Michigan Guv Gives Stardock a Shout-out in State of State

February 4, 2009

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm gave PC game publisher Stardock (Sins of a Solar Empire) some Guv-love in her State of the State address yesterday.

Speaking at the State Capitol in Lansing, Granholm acknowledged that Michigan has been hit hard by the economic downturn. But the Guv looked for a silver lining in the film and video game sectors:

There’s real pain in the auto world. Hundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost... Those losses have fueled our determination to bring new industries to Michigan...

Since enacting the nation’s most aggressive film [and video game production] incentives in April, we have seen more than 70 film and TV projects slated for production in Michigan, bringing some $430 million in economic activity here...

Tonight, I’m pleased to make three major announcements... Stardock Systems, a digital gaming manufacturer, will build its production facilities in Plymouth...

The fact that these jobs exist in Michigan today is no accident. These jobs are here because we put a strategy in place to bring them here – often by beating out other states and other countries to get them...

As GamePolitics reported in 2008, Gov. Granholm's administration aggressively pursued a financial incentive package for film, TV and video game production.

Stardock is known as a gamer-friendly publisher which eschews DRM on its PC titles. The company and its CEO, Brad Wardell, garnered major attention at PAX 2008 with the release of the controversial Gamers' Bill of Rights.

GP: Big thanks to reader Chris Bray for the heads-up!

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Re: Michigan Guv Gives Stardock a Shout-out in State of State

Submitted by Baruch_S on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 12:29.

Woohoo, Stardock! Great games without nasty DRM. Michigan should just give up on cars and begin making games.

Re: Michigan Guv Gives Stardock a Shout-out in State of State

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 10:12.

Heh, I feel some pride in my state for once.

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Submitted by DeepThorn on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 08:44.

I always get Stardock and StarForce mixed up...

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Submitted by lordlundar on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 11:43.

Do what I do, think of it this way:

StarForce forces you to damage your computer.

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Submitted by SimonBob on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 10:07.

I always think of Star Control, myself. But I'm always thinking about Star Control. (Go Shofixti! *boom* whoops.)

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Re: Michigan Guv Gives Stardock a Shout-out in State of State

Submitted by deuxhero on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 08:40.

didn't she drive her state into a single state rescission?

Re: Michigan Guv Gives Stardock a Shout-out in State of State

Submitted by Nekowolf on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 08:45.

No. A lot of people say that, but no. It's been going on for a long time now; our last governer Engler, was a real gear in this. It was under him that our surplus went down into a debt.

Re: Michigan Guv Gives Stardock a Shout-out in State of State

Submitted by Truec on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 08:55.

Engler certainly set the situation up, but Granholm hasn't done jack or shit to improve it.

Re: Michigan Guv Gives Stardock a Shout-out in State of State

Submitted by DarkSaber on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 11:08.

Have you actually READ this story? All the way through?

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Re: Michigan Guv Gives Stardock a Shout-out in State of State

Submitted by Spartan on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 08:36.

I'm glad to see SD get some props for all its efforts!

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Re: Michigan Guv Gives Stardock a Shout-out in State of State

Submitted by -Jes- on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 08:12.

Go Stardock!

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