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COMPUTER GAMES HAVE become more mainstream and acceptable in the eyes of the media over the past two or three years, according to one of the former industry’s most influential figures.
Having previously lamented the reluctance of those in influential positions to embrace the video-gaming industry, studio director of the multi-million-selling Football Manager series, Miles Jacobson, now feels there is a more accepting attitude towards the industry.
Jacobson, who received an OBE in 2011 for his services to the gaming industry, admits there are some cynical reasons behind this change.
“I think it’s partly improved because the games industry advertises more in the mainstream media now,” he told TheJournal.ie. “Therefore, they take us more seriously because they’re making more money out of us.”
However, he also feels the transformation is partly as a result of the growing prominence and popularity of games at all levels.
Certainly, journalists who’ve grown up playing video games, as they start getting editorial positions, it does improve things, but it’s improving because gaming is becoming more mainstream in general.I still haven’t seen the guys who made Call of Duty on chat shows and stuff like that. I think there have been a couple of instances in America where people have gone on, but it’s normally to do game demos.
“But it’s still going to take time [before games gain full acceptance]. When Elvis Presley came along, it was described as the devil music and he did alright for himself. People [who criticise games] just don’t understand them. It’s just a form of entertainment.”
And despite his success, Jacobson and his colleagues are not universally loved within the industry.
Several installments of the Football Manager series are among the highest-selling PC games of all time, and this level of success has somewhat inevitably attracted skeptics.
“It’s more popular inside the football world than it is inside the video game world. And that’s quite an interesting thing.
“We’re kind of seen as the Status Quo of the video games industry, but when you look at us from a football perspective, people are using our database to aid their work and I think we’re a lot cooler in football circles than we are in video game circles.
“Maybe we’re more like Boyzone than Status Quo. Boyzone were always popular among footballers, but weren’t that cool within the music industry.”
Our full interview with Miles Jacobson will be up on the site from 12pm today.
Football Manager 2014 was released this week. More details here.
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Why is the journal so quiet about Trump at the moment??
It wouldn’t be to do with that video from Georgia that’s caused this unprecedented silence, would it?
@Giddy: expand please
@Giddy: who is Trump?
@Margaret Deacon: https://youtu.be/LJ0xDWhWUxk
@John Mulligan: Exactly what CNN have been doing lately, did you see the veritas tapes???? https://youtu.be/ZqtZIdwhnec
haha, the media literally have been caught trying to keep all evidence of fraud from the public. The sheep are so easily led by the echo chamber they call news
@Giddy: because it’s a non story
@Random_paddy: Non story = Democrat media blackout.
You’ve been told by CNN its a non story and like a good little sheep you follow…
Did you not watch the links i posted, there’s clear evidence of fraud.
Im just making a point that the Journal have been very silent on this video which is clearly very incriminating. Open your eyes.
@Margaret Deacon: https://youtu.be/uW-z287KQzg
@Giddy: media outlets biased is not a shocker really though is it?
CNN favours the dems Fox favours the republicans. They don’t have neutral news anywhere especially in the states. That isn’t evidence of a rigged election though is it.
Was there isolated incidents of fraud for the Democrats? Most likely. Was there incidents of vote fraud in favour or Republicans? Just as likely.
No different than our own elections.
But neither enough to affect the election in any meaningful way.
He lost the election dude. Some things you are better off just letting go, instead of tormenting yourself over these conspiracies.
@john doe: I waited 2 days for a Trump article to post about this, Couldn’t sleep the whole time, tormented isn’t the word haha
But seriously did you watch the video?
@Giddy: yes I watched it. It may be fraud, it may be something else altogether. It’s not conclusive evidence of anything. What makes you think based on that video that if they are sneaking in ballots that they are all for Biden?
Couldn’t that just be where they had been storing some postal votes or votes from a remote polling station.
A video of people moving suitcases around hardly means a rigged election does it?
But as I said above, there is probably some level of fraud in every election. In this case lots of people have looked at it and decided that if there was some fraud it wasn’t enough to alter the result.
@john doe:You’re probably right, they’ve found the smoking gun, now find the ballets…
2 more drug dealers caught well done gardai
Were do garda get the prices from ? Anyone know ?
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