Post by leunas on Mar 22, 2007 16:24:27 GMT -5
...by the French Culture Minister
The French Culture Minister Robert Donnedieu de Vabre awarded inducted three famous game designers with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Art and Literature), with the rank of Chevalier (Knight).
The three new Knights are Peter Molyneux, Eric Viennot and Antoine Villette were awarded during a specific "video game" ceremony (French transcripts of the individual discourses here):
This is following a recent bill that was voted at the French National Assembly, which defines video games as art - and proposes tax breaks for video games made in the French territory.
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The French Culture Minister Robert Donnedieu de Vabre awarded inducted three famous game designers with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Art and Literature), with the rank of Chevalier (Knight).
The three new Knights are Peter Molyneux, Eric Viennot and Antoine Villette were awarded during a specific "video game" ceremony (French transcripts of the individual discourses here):
This is following a recent bill that was voted at the French National Assembly, which defines video games as art - and proposes tax breaks for video games made in the French territory.
"The creation of video games is an excellent and intelligent way of harnessing the potential of technologies that are ahead of their time in order to substantiate the richness of French culture," said Patrick Ollier, president of the committee on economic affairs, the environment and territory at the Assemblée Nationale (French National Assembly), in an e-mail.
Ollier said the tax incentive "represents the best way to harbor the innovative vitality of France's creative juices, by inciting small enterprises to create imaginative works that take advantage of tomorrow's technologies."
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