reposting (combined for convenience) Spotted 2 new members of the ESA: Legends of Learning & Triseum I'm already getting bad vibes from LoL & the Gamification shilling from Triseum. Triseum gets $1.4 million to make educational games on art and calculus https://archive.fo/1gAkp reposting Gallagher can't go one day without "Muh womyn in gaming." Entertainment Software Association Applauds Passage of Women in STEM Bills https://archive.fo/vdQDa >The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which represents the U.S. video game industry, issued the following statement in response to Congressional passage of the “Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act” and the “INSPIRE Women Act.” Michael D. Gallagher, president and CEO of ESA, praised passage of these Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) bills, stating: >“Women play a critical role in the growth of the video game industry and expanding diversity and inclusion. This STEM-focused legislation will open doors for women in technical fields, including interactive entertainment. We commend Representatives Comstock and Esty for their leadership on critical STEM issues and encourage President Trump to sign these bills.” >According to 2016 data from the International Game Developers Association, women comprise 22 percent of the video game industry’s workforce—a number that has nearly doubled since 2009. >The Higher Education Video Game Alliance (HEVGA) reports that 30 percent of students enrolled in college and university video game design programs are women—nearly twice the number of women enrolled in other STEM-related programs. >Video game design programs have significantly higher retention rates than other tech fields, average a rate of more than 88 percent. >The epicenter of America’s creative tech economy is video game jobs. The average compensation for a video game industry employee is $97,000. >The ESA Foundation has awarded more than $700,000 in scholarships to women and minorities pursuing video game design degrees. In addition, the ESA Foundation provided grant support to non-profits encouraging young women and STEM education. I'd like to see how that's gonna work considering the Law & Order Gamergate Special treated gamers as rapists & women as stupid. reposting Looks like I found another possible dig, the ESA's even older site that back then wasn't even called the ESA, the IDSA! I hope to find some stuff there. [Insert Vaporwave here] reposting IDSA Programs https://archive.fo/EF3u8 Related Links https://archive.fo/WgOTi Press Releases [1997] https://archive.fo/NlP78 Press Releases [1998] https://archive.fo/ttJYL State of the Entertainment Software Industry: 1997 Executive Summary https://archive.fo/Dap9m Leading Software Trade Associations Announce Contract for Joint Title Verification Authorization Office in China https://archive.fo/jM3Oa REMARKS OF DOUGLAS LOWENSTEIN, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERACTIVE DIGITAL SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION (IDSA) AT THE ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPOSITION (E3) PRE-SHOW MEDIA BRIEFING (E3 1998 transcript) https://archive.fo/DPpeg Anti-Piracy Information https://archive.fo/bPNcg Government Affairs https://archive.fo/ZjQ3W Information Technology Agreement https://archive.fo/YSEbX World Intellectual Property Organization Treaties https://archive.fo/if0w9 Internet and Online Service Provider Liability

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reposting (combined for convenience) Even though they've been mentioned in their talks, the ESA is a partner of the Higher Education Video Game Alliance. https://hevga.org/ I'm getting DiGRA vibes from this… reposting Even Europe has a Games for Change counterpart. http://www.g4ceurope.eu/ >Our purpose is to inspire the videogame industry to step in and help find solutions to tackle one of the most important issues of our century: Immigration. It’s our belief that the videogame industry can have a significant impact in areas like the restoration of self-esteem to refugees; educating the public on immigration issues; integrating migrants into new cultures; and many more. I really don't like where this is going… reposting I found another site that seems to be another front for Gamification. http://gameimpact.net/ There's a shitton of connections there like Glasslab (ESA & EA) & Games for Change. This Gamification stuff is seriously out of control. reposting >look up who Constance Steinkuehler is since she's the president of HEVGA >find 3rd webm related Looks like we've got some work to do https://media.8ch.net/file_store/7e6336ef2322a683aa99acbf7c3b97222e3c187747d08c95c74d640baa01963d.webm/Constance%20Steinkuehler%20Ta%E2%80%A6.webm

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reposting set start Anyways…I guess I'll just post what I said in previous thread. Previous thread recap. >George Lucas was named 2005 champion honoree by ESA Foundation >the ESA's Grant Application from 2005 says the ESA Foundation doesn't support programs or projects that discriminate (Meanwhile, their scholarship can only be given to women or minorities) >2007 as usual is the cursed year: the ESA Foundation established a scholarship program to assist women and minority students who are pursuing degrees leading to careers in Computer & Video Game Arts. >in the recently released letter on the ESA's site, Gallagher took potshots at Trump again by attacking his 'Ban', saying "The President has set forth a reckless and misinformed path regarding our foreign creators and storytellers, and ESA joined with industry leaders to demand a better approach to security concerns. We will be vigilant in the months ahead to guide policies that grow our medium and collaborate with you to repel misguided efforts that dim our frontiers." & "In the coming year, we will work with key figures in DC and around the country on myriad issues, including privacy, immigration, tax, trade, cybersecurity, and communications." >I found the ESA's old site with plenty of stuff found such as the difference in what they consider an issue, past E3 state of the union speech transcripts, Lowenstein at China Joy Game Show (Chink E3), & powerpoint slides >the IGDA & ISFE were mentioned on the Related Organizations page on the ESA's website >2 new members joined the ESA: Legends of Learning & Triseum, both of whom are for Gamification >Gallagher talked about women in gaming again by applauding the Passage of Women in STEM Bills >found the ancient ESA's site, the IDSA. It had stuff like the 1998 E3 transcript, the different issues, the China shilling, and VAPORWARE >looked into the Higher Education Video Game Alliance. Not only another front for Gamification, but the ESA is a proud sponsor of them >Europe has a Games for Change counterpart. 2016's festival says "Our purpose is to inspire the videogame industry to step in and help find solutions to tackle one of the most important issues of our century: Immigration. It’s our belief that the videogame industry can have a significant impact in areas like the restoration of self-esteem to refugees; educating the public on immigration issues; integrating migrants into new cultures; and many more." >found Impact with Games: A fragmented field who was another front for Gamification, and had many connections to other organizations like ESA+EA's Glasslab & Games for Change

