Ouch! Someone Wasn't Impressed By Hodge's LGF Comments

Ouch! Someone Wasn't Impressed By Hodge's LGF Comments

November 2, 2007
In its recent coverage of  British Culture Minister Margaret Hodge’s address to U.K. game industry types at the recent London Games Festival, MCV had a rather positive take.

As writer Stuart Dinsey put it:
Whilst forthright in her view that tax incentives for UK games businesses are unlikely, and insistent that legislation would be changed if self-regulation was deemed to be failing, Hodge was generally positive about the contribution games are making to the creative industries.

But not everyone in attendance saw it that way.  One unnamed senior executive told GamesIndustry.Biz:
With Margaret Hodge, I felt she wasn't listening, she said her piece and left. She's not going to be any use to this industry.  I felt her mind was closed and she didn't care. Maybe I'm wrong, I would love to be proven wrong. But the impression I got was a whole load of key gaming executives wasted an afternoon there.

We had an interesting talk afterwards between ourselves but I felt Margaret Hodge snubbed us and it's a real shame.

Hodge’s entire address can be viewed here.

-Reporting from San Diego, GP Correspondent Andrew Eisen
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Comments

Submitted by bite me - November 2, 2007 at 9:42 am -0500
stupid brits
Submitted by IanC - November 2, 2007 at 1:54 pm -0500
Bite me.... you really dont know what a cross/equals sign means?

It means "does not equal".

Moron :)
Submitted by BlackIce, NKVD Edition - November 2, 2007 at 4:56 am -0500
"Margaret! Margaret!"

What?

"The Game Industry wants to know if you mean what you said. Did you?"

No!

"She says no."
Submitted by BlackIce, NKVD Edition - November 2, 2007 at 4:56 am -0500
Is she picking her nose in that picture?
Submitted by chris - November 2, 2007 at 5:04 am -0500
@blackice

either that or snorting cocaine
Submitted by BlackIce, NKVD Edition - November 2, 2007 at 5:06 am -0500
That explains the utterly hysterical look on her face..
Submitted by Anonymous - November 2, 2007 at 5:39 am -0500
That photo is pure, undatulterated winnage, seriously.

It's amusing, someone in the game industry has said what thousands of persons have said, that politicians don't really care when they say they care and that they only care about looking and sounding good in front of people.
Submitted by tallimar - November 2, 2007 at 6:16 am -0500
@Anonymous
wait, i thought that's what politicians were for....
Submitted by The Discombobulator - November 2, 2007 at 6:33 am -0500
Wow. I live in the UK and can tell you that your worst fears are right. she won't listen, she will just pay lip service to the report and then cow tow to the majority of the tech fearing public. I mean come on, Tanya Byron leading the report? A celeb phychologist working for the government? These so called celebs often don't have the qualifications they say they do (take note Gillian Keith). this is a hiding to nothing folks.
Submitted by E. Zachary Knight - November 2, 2007 at 8:14 am -0500
Considering what is said of her position here:

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entertainment/media/uk+video+...

I know she is not in any way supportive of the game industry and would not trust her as far as I could throw and freight train.
Submitted by bite me - November 2, 2007 at 9:47 am -0500
she is snorting cocaine because england sucks because they ban games
Submitted by Ian Charles - November 2, 2007 at 9:54 am -0500
.......

Oh do shut up bite me. Manhunt 2 /= every game.
Submitted by bite me - November 2, 2007 at 10:59 am -0500
manhunt 2 divided by equals every game is not a mathmatical statement
Submitted by bite me - November 2, 2007 at 10:59 am -0500
moron
Submitted by bite me - November 2, 2007 at 11:09 am -0500
suck it
Submitted by bite me - November 2, 2007 at 11:10 am -0500
Engilish are a bunch of F***ERS
Submitted by bite me - November 2, 2007 at 11:10 am -0500
my spelling sucks
Submitted by BlackIce, NKVD Edition - November 2, 2007 at 11:12 am -0500
@bite me

Without us, you're country wouldn't exist. Silly Arse..
Submitted by E. Zachary Knight - November 2, 2007 at 11:36 am -0500
@ BlackIce

Actually, without the British, we would be speaking Dutch. :)

@ bite me

You are not contributing to anything. Please stop.
Submitted by HeroofDark - November 2, 2007 at 11:59 am -0500
@bite me

You phail. End of story. A quintuple post just for attention is sad, and you need to grow up.

Anyways, she seems like a poitician, say one thing, do another (that satisfies the majority of voters).
Submitted by DavCube - November 2, 2007 at 12:25 pm -0500
@ bite me

No you.
Submitted by McDaddy - November 2, 2007 at 1:49 pm -0500
To All Brits:

We, the American people, are willing to state that "bite me" does not represent the American public's view of the British if you are willing to state that Margaret Hodge does not represent the British public's view of gaming.

(This statement will be official once I locate Jack Thompson to notarize it.)
Submitted by BlackIce, Comrade Commisar - November 2, 2007 at 1:52 pm -0500
@McDaddy

That's okay. We like trolls on GP. We currently have about three.
Submitted by Paul Kerton - November 2, 2007 at 2:14 pm -0500
Margaret Hodge doesn't represent the views of the UK people.
She is the definition of nanny state.
Submitted by Zenith - November 4, 2007 at 11:41 am -0500
Is she anyone important enough that what she says matters? I haven't heard of her before, though I tend not to pay too much attention to people over a certain elevation in government as they tend to say/do what will keep them in their job and earning money.
Submitted by HeavyGod - November 27, 2007 at 4:00 am -0500
Really good and really interesting post. I expect (and other readers maybe :)) new useful posts from you!
Good luck and successes in blogging!

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