Goodbye LCD displays
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 […]
gaming
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. […]
Natal to be backwards compatible
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 […]
Tom Watson MP resigns from the cabinet
I was chatting with Tom Watson at the Game Based Learning Conference in March and now he has unexpectedly left the cabinet. Which is a pity because, although this labour […]
Sony at E3 2009
Sony are running third and last in this generation of home consoles, having made more mistakes than a Bush presidency. However here at E3 2009 they started showing signs of […]
Nintendo at E3 2009
In the light of the tour de force that Microsoft presented at this year’s E3, it is very difficult for the other platform holders to compete. And Nintendo didn’t. Nintendo […]