The Entertainment Software Association Foundation (ESAF) held its 15th annual "Nite to Unite" event on October 18 in San Francisco, raising $822,000 and bringing its grand total raised to more than $12 million. The money will be put towards funding grants and scholarships for America's youth.
Plenty of game developers publicly expressed their opposition to SOPA and PIPA, but perhaps none quite so fiercely as Red 5 founder Mark Kern. His company pulled the beta in protest, canceled E3 plans, and launched a non-profit protest group called the "League for Gamers." Now that the controversial bills are effectively dead in the water, Kern has shared some thoughts on his motivation for such vocal opposition.
"If you hold an opinion that differs from the gamers, and you think that it will benefit them in the long run, that's okay," Kern said. "But the fact that you're not saying that to them, when you've enlisted their support in the past and are now completely unresponsive, I think that was disingenuous.
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