reposting (in reply to previous) (combined for convenience) >>11949897 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0d2e/6aca5940a070888c23e51929b879bb5dad33.pdf Read this, this is related to HEVGA, ESA and Tracey Fullerton. reposting I still need translation of ESA's Game Spark interview https://archive.fo/lHg2b >Tracey Fullerton pastebin http://pastebin.com/MTGNFmHY USC Fauxminism: All-Male ‘Gaming Legends’ SJW Censor Doubles Down https://archive.fo/1qaMC And then it ended when I said in regards to Acid Man's statement on being jugular in the public-open E3 that "While we have some time to get all info sorted out and made into infographs, I wonder if the ESA opening E3 to the public is a trap. For 10 years, it's been behind closed doors with "Professionals" and everything. I might be overthinking it, but something about E3 being public gives me a suspicious vibe." reposting Tweetsave isn't working, but it should come to no surprise to anyone that the ESA is in favor of H1B1s & Immigration. Recently, they applauded Orrin Hatch which made me look up what his positions were. Hatch Unveils Innovation Agenda for the 115th Congress https://archive.fo/vxzVh >As one of the earliest Senators to endorse President Trump, I can serve as a bridge between the President and the tech community. I spent nearly an hour in the Oval Office with him last month. Help me help you work with the President to accomplish our shared goals. >Unfortunately, a handful of bad actors has created a great deal of unease about H-1B visas by misusing the system to offshore jobs to foreign workers. We’ve all seen the news reports. Other companies file for way more H-1B visas than they need, squeezing smaller players out of the picture. We cannot allow this small number of bad actors to wreck the system for the responsible companies who want to help American workers and grow our economy. >As many of you know, I introduced the Immigration Innovation Act, or I-Squared, in the last two Congresses to modernize our H-1B system. I am currently working on updating this legislation to address some of the problems I have just mentioned and look forward to reintroducing the bill in the near future. Something about this & the ESA taking shots at Trump seem…off.

reposting (combined for convenience) reposting (addendum to previous) >>11955336 Forgot Twitter archive https://archive.fo/5DhUF reposting >>11955336 I'm still trying to make sense of the general picture here. From what I understand at least, publishers and studios at least the large ones, outsources a lot of stuff and does use imported staff. So they want H1B1s and immigration policy that is favorable to them, that much is obvious. The ESA represents the interests of the publisher as main priority. Is Hatch's stance consistent with Trump, therefore the ESA talking shit about Trump makes it inconsistent? Not being sarcastic here, I'm trying to understand the scenario. reposting >>11955535 According to what I looked up on Hatch, he makes himself clear that he is for H-1B & Immigration with the Immigration Innovation Act. With a stance like that, you would think the ESA would be glad to have someone like him speak about it (Which they did as I posted.) What doesn't make sense though is that Hatch is willing to help anyone like the ESA accomplish their similar goals, but then the ESA talked shit about Trump because of the "Ban" which implies that they're flip-flopping on what they truly want. I forgot to mention that Hatch was one of the Republicans who were opposed to the "Ban." https://archive.fo/T9N8H >President of the Senate Finance Committee and Utah Senator Hatch, recalled that many of his own ancestors "were themselves refugees, religious minorities violently driven from their homes who undertook a long and dangerous journey to build a new life in a distant land." The Senator urged the Trump administration to "move quickly to tailor its policy on visa issuance as narrowly as possible" and reduce "unnecessary burdens on the vast majority of visa-seekers that present a promise—not a threat—to our nation." This doesn't add up. reposting >>11955617 Trump has floated the idea of only allowing H-1B visas if the people are being given a job with at least a $100,000 salary so that companies will use H-1Bs for their supposed purpose of getting people for jobs that our own workforce can't fill instead of using them to force wages down. Companies are pretty pissed about this.

