Michael D. Gallagher

California Pays $280K in Attorney's Fees to Video Game Industry

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 6, 2008 - 11:49am.

Washington - The state of California has reimbursed the video game industry $282,794 in attorney's fees, which the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) expended in challenging the state's law restricting the sale of video games to minors.

Video Game Industry Creating Political Action Committee

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 16, 2008 - 9:06am.

New York - The video game industry, through its Entertainment Software Association (ESA) trade group, intends to create a political action committee (PAC) and begin making donations to politicians and candidates that support their views, The New York Times reports. "We will be writing checks to campaigns by the end of this quarter," ESA CEO Michael D. Gallagher told The Times. "This is an important step in the political maturation process of the industry that we are ready to take now. This is about identifying and supporting champions for the game industry on Capitol Hill so that they support us."