In this case we might be preaching to the choir, but a recent announcment from Vimeo declared that they’d be deleting all gaming content from their site on September 1st, 2008.
Vimeo’s blog post lists several reasons, but most notable to me was the argument that “direct captures of video game play do not truly constitute ‘creative expression’.” While I agree that capturing an epic world-first raid with your guildmates isn’t the same “creative expression” as writing a poem, neither is the first staff picked video I looked at. I’m not opposed to kids playing in slow motion in inflatable pools, but really I don’t know if there’s any more creative expression to it than the aforementioned raid.
Ultimately, its Vimeo’s decision to make, and I appreciate their integrity to their vision for the site, even if I do feel it’s slightly misguided.
Former Vimeo users are, of course, welcome at WeGame. :D
-Jeff Gorndt, Community Evangelist, www.wegame.com
7 Comments
July 23, 2008 at 12:20 am
[...] Many have told me (and I did use this site for a while) about WeGame.com, who is certainly welcoming Vimeo exiles. What a fantastic opportunity for their growth and hey, maybe WeGame can throw us a premium service [...]
July 23, 2008 at 5:03 am
I’ve never heard of Vimeo until today. It doesn’t really look like I had missed much.
Anyways, welcome Vimeo exiles to Wegame. We’ll gladly take your lvl 1 Gnome Naked Raids on Hogger any day :)
July 23, 2008 at 8:01 am
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July 23, 2008 at 8:02 am
Bravo, WeGame. Very savvy and timely response to the situation. I’ll spread the word.
July 24, 2008 at 3:46 am
that’s funny – today it was the first time i surfed to vimeo because i searched a hd review of Age of Conan.. and some hours later .. i will have to read this post.. lol!
July 24, 2008 at 10:20 am
[...] – There is one site I know of who has made a point in the past week to openly welcome gameplay videos and machinima alike, and that is WeGame, the unashamed video sharing site devoted to video game content (our friend [...]
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