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.
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 ... ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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 ...
