The game mechanic and its subversion
The mechanic behind games is quite simple. Firstly you are given assets or skills, secondly you are given a task or a problem to solve then thirdly you are rewarded […]
2009
Train2Game
There are now a huge number of people out there who have video gaming as a hobby. Quite a lot of these have thoughts about working in the industry, even […]
Sony PS3 Yellow Light of Death (YLOD)
So the BBC Watchdog TV programme did a piece about PS3s being less than bulletproof. The claim is that half a percent of PS3s fail. And as they sell in […]
Imagine, Ocean, historic early game industry videos
Obviously I know the people in these videos. Sadly a few of them are now dead, which is the first thing that comes to my mind when I see them, […]
Microdigital in Liverpool
I trained as an accountant for six year with Moreland and Partners in Liverpool, then ran a computerised book keeping company they had set up. This made me aware of […]
The Great Flu
This is like looking at the future through a chink in the door, I have said before that classrooms are a very inefficient way of learning, that gaming is several […]
How to manage fansites
In the old 8 bit days we had fanzines, badly printed A5 bundles of enthusiasm. And a breeding ground for journalistic talent. Now we have the web fansites, which are […]