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  • The future of the games industry? It’s in three parts

    I spend a lot of time talking to people about my view on the future of the games industry. I keep talking about a blog post that I must write to explain how I think the industry is...

    • Posted 14 years ago
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  • DLC: Value For Money Naysayers Are Looking At It All Wrong

    A comment in this interview with Rebellion’s AvP Director, David Brickley, got me thinking recently about DLC. Largely thanks to the online capabilities of seventh gen consoles it’s a sometimes controversial revenue stream that’s grown fast over...

    • Posted 15 years ago
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  • Iain Duncan Smith’s Violent Games Controversy: Credit Where Credit’s Due

    Last week Times Online published this Iain Duncan Smith piece, in which the former Tory leader talks about children, and tax and booze… and briefly mentions violent video games. The relevant paragraph is this: “Innocence, he warns,...

    • Posted 15 years ago
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  • Zeno Clash: Do Indie Games Get An Easy Deal?

    I’ve been playing Zeno Clash recently. It’s a visceral first person brawler with a skew-whiff aesthetic, and the debut from small Chilean team Ace. It’s been cleaning up at review… and I can’t help but wonder why....

    • Posted 16 years ago
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  • Actually, Nielson, We’re Still Spotty Teenage Boys

    I’m fed up. I’m fed up with reports on ‘gamer’ demographics being repackaged to suggest that they are, on the whole, anything other than the traditional young males (13 – 30) we used to assume. My ire’s...

    • Posted 16 years ago
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  • Industry changing moment: The Path released

    Last Friday marked the international release of Tale of Tales‘ The Path – a game where the player guides one of six girls (at varying stages of growing up) through a dark retelling of Little Red Riding...

    • Posted 16 years ago
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  • Games outsell all other media: Resident Evil 5 tops the lot, even Bono

    According to MCV, Resident Evil 5 has done the business. Statistics from Verdict Research show that it outsold every item on the single charts (including digital sales) as well as the latest album from U2. It also...

    • Posted 16 years ago
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