Report - The Politics of Electronic Entertainment

With the British general election just 8 days away, it's seems fitting to report (briefly) on the opinions of each political party on the electronic entertainment industry - in alphabetical order, of course!

CONSERVATIVE:

- Halt bbfc classification of games
- Introduce new classification department of electronic entertainment
- Make classification harsher - e.g. Half Life 2 would become a '18' game

LABOUR:

- Maintain current 'excellent standard' of UK games industry. Give government money to well-performing developers (e.g. Creative Assembly) and to UK publishers (e.g. IC Company, Introversion)

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT:

- Encourage Starting Up Electronic Entertainment Programming Degrees at University - or similarly linked degrees. (e.g. Animation, Aritifcial Intellegence)
- Review and Improve bbfc classification standard

Source: MVC Trade Journal