Have Microsoft lost the plot with XBLA?
Large scale digital distribution of IP is a recent phenomenon so the people who are running the businesses that do this are learning on the job. A lot of the […]
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British politics, don’t cheer too soon
The Conservatives have just won the Crewe and Nantwich by-election from Gordon Brown’s Labour party with a huge 17.6% swing. This is massively good news as it presages our getting rid […]
The Olympic games, another old man criticises video games
The average Olympic contestant is 24, the average Olympic viewer is 46 and the average International Olympic Committee member is 61.7. And their president, 66 year old Jacques Rogge, is worried […]
Great Ubisoft interview
Ubisoft are probably the best all round game publisher at the moment so it is great to get insight into their inner workings. This interview is of Laurent Detoc, Ubisoft […]
Eight news stories 22.5
The British Board Of Film Classification is to introduce age ratings for downloadable video games in the UK. About as much use as a chocolate fire guard. The good guys […]
Is XaviX where Nintendo get their Wii ideas from?
Baseball (2004), Bowling (2004), Bass Fishing (2006), Tennis (2004)Â and Golf (2005)Â all with their own motion sensing gesture controllers. Then there is Eyehand (which looks a bit like Minority Report), Lifestyle […]
Violent games cut crime
Yes it’s true, violent games cut crime. The exact opposite of what Hillary Clinton, Gordon Brown, Jack Thompson and a myriad of opportunist ignorant journalists have been saying. This is […]