Naturally, I’m planning to meet up with Joseph Olin, the president of The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, during DICE. It’s the Academy’s show, after all. Joseph is an excellent and sharp person with a job that gives him a broad perspective on the gaming industry. Please leave some excellent questions for Joseph here! In addition to talking about the AIAS and the Interactive Achievement Awards, it’s always fun to pick Joseph’s brain on broader topics. Take advantage of the opportunity!
Give him some of the usual rhetoric I fire off about digi dist. I'm curious to get a consensus on why they feel it is good for both sides. I'm more interested in price controls and why they feel they have a right to recover costs from second hand sales. Gaming is becoming too similar to other entertainment industries lol.
secondly: how do the industry people who craft what they call "art" or labor in general to make a high quality offering worthy of $60 feel about the guys who just crank out shovelware for the Wii?
When will there be an award for worst game of the year?
Do you think that Sony and Microsoft's new motion controls will revolutionize the industry for the hardcore gamer the way Nintendo has done so for the more casual audience?
What is the career path to become president of The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences?
-M