Comments on: Montreal, the new Hollywood? http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/12/12/viva-la-france/ A veteran's view on marketing games Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:12:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roger http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/12/12/viva-la-france/comment-page-1/#comment-834 Roger Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:11:57 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/12/12/viva-la-france/#comment-834 Your point of view seems to contradict itself. You ask for a level playing field. Indicate that the Canadian / Quebec govt. subsidies have worked so well. Then seem to beg the question from the UK government as to why they are not doing the same? Perhaps we should also me mandating the Indian government to pay it's IT workers a similar minimum wage as workers in the UK & US..? Your point of view seems to contradict itself. You ask for a level playing field. Indicate that the Canadian / Quebec govt. subsidies have worked so well. Then seem to beg the question from the UK government as to why they are not doing the same? Perhaps we should also me mandating the Indian government to pay it’s IT workers a similar minimum wage as workers in the UK & US..?

]]> By: Tony http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/12/12/viva-la-france/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Tony Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:09:17 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/12/12/viva-la-france/#comment-602 The same issues are prominent in Australia at the moment - the GDAA is pushing for the same tax rebates available to the Film Industry. With the recent change of government it looks likely to happen too. The same issues are prominent in Australia at the moment – the GDAA is pushing for the same tax rebates available to the Film Industry. With the recent change of government it looks likely to happen too.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/12/12/viva-la-france/comment-page-1/#comment-601 Bruce Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:52:49 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/12/12/viva-la-france/#comment-601 Here is an Info Guide to all the support Quebec will throw at you: http://www.infoentrepreneurs.org/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1099569601494&pagename=CBSC_QC%2Fdisplay&c=GuideInfoGuide No wonder everyone is going there!! Here is an Info Guide to all the support Quebec will throw at you: http://www.infoentrepreneurs.org/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1099569601494&pagename=CBSC_QC%2Fdisplay&c=GuideInfoGuide

No wonder everyone is going there!!

]]> By: Bruce http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/12/12/viva-la-france/comment-page-1/#comment-600 Bruce Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:38:55 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/12/12/viva-la-france/#comment-600 A lovely and accurate quote from David Doak of Free Radical Design: "Convincing the UK government that a videogame has genuine cultural worth sounds like a tricky proposition given that their default position is that videogames as an artistic medium lie somewhere between child pornography and snuff movies." A lovely and accurate quote from David Doak of Free Radical Design: “Convincing the UK government that a videogame has genuine cultural worth sounds like a tricky proposition given that their default position is that videogames as an artistic medium lie somewhere between child pornography and snuff movies.”

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