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reposting set start (combined for convenience) reposting https://archive.is/lkWb1 http://www.poly gon.com/2017/2/17/14651330/trump-video-games-thrive >Video games under President Barack Obama’s eight-year administration thrived, and the head of the Entertainment Software Association believes the same can be true under President Donald Trump’s, but not without a guiding hand and more than a bit of lobbying. ESA digger might want to get on this. They're starting to show their hand. Might want to get those redpills ready. reposting Good morning, anons! Going to bed early feels great for restoring energy. >>11960440 Theres a lot of bits in there for OC ideas. >Those lobbying efforts don’t mean sitting down directly with the president. Gallagher said, for instance, that the ESA were very actively engaged in shaping president Obama’s views of the video game industry. >“Our goal is to have a very positive and aspirational dialog with the administration and that includes the president,” ESA president Michael Gallagher told Polygon. “We hope we will have the same if not better relationship (with Trump as we had with Obama) in the months ahead.” >the head of the Entertainment Software Association believes the same can be true under President Donald Trump’s, but not without a guiding hand and more than a bit of lobbying. I may think differently about Trump, but Gallagher's already being a pathological liar with how he took potshots at him. Thanks for the find.

reposting Looking more into that Polygon article of the ESA…so many red flags being raised. >“You talk to kids today and they don’t want to go to the moon or make rockets, they want to build video games,” Gallagher said. “We are the aspirational career path for the youth today.” (No wonder they want Gamification to be pushed) >Video games and the technology that drives them have also become a test bed for a wide variety for important technologies that go on to be used in a variety of fields. That’s why, Gallagher said, politicians from governors to state legislators, senators and attorney generals all “embrace this industry and see it as a priority.” (Using video games beyond playing video games, the political folks "Embracing this industry" when censorship is going on) >Making sure that politicians understand the impact and importance of video games is a chief mandate of the ESA. (Again the push for gamification and "Industry is mature & respectful" >Gallagher pointed to the Senate Republican high-tech task force and its innovation agenda, revealed just this week by Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican. (He shares your goals, is willing to form bridges, yet you still talked shit to Trump) >That agenda, which Gallagher said he could see the Democrats embracing and the president signing off on, aligns very well with the ESA’s own agenda. (Democrats already shot themselves in the foot by having a meltdown & Huey himself is a Democrat who contributed & helped past campaigns) >“Our central focus, our role at the ESA is to extend the opportunities for video games and defend against those who would limit those frontiers in the industry,” Gallagher said. “And that means educating policy makers and the media. (Gallagher shows himself to be a hypocrite as usual. "We'll defend this and that with our Scalia ruling, but if it's a feminist, fuck Scalia." >“Video games are more and more becoming the new literacy of this generation. They look to make their expressions within games, to drive social awareness through video game architecture. That’s been happening in books, music and film, why not move in our direction?” (Because there's more to books than just propaganda & pushing awareness for social issues. Escapism seems to be a lost art) Gallagher's picking a fight with the wrong demograph.

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reposting set start (combined for convenience) reposting Previous thread, a kind anon found a recent article with the ESA. https://archive.is/lkWb1 >Video games under President Barack Obama’s eight-year administration thrived, and the head of the Entertainment Software Association believes the same can be true under President Donald Trump’s, but not without a guiding hand and more than a bit of lobbying. >“Our goal is to have a very positive and aspirational dialog with the administration and that includes the president,” ESA president Michael Gallagher told Polygon. “We hope we will have the same if not better relationship (with Trump as we had with Obama) in the months ahead.” Theres a lot of choice quotes in there, but a lot raise red flags such as lobbying, Gamification, and the return of making the industry "Mature & Respectful." I've also talked about more OC ideas from the ESA to NISA, and what arguments to expect regarding translation. reposting The ESA isn't mentioned, but Gamification is something they want pushed & I saw it get mentioned in this article back in 2012. The Top 10 Tech Trends, Straight From 5 Top Tech VCs [2012] https://archive.fo/ebWvE The Top 10 Tech Trends, Straight From 5 Top Tech VCs Part 2 [2012] https://archive.fo/PT0bl

reposting (combined for convenience.) reposting Found this article from 2000. Rated R, For 'Regulation'? https://archive.fo/GZqrG reposting Found these two articles regarding regarding games & 9/11. Video Games Call Truce [2001] https://archive.fo/eEYkn >"There isn't a road map we can follow, says Doug Lowenstein, president of the Interactive Digital Software Associaton, a trade group. "What was seen as mainstream on Sept. 10 may no longer be viewed as appropriate. People are struggling with this because these are human beings running these companies. Many have business relationships with people in New York and have been directly or indirectly touched by this tragedy. >It's important to remember games are meant to be entertainment, which people will continue to need in high-stress times, Lowenstein said. >"No one wants to be insensitive, but you must balance that with entertainment value," he said. >"I hope there will be no games with an anti-Islamic focus. That would be hideously irresponsible and I would condemn that in the strongest terms if it happened." >"Most games rated M are tame in comparison to what people can see on TV,'' said John Schappert, general manager of Maitland's Tiburon Electronic Arts, a subsidiary of the California game development company Electronic Arts. Tiburon specializes in sports games. >"Our industry has been the victim of people making examples of the worst it has to offer. It's like judging the entire radio talk-show industry on the basis of Howard Stern's show.'' Reality-Based Rethinking [2001] https://archive.fo/vo7bu >A lot of video games just don't seem appropriate anymore. >Since Sept. 11, many video-game developers and publishers have announced that they are either canceling or delaying new titles as a result of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. In most cases, they are reviewing their games for material involving planes and terrorists or either city. >"What was acceptable and non-controversial eight or nine days ago may have changed forever," said Doug Lowenstein, president of the Interactive Digital Software Association, a trade group for the video-game industry. >While most gamers are quick to point out that playing a game has nothing to do with committing a terrorist act, some reported that they haven't been in the mood for their favorite games lately. At a Web site for Counter-Strike, a game that pits players posing as terrorists and counterterrorists against each other, one person wrote that he or she would no longer host Counter-Strike matches. >"I feel guilty for playing this dumb game all the time now," wrote another gamer. "I mean, the whole country is in pain over this, and the very center of their pain is the theme behind this damn game."

