Another milestone in the death of broadcast television
Television is old media and, as such, it is rapidly losing relevance to people’s lives. It lacks interactivity, connectivity and non linearity so it is doomed by its technical inferiority. […]
News analysis and background
Microsoft to buy Electronic Arts?
Since 2007 I have been predicting on here that Electronic Arts (EA) would be bought out. At one stage it looked very much as if Apple were going to be […]
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 […]
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 […]
Another missive from Warren McKeon Dickson
I just received this: And this was my reply: Jacqui, I just thought that I would bring the Australian law to your attention, you seem to be threatening me without […]
Natal at Gamescom
Microsoft let the public loose on Natal for the first time at Gamescom. And it looked good.