Legal Niches

Politicians Loathe to Admit That They Game

By pete_gallagher

A UK journalist attempting to write a story on videogames in 2006 sent out an 'informal' email to a string of fellow journalists, civil servants and MPs requesting some feedback on what types of games they played, and failed to receive a single response.

National Videogame Archive co-founder Iain Simons was penning an article for The New Statesmen at the time, and, as detailed in GamesIndustry.biz, took the non-replies to indicate that 'to be identified as a gamer (in 2006, at least) was incompatible with being a 'serious' civil servant or member of the Westminster set - be that journalist, MP or whatever."

After sending a second email offering anonymity, Simons stated that, '…this time lots of them got back in touch and came 'out' as gamers."

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on September 03, 2010 (boomark / email).