reposting Good afternoon. I promised I'd get started on the flowchart. How should I do it? Focus on the United State's game industry or bring everyone else in?

reposting Not sure how I'll be able to get the previous connections of ESA members in along with the companies who are a part of them that play a crucial role such as EA & Glasslab

reposting Since I listed the ESA as a co-foudner of E3, would it be important to include the other founder? >The first E3 was conceived by IDG's Infotainment World and co-founded by the Interactive Digital Software Association (now the ESA). >International Data Group, Inc. (IDG) is an American-based media, data and marketing services and venture capital organization. IDG evolved from International Data Corporation (IDC) which was founded in 1964 in Newtonville, Massachusetts, by Patrick Joseph McGovern. IDC provides market research and advisory services and is now a subsidiary of IDG. IDG Goes on the Block [2016] https://archive.fo/IuySv >IDG has hired Goldman Sachs to explore "strategic options," the company has confirmed. >“Upon the passing of Pat McGovern—IDG's founder—nearly two years ago, IDG's ownership transferred to the McGovern Estate for the benefit of the McGovern Foundation,” says a spokesperson in an email message to Folio:. “As we've announced to IDG employees, in response to certain operating requirements of the Foundation, IDG’s Board of Directors has retained Goldman Sachs to map out the company’s strategic options moving forward. Our goal is to determine the optimal future balance between what’s best for IDG and Pat McGovern’s mission for the Foundation.” Tech Publisher IDG Transforming Itself From Within As It Braces For Sale Or Breakup [2016] https://archive.fo/52zgt >The tech media giant IDG may be on the cusp of change, with Goldman Sachs shopping it to prospective buyers two years after the death of founder Patrick McGovern; but meanwhile Michael Friedenberg, CEO of IDG Communications isn't sitting around twiddling his thumbs. In a recent interview, Friedenberg talks about how IDG is evolving its product and customer relationships in the face of continuous change in digital publishing.

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reposting set start WIP first draft ESA points, take three -intro on what the ESA is, use info from ESA own material. Highlight that the org is primarily for publishers. -intro on sarkeesian tweet showing up ESA, when it was put up, when and why it was taken down by the ESA in their own words. Question for ESA, if the ESA has commented that it does not want to comment rashly on something as controversial as GG without enough info, yet did mention GG in regards to harrassment against devs. Is the ESA willing to look at more recent development such as the FBI clearing GG. - info about ESA policy on copyright and IP. Pics of comparison of TF2 and Final Combat. Question for the ESA, what does the ESA do if one of it's own members are not clear on the concept and principles the ESA claims it stands for regarding IP and copyright issues. - same as above, regarding discrimination against one religious group. Use the ESA own info regarding discrimination policy, pic or example of EA fake protest (dante game? forgot exact one right now) - same as above, but IDSA previous policy about not supporting projects that discriminate on the basis of gender race creed age. Compare to current ESA foundation policy. - gamification. holy fucking shit. where to fucking start on this mess. - IARC, comparison of rating system between ratings board and user generated info and ratings. See ESA digger WIP infographics. - question on why the ESA boasts that vidya industry is bigger than movies, yet wants to be treated like movies, a non interactive medium. re-sift hq thread for this, the core point and question was there and some of it might be better worded. - question on overzealous copyright and IP issue, calling old vidya preservation haxxoring or illegal. - Firm reminder to ESA and vidya industry in general, customers are not your enemy, do not treat them as such.

reposting (recap reposting) Previous thread recap. >ESA released another set of photos of their new offic & the "Achievement Unlocked" panel on the economic impact of the video gme industry. >Gamification is something many businesses want to see pushed in the Forbes article >talked a bit about Nick Doerr of Neptunia infamcy, he says that "If those fans are serious, they should open up a business and see if they can start to shift these ideologies held by the other companies existing today" & I consider that a farce due to how big & prevalent the SJW ideology is. >last year's E3 had them wearing fag pins because of the Orlando fag shootin'. In some ways, it's ironic considering the ESA's stance on immigration. (I'm not sure if I would say they're using the people who got killed to push their agenda because of the timing, but at this point I wouldn't be surprised.) >an article from 2000 talked about government regulation on media being a horrible thing (What I find more interesting is the founder of Action for Children's Television, Peggy Charren, accusing the industry of "Talking out of both sides of its mouth.") >two articles from 2001 regarding video games & 9/11. Most of it bogged down to "We can't be appropriate anymore, we're affected by the attacks" & Lowenstein saying "I hope there will be no games with an anti-Islamic focus. That would be hideously irresponsible and I would condemn that in the strongest terms if it happened." >talked about the International Data Group who conceived the first E3 with the IDGA (ESA). Interestingly, the founder passed away & they've been working with Goldman Sachs to "Explore 'Strategic Options.' They also own PC World & Computer World. >found Sweden's ESA counterpart, the Swedish Game Industry. Like the ESA, it raised many red flags such as "Health & Social Responsibility" being their area of interest, being located in Stockholm, etc. I've also gotten started on making a flowchart of the ESA. I may need some assistance because I haven't made one of these before & theres many connections to put down & summarize.

