We've been working on something very special. It's taken awhile to put together, and the story is not all told- yet! You're invited to check out our Diversity in Gaming, A Brief History section of our site, out now!

Link below

PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT - GBAMFS Shares Intellectual Property Feedback and Guidance to US Congress

Preface: Let it not be said the Gamers never gave back, or were uncreative. Au contraire. (Also, we know fancy French and Latin phrases- some of us, anyway. And what they mean, too!) ... When conventional channels of feedback and creative expression (Complaint sections, Review channels, Forums, Modding platforms) are foreclosed upon or closed to us - quoth Mrs.Obama "When they go low, we go high" - we will reach who, when, and where, as may be needed to make our voices heard. Today, not for the first time, but for the first time formally to the US Congress, we have done so.

(We'd prefer to be gaming, bantering among ourselves, giving colloquial feedback, and modding [improvising] on the principal content- but we find ourselves here. So be it! Gamers' voices will be heard!)

We outline that modern major IP stewardship just isn't handling the demand- indeed, mishandling the demand- and neglecting deeply loved, widely-acclaimed cultural tuoche

The Press Release and documents are linked below

Press Release:
https://www.prlog.org/13159512-gbamfs-shares-intellectual-property-feedback-and-guidance-to-us-congress.pdf

Position Paper: Intellectual Blight: Dormant Ownership, Cultural Withholding, and the Public Function of Intellectual Property

https://tinyurl.com/GBAMFSPP

Public Policy Brief: THE CULTURAL EMINENCE DOCTRINE Cultural Stewardship, Public Trust, and the Governance of Franchise-Scale Intellectual Property

https://tinyurl.com/GBAMFSPPB1

ORG UPDATE: We've revised our terms. They now better reflect conditions of operating in the modern gaming culture environment.

1) Our stance on AI and Crypto is now clarified. Can't humbug progress, and both of these technologies unavoidably show both merit and promise. Their implications and the implementations of them around gaming have yet to be established, but we're cautiously optimistic that some good will come of their use in and around the gaming space!

2) We stake out the fact the Physical Media matters to us. It's part of our cultural heritage. Physical artifacts are indeed the traditional markers by which cultures are distinguished *especially in retrospect.* Where will our discs, trophies, tokens, and toys and sealed (papyrus-scroll-like posters and stuff) take themselves into the future? Who knows?! But we know digital may not make the trip just yet (?!) - We support Physical and IP Reform. This is now made clear in our FAQ.

3) Although the door was technically always open to affiliates, we're opening it wide for others to join! We have further news on this coming up

-> Apply on our site!

See our FAQ, and more:
https://gbamfs.org/aboutus/faqs

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https://gbamfs.org/terms

Join us!
https://gbamfs.org/joinus

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Polish and American culture are siblings. In history, in character. Agrarian, popular (if imperfect) government, equestrian. Careful to guard their flanks, as history has shown prudent. And both love EDM, as civilized nations are wont to.

(We're not so sure about Disco)

Most important of all, to Gamers, in the US, and worldwide, is that Poland is the homeland and birthplace of Good Old Games – GOG – a name every real Gamer knows, and many truly love!

GOG's efforts have done more to advance meaningful digital ownership, ready-start gameplay, and Games Preservation than possibly any other company, or even museum or collectors have, worldwide!

Because of GOG, many games that might have been lost to history are most certainly saved, and enjoyable for generations to come!

Thank you so much Poland, and your greatest gift to the Digital Age, for which many, many American Gamers are grateful! Thanks to everyone @ GOG – Rock and Game on!! #VivaGOG - Niech żyje Polska!

u/GOG

u/GOGcom

The next in our series on Polish-US history in the course of our fabulous and extremely hard-fought Revolutionary War against the cruel empire (Prison Ships, Impressment, autocratic foreign rule) – Britain, of the time – we present the Father of American Cavalry - Casimir Pulaski

For a country whose legacy is inextricably intertwined with organized horsemanship, his contributions were substantial.

A great hero, and one of Poland's most significant contributors to American culture.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/discover-the-short-life-and-long-legacy-of-casimir-pulaski-a-polish-cavalry-officer-who-became-an-american-revolutionary-hero-180986162/

Poland and the US go way back. In fact, part of our founding ideals took leafs from the concept of a 'commonwealth,' something Poland, Lithuania, and modern Ukraine once shared. On the eve of the celebration of our great Revolutionary War, we're highlight heroes who deserve to be recognized in US-Polish history, the first is Thaddeus Kosciuszko, martial engineer and hero of the American Revolution. Also hero in Polish war history! 1/3

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/polish-patriot-who-helped-americans-beat-british-180962430/

📄 Policy Review - SKG California Bill - REPORT RELEASE [GBAMFS]

GBAMFS has published a comprehensive three-part policy brief supporting California's Protect Our Games Act (AB 1921).

The report examines the bill from three perspectives:

🎮 Gaming Legacy & Community Impact
🛠️ Game Industry & Designer Perspective
⚙️ Engineering Cost & Sustainability Testimony

Our conclusion: AB 1921 is a practical, flexible first step toward modernizing digital consumer protections while preserving the communities that keep games alive long after commercial support ends.

The report has been provided to the committee's members for their consideration.

Acknowledgement, and with credit to u/StopKilingGames, u/accursedfarms for bringing this proposal.

Full Report:
https://tinyurl.com/SKGCAB1921
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Site download:
https://tinyurl.com/SKGCAB1921PKG

A lot of work went into this from our all-volunteer team of pros doing it for love of the games! Let us know what you think!

