News analysis and background

UK legal firm Wiggin has questioned 1,500 consumers in order to research attitudes towards piracy. Just 33% receiving a letter from their ISP would stop pirating content. 80% would stop […]

German cultural vandalism

Germany has a federal government structure, with 16 states. And the interior ministers of all 16 have asked the central government for a total ban on the production and distribution […]

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 […]

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. […]