reposting (combined for convenience) ESA IS INVOLVED IN THE TRADE IN SERVICES AGREEMENT >support SOPA >support PIPA >support TPP >now this reposting >>11971171 Draft of the TISA, NOW! reposting >>11971185 It's in here. https://wikileaks.org/tisa/ reposting I found the ESA mentioned in first PDF titled TSA Contract Rejections 4.20.15 - Cases (The URL on Google says Radioshack so I don't think it has to do with Department of Homeland Security TSA) https://media.8ch.net/file_store/70576da117a08cd2e7e399f8bcb4fc88de03ec646988b6eed01abdc229dc84eb.pdf/042115181651.pdf

reposting (combined for convenience) Gallagher of the ESA also participated in a hearing regarding STEM. https://media.8ch.net/file_store/df709f7b0ca5a82d048643fcf2f6f40b8ddf1e0430ea27fa6ee609e11beed3da.pdf/091311_charter.pdf >>11971529 Sounds plausible. I'm a bit surprised how activity of the ESA managed to spike up after I posted them supporting TISA. Usually I or a few anons find some stuff on the ESA. reposting ESA also supported the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, the proto-PIPA bill in 2010 https://archive.fo/SKh6E > The following persons or groups submitted letters or releases of support for the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act >Entertainment Software Association Also a PDF. https://media.8ch.net/file_store/63457ae67393f0fea96b9f17b61470d5c4bb036a371b59e0aeba70e3930adbd7.pdf/PRESS-OnlineInfringement-O%E2%80%A6.pdf reposting >>11971753 ESA by default has to support all that bullshit they're lobbyists for the big publishers and by default are for anything that "fights piracy" no matter how ineffective, short-sighted, or dangerous it is. Is the new form of TPP altered in any way? Because the issue with TPP was all the dumb regulations and bullshit it came with but a trade deal that made it cheaper to trade with Asian countries actually would be a great thing. It just cannot come at the cost of over-bearing red-tape and surveillance. reposting >>11971784 According to the article on Wikileak's tweet, it borrows some shady shit from the TPP. https://archive.fo/rlGit >Commentary accompanying Bilaterals.org’s publication of several TISA chapters stresses that the Trans-Pacific Partnership, despite its apparent defeat, is nonetheless being used as the model for the Trade In Services Agreement. Thus we are at risk of the TPP becoming the “new norm” >“Several proposed texts from the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement have been transferred to TiSA — including state-owned enterprises; rights to hold data offshore (including financial data); e-commerce; and prohibitions on performance requirements for foreign investors. While these texts originated with the United States, they appear to be supported by other parties to the TPP, even though those governments were reluctant to agree to them in the TPP and will no longer be bound by that agreement. That suggests the TPP may become the new norm even though it has only been ratified in two of the 12 countries, and that was done on the basis of U.S. participation that no longer applies. TPP cannot be allowed to become the new ‘default’ position for these flawed agreements.” >These proposals are more extreme than language in existing bilateral trade agreements. Many of TISA’s provisions are lifted from TPP, but some go beyond the latter’s already extreme proposals For example, not even the TPP contemplated the entire elimination of regulations of any kind against the financial industry. Article 14 of TISA’s annex on financial services, which had contained the most explicit language prohibiting regulation, has been removed, but Article 9 still contains language requiring no limitations beyond those applying to domestic financial firms. In other words, a smaller country would be required to allow a giant bank from a bigger country to take over its entire banking system. Banks getting involved raises a giant red flag.

Swapping this sticky for the ESRB sticky. Archive of ESRB thread: http://archive.is/XskHa

reposting (in reply and conversation regarding the WIP points. Note: for full post see archive, this specific repost is edited to just include the relevant info regarding ESA discussion) reposting >>11975438 >The points look very good. I would add something about their defense for "Violent vidya games" but then silence on "Racist sexist games" (And why they won't speak up on certain games getting censored like DoAX3) That's a good one I missed. Will be added to the wip list, thanks.

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reposting set start reposting >find this article on the ESA's site >oh for god's sake, more Gamification Why This Founder Thinks She Can Make A Good Educational Kid's Game https://archive.fo/p98We >see if Lindsey Tropf has a Twitter >usual suspects appear again in her following Well that's not surprising.

reposting (combined for convenience) More detailed background on the president of Games for Change. https://archive.fo/Pwact >Prior to Games for Change Susanna worked across both the commercial and public sector. Over a 12 year period, Susannaheld various senior level positions at BBC Worldwide Americas, most recently as SVP of the TV distribution division for the US where she led a team of 20 to raise $50m annually from coproduction and sales of BBC’s award winning documentaries and scripted content. She was also SVP of BBC Worldwide’s Children’s where she led the strategy of all youth related initiatives in the US including channel and IP development. >BBC reposting Going back to the digging, I found this from the guy that runs ESA's digital media content. https://archive.fo/paphC reposting Germany's ESA counterpart, BIU, sponsors GDC Europe. (Also supports Gamescom. So technically, 2 events hosted by 1) http://www.gdceurope.com/aboutgdc/ reposting (reply to previous) >>11979212 Also just remembered BIU is part of Europe's ESA counterpart, ISFE. So technically…they're doing the support it.

