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Comment In: Zynga's IPO: What Went Wrong? [News - 12/16/2011 - 01:27]

reminding some people: in the ...

reminding some people: in the end, the markets reflect the expectation for 'future' earnings and possibilities - not the past. True, some market mechanisms apply. And those corporate investors don't really give a darn, if you think these are 'real' games or not. That's a different debate.

Comment In: What Isn't Sound Design? [News - 12/16/2011 - 03:26]

I grew up before the ...

I grew up before the Internet ...was a public thing. 1970s . My Internet was the radio. And I listened to all kind of weird strange voices and sounds at night on that little thing. It turned to a fascination with experimental music and modern classical music, but also ... ...

Comment In: Gesamtkunstwerk – A discussion about Wagner and games [Blog - 11/17/2011 - 05:10]

Sometimes it is helpful to ...

Sometimes it is helpful to use words or terms out of their context to enlighten or disrupt thinking. Reading Gesamtkunstwerk in relation to videogames made me click on the site thinking another too-clever-for-his-own-good game dev trying to show off - let's see what he's got . The term is already ...

Comment In: Gamescom: What's Next For Sony's PlayStation? [News - 08/16/2011 - 03:00]

From a European consumer point ...

From a European consumer point of view: PSP 99 Euro ca US 144 : for a gadget that nobody wants, doesn't really make a difference Without Wi-Fi makes it even less interesting, IMHO. PS3 250 Euro ca US 360 : a still too high retail price The economy in Europe ...

Comment In: GDC Europe: The Art Of Public Funding For Indie Games [News - 08/15/2011 - 04:04]

Indie Games and public funding ...

Indie Games and public funding aka taxpayer money - there's a concept or rather two one has to wrap his/her head around In Germany, VC is an unknown acronym. Credits from banks are very hard to get and public funding and EU funds are a common way to start your ...

Comment In: Interview: Frank Gibeau on EA's Expanding Focus In The PC Space [News - 03/09/2011 - 04:30]

IMHO, this is the right ...

IMHO, this is the right strategy: place your bets not on one horse Activision CoD , while Blizzard does all the other PC games , but spread out and go for low high markets. Today, the PC market does not mean the single digit fraction of users, who think overclocking ...

Comment In: Dead Space 2 To Receive Button Remapping For Disabled Players [News - 02/08/2011 - 08:14]

Easy fix and good publicity ...

Easy fix and good publicity There is an untold story I assume there are many 'disabled' players of some sorts, who would enjoy flexibility with input mapping/devices The touchscreen and controller-free 'revolution' makes many games accessible for 'new' consumers, too. I also remember stories how the Wii is used in ...

Comment In: Exclusive: NPD Reveals 2010 U.S. New Game Charts Per Platform [News - 02/07/2011 - 10:08]

Fair enough. Wouldn't it be ...

Fair enough. Wouldn't it be great though, if some internal publisher numbers and Walmart balance sheets would end up on Wikileaks

Comment In: ESA, Researcher Clash Over Upcoming Kids And Gaming Study [News - 01/14/2011 - 05:53]

Here's a direct link to ...

Here's a direct link to the 2010 study PDF Television and Video Game Exposure and the Development of Attention Problems - Authors: Edward L. Swing, Douglas A. Gentile, Craig A. Anderson, David A. Walsh http://www.drdouglas.org/drdpdfs/SGAW2010.pdf

Comment In: Playing with Fire: Ethics and Game Design [Feature - 12/01/2010 - 04:35]

I studied Philosophy - ruined ...

I studied Philosophy - ruined me for life. Saying 'technology is morally neutral' is an unproven statement. Technology 'applied for the right purpose' ... 'used for good' - these are all highly problematic, contextually loaded statements. What is the 'right' purpose Used only for 'good' - who decides what morally ...

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