first pundits in their place. They are the guard dog keeping Jack Thompson from sticking his legislative hand in our asses. If he had his way, we'd all be forced to wear silvery jumpsuits and listen to Philip Glass all day. Count your blessings.
- The ESA fielded a study showing that the games industry is outpacing the general economy.
- The ESA kept the game industry's business relatively clean-cut in Washington and educated naysayers about the true nature of the industry and game violence.
- The ESA "prevented enactment of any harmful copyright legislation", but that won't stop you from having your computer ravaged when you install Mass Effect.
- No laws on the state level were passed to regulate violent game sales.
- Judge Ronald Whyte essentially ruled that video games are protected under the first amendment.
- The ESA is your friend. Give your firstborn to the ESA.
Basically, these are the guys keeping the feds off our asses and making us look good doing the things we love, and keeping the blame-games-first pundits in their place. They are the guard dog keeping Jack Thompson from sticking his legislative hand in our asses. If he had his way, we'd all be forced to wear silvery jumpsuits and listen to Philip Glass all day. Count your blessings.