reposting (combined for convenience) Not sure how useful the PDFs from the ESA's site is regarding their members, but I'll post anyway. >Gallagher also serves on the Publishing Advisory Board of Sesame Street Already skeptical https://media.8ch.net/file_store/1c5aad493e39635e412f75a2a77a7d8f0a02621c566d0401b625505ec5a7b4f4.pdf/Michael-Gallagher.pdf reposting Stanley Pierre Louis' PDF. There's the mention of Viacom. https://media.8ch.net/file_store/bb1b54cd0a7f41aee0d9428c13a8e2774d4bd39f3ce777b74baa8582c7adcecd.pdf/Stanley-Pierre-Louis.pdf reposting >>11979397 >Wasn't it Gallagher's own words saying some sesame street representative really made an impression on him or something similar. Yes, but it wasn't a representative, it was the CEO (At the time anyway since he's gone.) It was from ASPEN. >Surprising Synergies - Game Makers, Policymakers, and Educators: How the gamification of stubborn policy challenges — like budget, energy, and health care — can help engage and involve the public and, importantly, work to inform policymakers' decisions. >"I sit here today because Gary Knell, 5 years ago when he was with Sesame, came and visited with me and said 'You know what? Nice to meet you, you're new in your job, we think your industry could do more.' And he planted a seed of an idea of what we could do around education." reposting Ana Molina & Rich Taylor. Rich's PDF mentions the MPAA. https://media.8ch.net/file_store/0453e020759ba20681f1b41aa22de9b46de4b9c5e4a9e352048ee7bfaa92f05e.pdf/Ana-Molina.pdf https://media.8ch.net/file_store/241965623d457d93ce6128680f87397f208d42c1d92ab87859e47b2d315c05f7.pdf/Rich-Taylor.pdf reposting Erik "Huey" PDF. At least it doesn't deny his Democrat party ties. This part however is more interesting to me because I don't think I've seen these. >Outside of work and politics, Erik pursues two creative passions as a screenwriter and as the lead singer of The Surreal McCoys, his Americana rock band, which recently put out its second, original full-length album and regularly performs live. Screenwriting cancer & a band I've never heard of. https://media.8ch.net/file_store/82fec3933b7f71baabac21662dcb4ab0298b58f23548d1ad58c3001be20a2cdd.pdf/Erik-Huey.pdf reposting Dug a bit into Rich Taylor's past with the MPAA. Going, going, gone? [2001] https://archive.fo/anPbF >Tsk. Tsk. If Jiminy Cricket were a movie critic, he might be wagging his finger at the makers of today's G-rated motion pictures. Violence? Sexual innuendo? Cigarette smoking? Jiminy might be asking: What are these doing in G-rated flicks meant for family audiences? >Industry sources, including a former official movie-rater, say some scenes slipping into G-rated films show that Hollywood's highly touted rating system needs serious repair. >Take for instance Disney's "The Lion King." Don Bluth, president of the Phoenix-based Don Bluth Films, wonders how it could get away with a "really, really violent" fight between two lions and still get its gentle-G rating. >"In a way, there is an exception to this rule, and it's Walt Disney Studio," says Mr. Bluth, whose company has made 12 movies, including "The Secret of NIMH" and "The Land Before Time." "They can get away with more violence and still get a G-rating…. I think if anyone else tried to do that," he says, there "might be a different yardstick." >Now, even Congress is taking an interest. Next week, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D) of Connecticut will conduct a committee hearing on the ratings systems for movies, television, music, and videos. >The Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) board of directors is comprised of executives from seven major studios, says Jay Landers, a former member of the association's movie ratings board (see interview, left). He wonders how the ratings board can feel a sense of independence when it is rating movies put out by those very same studios. >"If [MPAA president Jack Valenti] shares the perspective that some of his subordinates seem to share - that raters are obligated to put the interests of the motion picture companies first and foremost above all else - that would make the ratings board corrupt by definition, because the ratings board is supposedly trying to represent the parents of our culture," says Dr. Landers, who lives in Oak Park, Calif. >But, counters Rich Taylor, MPAA vice president of public affairs in Washington, the names of the people who determine the ratings are kept secret from the board of directors. This anonymity "removes the possibility of bribery and tampering," he says. >"The guidelines are not a strict checklist," MPAA spokesman Taylor says. "The reason we want parents on the board is we want to look through the prism of a parental eye." Joseph Lieberman keeps sticking his nose into ratings business.

reposting (combined for convenience) PDF of Huey giving a speech at the Globaloria Leadership Colloquium in West Virginia. https://media.8ch.net/file_store/a4e69629e05f2bf22fe36f88f2a3b2ca76a046076407e9b7480949316d459143.pdf/Erik_Huey_WV_Colloquium_Sp%E2%80%A6.pdf reposting ESA has a partnership with WorldWide Workshop. Once again they're insane with Gamification. But the partner list is even better. https://archive.fo/S5rj0 reposting (please see pic related) Just realized the ESA still has that "No discrimination" policy, meanwhile on their scholarship… This is on the same day.

