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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blog.newsweek.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Vanity Fair Magazine Has Just Announced Its 2008 'New Establishment' Power List. So How Did the Videogame Industry Fare?</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2008/09/02/is-vanity-fair-to-the-game-industry.aspx</link><description>Between penetrating interviews and marathon gaming sessions, the staff of Level Up has been known to click over to The Drudge Report for up-to-the-minute headlines in news, politics and gossip. A few minutes ago, we came across the following headline:</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 2.18)</generator><item><title>re: Vanity Fair Magazine Has Just Announced Its 2008 'New Establishment' Power List. So How Did the Videogame Industry Fare?</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2008/09/02/is-vanity-fair-to-the-game-industry.aspx#602587</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:39:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:602587</guid><dc:creator>Jomolungma</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Ok, I'm sorry. &amp;nbsp;I normally don't pay attention to lists because they are usually pretty stupid, but I have to point something out here. &amp;nbsp;Even though it isn't directly related to gaming, the absence of Bill Gates from this list is appalling, even under Vanity Fair's own supposed criteria. &amp;nbsp;Even though he stepped down from a day-to-day role at Microsoft, he's still their chairman. &amp;nbsp;He's wealthy beyond measure and still has extraordinary influence in the technology arena. &amp;nbsp;But even beyond that, he's at the head of, arguably, the largest private philanthropic organization in history. &amp;nbsp;The power his foundation wields to influence world health and global social and economic realities is astounding. &amp;nbsp;To leave his name entirely of this list is unexplainable and inexcusable. &amp;nbsp;Not that it's your problem N'Gai, I'm just sayin...&lt;/p&gt;
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