Secondhand games, worse than piracy?
As an essential part of keeping in touch with the realities of the industry I frequently go and have a look round specialist video game stores. And there are always a number […]
October 2008
Here comes 100 Mbit/s broadband
Currently the gold standard for home broadband connections in much of the world is ADSL. This uses existing copper wires and allows a maximum download speed somewhere in the range […]
The most stupid thing this Labour government did?
Since it has come to power in 1997 the British Labour government has done a lot of stupid things. Selling our gold reserves off cheaply, massively increasing the tax burden, spending […]
Nokia show us a future gaming business model
Ever since the 1980s gaming has been afflicted with piracy that prevents the creators of content getting properly and fairly rewarded for their labours. Our answer as an industry has been […]
Eight news stories 2.10
New Nintendo DS, the DSi: It is 12 percent thinner than the DS Lite, due to the absence of a Game Boy cartridge slot. The two screens are bigger, up to 3.25 inches from 3 […]
The stock exchange is stupid
Due to a mixture of government incompetence, financial market greed and consumer stupidity (in that order)Â we are now suffering a global financial correction. These happen periodically as part of a […]