reposting (combined for convenience) reposting (see pic) I feel like the "No discrimination" line could REALLY be exploited to show the hypocrisy. reposting So Mike Gallagher joined the ESA in 2007, well Europe's ESA counterpart just so happened to have a new Chairman of the Board in 2007 as well! The best part? He was Senior Vice President at EA! European Game Organization Appoints EA Executive to Chairman [2007] https://archive.fo/CNBr5 >The Interactive Software Federation Europe (ISFE) announced the appointment of Jens Uwe Intat, Senior Vice President of EA Europe, as its new Chairman of the Board, succeeding Sony senior vice president John Brunning. Michael Rawlinson, Managing Director of the UK trade body ELSPA, has been re-elected to his position as Treasurer. >ISFE represents the interests of the game developers throughout the 27 European Member States and Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The organization leads political, legal and commercial initiatives to protect its members' interests on issues like intellectual property protection, e-commerce and World Trade Organization negotiations. ISFE also oversees Pan-European Games Information, the industry body dedicated to the rating of entertainment content. >Patrice Chazerand, Secretary General of ISFE, commented, "I'm very much looking forward to working with the new Chairman. His strong leadership will help drive our industry priorities at a time when interactive entertainment is being fully recognized by policy makers as mainstream entertainment, and as the fastest growing media sector today." He's not the Chairman anymore, it's now currently Philippe Cardon of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (Vice President.) ———————- Archived link for posts labelled reposting from >>330163 to this specific post. https://archive.fo/06ilK

reposting set start(combined for convenience) reposting ESA Foundation used(?) to be a partner with the Federation of American Scientists. Interestingly when I went to look up said federation, there was comments of the past from Joseph McCarthy accusing them of being "heavily infiltrated with Communists." Hmm… reposting Good afternoon. Found the ESA Foundation mentioned in the city of Boston's funding PDF from 2008 along with a Soros funded organization. https://media.8ch.net/file_store/9d4b7e4d12a3c7f09114c83c9a78b7c2dcca6f8f204b4de66b28143e418aec70.pdf/2-20-08_tcm3-2329.pdf >>11988393 That's what I was trying to say. You'd have to be naive to think it's only Soros doing the bullshit. reposting Federation of American Scientists Support "Edu-Gaming" in Schools [2006] https://archive.fo/Pi7SV reposting (pic related) It's not very detailed, but I hope it helps. reposting (note: edited the excerpt from the link since link is provided, and to save some space in reposting) I find it interesting that during Columbine, Joseph Lieberman stuck his nose again on video games (ESRB was formed so people like him could shut the fuck up about the industry "Not having ratings") along with Orrin Hatch (Who Gallagher & current day ESA point to when it comes to the issue of H-1B & Immigration.) Hatch assails violent games [1999] https://archive.fo/ua205 Senators Criticize Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails At Hearing [1999] https://archive.fo/d4NsD reposting (note: edited the excerpt from the link since link is provided, and to save some space in reposting) Even more surprising was the fact that Tracy Fullerton defended the Super Columbine Massacre RPG game! Controversy follows Columbine video game [2007] https://archive.fo/23vbc ————— Archived link for this reposting set. https://archive.fo/qMtFq

reposting set start (note: mostly just a discussion regarding the older, non vidya non gadget definition of gamification.) reposting (combined for convenience) >>11994103 >On the concept side. If one of the big selling point of gamification is to take the boring out of learning, or put the fun in learning. What's even more upsetting for those following gamification who haven't drank the kool-aid is that this wasn't what gamification was about. The whole "fun in learning" is the same garbage as forcing the whole "educational games" or "educational entertainment" dogmas to be the accepted status quo. reposting >>11994249 Yeah, there was an anon in past bread that mentioned something about that. How there was a couple of mathematicians on some common core council or such, that actually understood the non koolaid version of gamification. But since they did not have teaching degrees they were either ignored or told to gtfo. >that this wasn't what gamification was about. >The whole "fun in learning" is the same garbage as forcing the whole "educational games" or "educational entertainment" dogmas to be the accepted status quo. Unfortunately that's what the industry and many others are trying to push as the definition of gamification is. Sheeit, anyone remember Jane Mcgonigal? There was quite a lot of articles and she was peddling the edutaining type of gamification hard. Granted not every article was buying the premise whole, but it still got a lot of exposure. https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world/transcript?language=en archive.is can't seem to capture it properly. reposting >>11994335 You'll have to do the Wayback Machine + Achive.is combo https://archive.fo/yCmAU ———– Archived link of the full thread of this reposting set https://archive.fo/fdpdy

Link from /v/: >>>/v/12016171 Everything on the ESA in the U.S. https://ghostbin.com/paste/mppox https://archive.is/FgYoO

>>330253 /v/anon updated the list: >>>/v/12016339 https://ghostbin.com/paste/qw2v3 https://archive.fo/NqYz4

Didn't know where else to put this since there isn't a specific GDC thread here, and the GDC was funded by the ESA in 2017, so here we go. >>>/v/12037004 These are the papers that Bonnie Ruberg wrote under her name! https://scholar.google.com.ph/scholar?q=Bonnie+Ruberg&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_ylo=2007&as_yhi=2017

