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Posted 2007-04-12 04:16:00 by Mark Bradshaw at bigredcoat

(submitted to The Platformers 4-11-07)

It has come to my attention that there exists a number of otherwise perfectly intelligent individuals who, for whatever reason, wish to destroy the gaming industry.

I don't speak of Senators Clinton or Lieberman, or of software pirates. Nor do I speak of the infamous Jack Thompson- after all, I did say intelligent.

I don't mean politicians seeking votes and attention on the backs of of legislation and censorship, nor those who flood the market with hundreds of thousands of copies of black-market Nintendo DS games. I speak of game developers who desire a standardized gaming platform. In the words of the most vociferous of these madmen, Denis Dyack, CEO and founder of Silicon Knights:

(http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=15712)
"I think in the long term, honestly, [I'd like] one hardware platform to rule them all...

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