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Fox News Debate Of Federal Funding For Games Goes About Like You’d Expect

This video is uncomfortable to watch on two levels. The first is that I feel terrible for Brian Ambrozy, the editor-in-chief of Icrontic, who is appearing on Fox News to try to explain why video games – more importantly, what kind of video games – are now eligible for federal arts funding. The second is the nonstop assault Fox and its counterpoint ringer make on one’s intelligence.

May 7, 2011
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Video Games Are Artistic Enough For Federal Grant Money

For years the National Endowment for the Arts’ has been doling out millions of dollars to innovative television and radio projects about the arts or that could be considered works of art. Starting next year, video games are eligible for some of that sweet, sweet federal grant money.

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