2008

All steamed up

  When I was at Codemasters I followed closely the announcement of Steam by Valve in 2002. The growing pains, the successes and the opening up of the platform to other […]

Surfer Girl and Skater Boy

  Some readers may think that I have gone mad talking about outdoor recreation. But don’t worry, the above are the pseudonyms of two bloggers who publish secret inside information […]

Mobile Telephone Gaming

  You would really expect mobile telephones to be the most popular gaming platforms in the world. Just about every person in the developed world carries one for all their waking […]

Child Psychologists Talk Video Game Sense

  Just now there seems to be a queue of ignorant and misinformed journalists and politicians attacking video gaming without the possession of any facts to support their diatribes. The […]

Sonic trips over

  Sega are one of the longest established names in the gaming industry. Since 1940 theirs is a tale of very good times, such as the 1993 arcade game Virtua […]

The Bible Vs video games

  Despite what some ignorant politicians and journalists might tell you, video games are fairly bland when it comes to how “adult” their content is. In fact they are usually […]

Nintendo missing the MMO boat?

Gamespot have interviewed Nintendo president and CEO Satoru Iwata. Towards the end of a wide ranging interview they asked him about avatar based services. His reply revealed a lot: “The […]