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Friendly Fire Cast 026: PAX AUS “Gamer Rage – Entitlement Issues” panel

With PAX AUS in full swing, the boys of the Friendly Fire Cast are taking a bit of a break.* Don’t fret, though! In their place this week is a (kind of dodgy iPhone) recording of the “Gamer Rage – Entitlement Issues” panel that took place Saturday 20 July in the PAX AUS Wombat Theatre.

Here’s the description of the panel, straight from the PAX AUS program:

“Gamers are an entitled bunch. Over the past five years alone we’ve had petitions launched to change the ending of an epic space adventure, frenzied debate over cover art for a thought provoking, 1920’s shooter and most recently, had petitions launched to President Obama to stop sales of a certain title because consumers believe “it violates our rights to have a choice between the originals or the reboot.” Are gamers crazy? Or are they simply passionate beyond belief?

“Our panel is going to take a look at five occasions of extreme “gamer entitlement” and talk about the issue at its core. Did consumers have a right to request BioWare rewrite the entire ending of Mass Effect 3, or was that an impeachment on their artistic vision as creators?”

Panelists

  • Stephen Heller [Pixels for Breakfast]
  • Jess “Jiggsy” Hodgson [EA]
  • Ben Salter [MMGN]
  • Steve Wright [Stevivor.com]
  • Nic Watt [Nnooo]
  • Mark Isaacson [The Indie Game Magazine]

Listen to the Friendly Fire Show here.

We’ll be back with our regular Friendly Fire Podcast format next week. Thanks for tuning in!

*By “taking a bit of a break,” we mean that the boys are neck-deep in gaming goodness. Keep it glued to MMGN and Stevivor for continued coverage.


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About the author

Steve Wright

Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.