News analysis and background

Wiihabilitation

  A feature of physical therapy is the tedious repetitiveness of the exercises involved which can turn off even the most determined. So it is great that therapists all over […]

Creative Britain: New Talents for a New Economy. The British culture secretary Andy Burnham thinks that computer games are a good thing. Unfortunately his boss, Gordon Brown, thinks that they […]

Does John Riccitiello read this blog?

  On November 29, at the Reuter’s Media Summit John Riccitiello said: “Is it ripe (for mergers), or has it already been picked? I would argue that it’s been largely picked.” So […]

Repercussions from the Blu-ray victory

  A winner emerged from this tussle far earlier than was expected. Mainly because the PS3 was used as a Trojan horse to get Blu-ray drives into homes. This cost Sony […]

Product quality

  I remember once, when I was Head of Corporate Affairs at Codemasters, I had my regular monthly meeting with Jim, Richard and David Darling and the managing director, Nick Wheelwright in […]

Doctors use Wii Games for Physical Therapy. A nice positive story that shows the ever expanding use of games. Also a prime example of unintended consequence. Just how embarassing can […]