Keith Ramsdale
Electronic Arts vice president, Keith Ramsdale, has explained in an exclusive interview with SPOnG that he is upbeat about the Byron Review into violent video games (and the Internet).
"I don’t think many of us (the UK video game industry) are scared about the Byron review. I think most of us are feeling very positive about it. One of the problems that we have with this industry is this general, broad public acceptance from people who don’t play games. If the Byron Review comes out and talks about the positive aspects of games, then we can only benefit.
"Fundamentally, the questions that need to be asked are about appropriate material getting in front of children – these are essential questions that need to be addressed. I think we have a robust age-classification system for games. I think we need to find out if we need to make changes to that. And I think as an industry we’ll be accepting of what findings Tanya Byron makes."
Speaking about this role in the recent London Games Festival, the EA vice president also leapt to the defence of video games in general, telling SPOnG, "...events such as the London Games Festival... allow us to get the message over to the general public that actually, games aren’t evil in any way, shape or form."
So, there you go: games are not evil.
You can read the full interview over here.
"I don’t think many of us (the UK video game industry) are scared about the Byron review. I think most of us are feeling very positive about it. One of the problems that we have with this industry is this general, broad public acceptance from people who don’t play games. If the Byron Review comes out and talks about the positive aspects of games, then we can only benefit.
"Fundamentally, the questions that need to be asked are about appropriate material getting in front of children – these are essential questions that need to be addressed. I think we have a robust age-classification system for games. I think we need to find out if we need to make changes to that. And I think as an industry we’ll be accepting of what findings Tanya Byron makes."
Speaking about this role in the recent London Games Festival, the EA vice president also leapt to the defence of video games in general, telling SPOnG, "...events such as the London Games Festival... allow us to get the message over to the general public that actually, games aren’t evil in any way, shape or form."
So, there you go: games are not evil.
You can read the full interview over here.
Companies:
Electronic Arts
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