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Ziggurat · 11-22-2004, 06:02 PM

Thanks, Wild Rose, for the optimistic view. And this is a great site with good people. Your comments are accurate about Ironworks.

However, I see the trend on the Internet and game distribution as less rosy. Advertisers, distributors, Congress and ISPs want to control content. They want people to only hear what they want. There also may be more censorship in the name of terorism or family values, and less options when only a few providers control access. These are issues I look out for, for who is out there protecting our freedoms? Not many left.

More to the point about RPGs like Wiz 8, Sir-Tech had a real hard time finding any distribution at all even thought the game won many awards in 2002. It is about controll of access, in this case by the financing entities deciding with their investment money (and clout) what they think people will pay for. My 2 cents.

11-22-2004, 06:02 PM	#2
Ziggurat Symbol of Cyric Join Date: November 4, 2001 Location: Baltimore, Md Age: 71 Posts: 1,106	Thanks, Wild Rose, for the optimistic view. And this is a great site with good people. Your comments are accurate about Ironworks. However, I see the trend on the Internet and game distribution as less rosy. Advertisers, distributors, Congress and ISPs want to control content. They want people to only hear what they want. There also may be more censorship in the name of terorism or family values, and less options when only a few providers control access. These are issues I look out for, for who is out there protecting our freedoms? Not many left. More to the point about RPGs like Wiz 8, Sir-Tech had a real hard time finding any distribution at all even thought the game won many awards in 2002. It is about controll of access, in this case by the financing entities deciding with their investment money (and clout) what they think people will pay for. My 2 cents. __________________ How are you today, Citizen?