reposting set start (conversation about ESA and The Fair Repair act) reposting Anyways, some recent ESA news. A bill was proposed in Nebraska called The Fair Repair Act which mostly bogged down to giving consumers the right to repair equipment they own such as tractors or game consoles without being at the mercy of the makers. Since the bill's been around in 2016 & VICE out of all people decided to talk about it, take it with a grain of salt. But nonetheless, the ESA, Apple, & others aren't too pleased with the idea. Bill info http://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=28439 Original article The Video Game Industry Is Lobbying Against Your Right to Repair Consoles [2017] https://archive.fo/azrFH Video game companies don’t want us fixing our own consoles [2017] https://archive.fo/wgCoK ESA Opposing “Right to Repair” Legislation [2017] https://archive.fo/WWBON Console Makers Lobbying Against Right-to-Repair Bill [2017] https://archive.fo/H2CAJ This one shows the ESA's letter to the senator https://archive.fo/omxbb reposting Good find. Brainstorming, how about this for a possible judo move for the core points and question for ESA redpill. >ESA fixation for Making the world a better place, through vidya tech bla bla bla Then what is the ESA stance on repairing console electronics, especially in light of the ever growing problem of e-waste in our environment. reposting >>12044784 >>especially in light of the ever growing problem of e-waste in our environment. >Explain. Do you mean the shitty coding from poo in the loos? The regressive technology that makes the stuff from 10 years ago look very good in comparison? I don't buy their "Muh hackers" excuse because hackers are gonna hack your stuff, legal or not legal. I meant e-waste as in electronic waste, the actual materials. Even with electronic recyling, that stuff is piling up considering the increasing use of planned obsolescence. So how about this, since the ESA loves to say 'making the world a better place' usually means social change, and vaguely hinting people should become left leaning progressives. But you know how one of the left's other fixation is environmentalism. Still is I guess but remember Reduce Reuse Recycle, there is a badly missing 4th R in there, Repair. Being able to reasonably repair something used to be a mark of a good design. So how about asking something like, if the ESA wants to make the world a better place, what is their stance on not making electronics harder to repair. On not making more wastes and pollutants. Since repairing can save energy and materials or preventing an otherwise repairable or servicable item from going into landfill, or improperly recycled in dangerous conditions. reposting >>12044866 >On not making more wastes and pollutants. Hopefully I'm understanding this…it's like phones that used to last for many years until lately where they're lucky to even reach 5 years top of lasting? >>12044907 Forgot to add *until lately where they feel like disposable phones & they're lucky to even reach 5 years of lasting? reposting >>12044907 >>12044919 Exactly. All the talk of 'making the world a better place', how about actually putting that in the practical sense. I mean yes, consumer electronics are not really considered heirloom items, and electronics in general relies on people wanting to buy new. I get that. That doesn't mean everything should be a race to see how much stuff can be made to be disposable.

>>330279 reposting >>12044907 >>12044919 >>12044936 And of course, every SJW's favorite company Apple is one of the worst offenders in this regard. Not to mention the working conditions in their manufacturing plants. reposting >>12044936 Good. But yeah, I never thought of that angle of "Making the world a better place" by making the stuff actually last long & not be wasted. >>12044945 I think Apple dealing with Foxconn or something like that has something to do with it, I remember something like this in high school where they talked about electronic parts being made in Foxconn & how not only was the place sweatshop-tier awful, but they contributed to pollution because electronic devices were disposable & people threw them away once it was no longer useful. reposting >>12044945 >And of course, every SJW's favorite company Apple is one of the worst offenders in this regard. Not to mention the working conditions in their manufacturing plants. It really seems to be. >>12044952 >Good. But yeah, I never thought of that angle of "Making the world a better place" by making the stuff actually last long & not be wasted. Especially considering how much they and the industry is pushing for mobile market. I mean again, I know consumer electronic relies on people looking at the newest version and going ooh shiny I want that. I get it, vidya itself is driven by a large part of the allure of 'new'. But does novelty warrant even shorter cycles of planned obsolescence, and not helping curb but adding to the e-waste problem. Don't you want to, heh, make the world a better place as you love saying, ESA and others? I'm thinking of that possible angle because it could be a way of showing "here is your words, and here is what appears to be your action," type of deal. reposting >>12044999 Wouldn't another factor to it have to do with requiring less on importing the product and just recycling/repairing the stuff we already have? reposting >>12044999 Well you got something down that I never thought of, so that's good. I've been fixated on the issue of Gamification, but the increase in wanting to go for the mobile shekels should raise questions in environmental issues since lots of people use mobile devices & devs want to try to capture the market. >>12045031 Probably. Apple & the likes would actually need to make their stuff in America instead of relying on CHINA for one part of it. archived link for this reposting set from post >>330279 to this specific post https://archive.fo/4Mwt6

reposting set start reposting (combined for convenience) Anyways, something new on the ESA front. Ted Price and Mike Gallagher to speak on leadership at GamesBeat Summit [March 5, 2017] https://archive.fo/XInLI >Our next speaker for our upcoming GamesBeat Summit event is Ted Price, the CEO of Insomniac Games, the maker of the Ratchet and Clank series and developer of the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man game. >Price will talk about what it takes to be a leader in the game industry and how to inspire your team to be creative. He showed what it was like to lead when he created a YouTube video to protest President Donald Trump’s travel ban. >Mike Gallagher, CEO of the Entertainment Software Association and a frequent speaker at our events, will be the moderator for the fireside chat. They are the latest speakers at our event entitled GamesBeat Summit 2017: How games, sci-fi, and tech create real-world magic. >GamesBeat Summit 2017 will take place on May 1 and May 2, 2017, at the historic Claremont resort hotel in Berkeley, Calif., just a short distance from San Francisco. reposting Something else I found, it's more ESRB than ESA and it's no longer on the site. ESRB Head Talks AO, Manhunt 2 and Community Standards [Jun 21 2007] https://archive.fo/zx9BQ archived link for this reposting set https://archive.fo/zK1ck