June 2009

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The first important concept to realise is that Apple are involved in two wars with the iPhone brand. They are involved in a handset war with Nokia, Samsung, Sony, Motorola […]

Sweden’s Pirate Party won a seat in the European Election. This is what happens with proportional representation, populist single issue candidates get into power. They got 7.1% of the vote […]

Starting in the 1970s LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screens have gradually taken over the whole world of displays. The early LCDs were small and mono, without backlighting, so used little […]

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Johnny Chung Lee is one of the world’s top experts on gesture interfaces in video games. You will find his videos on YouTube where he exploits the Wii gesture interface […]

More stupidity from politicians

Ed Vaizey is the Conservative Shadow Arts Minister, with responsibility for video games. He sends me his newsletter about what is going on with regards to gaming and UK politics. […]

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This could be very big for game publishers and game players. Shane Kim, Microsoft’s corporate VP of strategy and business development in the games group (he must need oversize business […]

Polishing games

Several times here I have gone on about the importance of polishing games. It is the one simple process that can make a good game great and an average game […]