The accolade is given to a person deemed to have "helped the game industry advance to a better place, either through facilitating a better game community from within, or by reaching outside the industry to be an advocate for video games and help further our art".
"This is an unfortunate statement about the culture we live in, when an organization like ours is deemed unfit to help children in need simply because we hold to biblical beliefs about marriage and family," said Focus President Jim Daly.
Ponsatí was invited by Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to help organise last year's referendum – deemed to be illegal – and to help form his short-lived government before it was crushed by Madrid and its leaders arrested.
Mr. Davis said he had authorized the National Guard to assign more troops, as many as it deemed necessary, to help with security.
A 28-year-old man was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for possessing materials deemed likely to help plan or commit terrorism.
Ms. Power hinted that the absence of forceful language in the resolution was deemed necessary to help create an atmosphere that would lead to Minurso's restoration.
Established in 1982 to give recognition and financial support to talented young instrumentalists, the grants make $10,000 available to each recipient to be used in any way deemed neccessary to help them advance their careers.
