Comments on: Picking Losers: When Government Gets Into Game Design http://www.avault.com/blogs/davis/picking-losers-government-game-design/ The Adrenaline Vault is an independent site providing uninfluenced and unbiased video game information. Tue, 14 May 2013 10:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Solo4114 http://www.avault.com/blogs/davis/picking-losers-government-game-design/comment-page-1/#comment-112577 Solo4114 Tue, 22 May 2012 15:34:17 +0000 http://www.avault.com/?p=76541#comment-112577 Given that this took place in Rhode Island, I would be curious to see what...other...incentives were involved in the bankrolling of this project. What construction contracts were required to build the studios or renovate existing space? Was there additional community development begun around the physical site of the studios? What kind of salaries were the 450 jobs? How many RISD grads ended up working there, and how tight is the Chancellor of RISD with the local state representative or senator? Who does Curt Schilling know in Rhode Island politics? Those, I would argue, are far more relevant questions in this particular instance than simply "Should the government fund video game design?" Given that this took place in Rhode Island, I would be curious to see what…other…incentives were involved in the bankrolling of this project. What construction contracts were required to build the studios or renovate existing space? Was there additional community development begun around the physical site of the studios? What kind of salaries were the 450 jobs? How many RISD grads ended up working there, and how tight is the Chancellor of RISD with the local state representative or senator? Who does Curt Schilling know in Rhode Island politics?

Those, I would argue, are far more relevant questions in this particular instance than simply “Should the government fund video game design?”

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