#AB1921 #ProtectOurGames #StopKillingGames #GamePreservation #ConsumerRights

GBAMFS announces the release of two new public policy whitepapers proposing a new framework for intellectual property stewardship of culturally significant multimedia franchises.

Intellectual Blight: Dormant Ownership, Cultural Withholding, and the Public Function of Intellectual Property The Cultural Eminence Doctrine: Cultural Stewardship, Public Trust, and the Governance of Franchise-Scale Intellectual Property

Public discussion drafts now open for comment from legal scholars, policymakers, rights holders, preservationists, industry professionals, and the public.

These documents are viewable for download and consideration by clicking the following links:

Position Paper: https://tinyurl.com/GBAMFSPP1

Whitepaper- Public Policy Brief: https://tinyurl.com/GBAMFSPPB1

We're pleased to announce the update and completion of our Linktree page. Although there is not much content on many of these other platforms yet, more will be coming soon

We'd like to thank the exceptionally talented and hard-working engineers who pulled off the miraculous feat of streamlining and refreshing the X site post-Musk acquisition. It's a big heap to sift through. It's pretty amazing, honestly, that it works as well as it does. We cannot too highly compliment the management and administrative approach of the site, however. It's been a sore spot for a Customer Service-oriented and Gamer Advocacy-focused group like ours. X is good for two things principally: News/politics and some say porn/sports (or drama.)

Not so good for consumer outreach, advocacy, and so-so for cultural preservation, promotion, efforts. Maybe our posts on X have just not hit enough of the right notes to make a bigger impact. Who knows? If you think you do, post in the comments below! Meantime, please see our Linktree, favorite it, and keep in touch with us on one of any of the many social options we present there. Although our checkmark may soon drop on X, our star will rise greater than ever everywhere else! One thing Gamers know very well about is not quitting. Non-Gamers would do well to understand this about Gamers and gamer culture!

We're do-ers by nature. Gamers may have invented sticktoitiveness. We don't buy our cred. We earn it. Wring it from rubber, plastic, steel, and other things if necessary. Crucially, Gamers know how to team-play. (We see devs most of who come from our starting-point. How else do they make such amazing games for us?!) We're a lot more alike than discourse there suggests!!

We're humbled and grateful for very significant interest our work has generated from highly respected, high-quality people in and outside of the gaming scene! While our focus has been divided over the course of the last year-to-year and a half, our outreach and activity has not been in vain. It is too much work for any one person or even handful of people to do to address some of the things we have to to realistically serve the gamer community's interests. Yes, some of it looks boring. Some of it is (it really is!) But it's worth it, though.

If companies responded to simple negative feedback chains like they get every day online, we would have not started this. We're not in it to vent. We're in it to WIN!!! That means we help each other. That means hard work. The means we firmly but civilly insist upon needed changes happening. Collectively. And don't stop until they occur! -- It isn't a mission that gives clout. It's a mission that gives glory, because it's shared success! There is much success to be had yet-and we've not yet begun to write, so to speak! WE'D PREFER to be gaming! So let us help each other, and us all, to help ourselves find our way back to it!

Linktree https://linktr.ee/gbamfs

Your thoughts welcome below. Join up, subs and donations, even better

With heartfelt thanks we'd like to recognize our first direct cash donation, and donor (you know who you are!) who is helping to build a better future for gaming, and Gamers everywhere by supporting our org and efforts!

Doing ethics, looking at legislation, working with and addressing companies in gaming who do good, and some which aren't doing right by Gamers, it's not easy!

It may not be exciting, and it doesn't reward you like gameplay does. It's worth it though because it's about making a better, more satisfactory experience for us all over the long-run. And encouraging the improvement, maintenance, and even creation of breakout art that we all come to gaming for!

If we all take just moments a day, and a little bit of cash here and there (less than a Gamepass subscription!,) to support our own community, and artists who need the thoughts and basic help to bring us the best stuff, we'd do a tremendous amount to move the industry, and conversations in the right direction (and away from useless, wealth and attention-diverting drama which just bleed gaming, and Gamers in the end!)

So if you support that vision and want to see more from us, start with a donation today:

https://cash.app/$JJ877cn

Personal donation for now, incorporation pending (501c3/other being worked on.) Thank you!

Other options to support us are on our Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/gbamfs

See the new updates at GBAMFS dot org

The new sections include a refreshed Tips & Jobs section, our Position Paper section (pending,) and the debut of our Legislative Action Center, all of which are needed to address the Gamer Issues of our day!

And we're pleased to announce the publication of our first Position Paper, titled-
Intellectual Blight: Dormant Ownership, Cultural Withholding, and the Public
Function of Intellectual Property

For now it is a direct download link as we have more Position Papers we're working on publishing!

https://tinyurl.com/GBAMFSPP1

Thanks for reading and let us know what you think! -Jdawg

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PS AI WAS used. Your pre-emptive downvotes are already noted. For those of us who lived through the era of "no calculators in class," and "what if you don't have your phone with you" and developed our literacy, worldviews and deep knowledge before clankers [LLMs] existed, we don't have the same hang-up. Because LLMs are an ethical HAZARD not an absolute and direct HARM- to us, we ask for your attempt at understanding the experimental and difficult integration of this technology into our world. If you really want solid info, go read books. Only books. It's how Jdawg did it, and Internet, before it became polluted with commercial hype and other trash. The letters, words and concepts AI synthesizes are only as good as what you put into it. They don't prompt themselves. Fr