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Here it is. This year’s theme: Less Yammering. More Hammering. Let me explain. In the recently deceased year, we spent the bulk of our informal projects time talking about things that were *more than interesting to us. It was more than interesting. Supra-interesting. Boundless interestingness. I’m talking mostly about, well — talking about #designfiction. And…
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I guess my main thrust was about ‘post-digital’ thinking. Which sounds good doesn’t it? What do I mean? Hmm. I mean a few things: 1. Screens are getting boring. It’s really hard to impress anyone with stuff on a screen any more. However clever you’ve been. However much thought you’ve put in. However good the…
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I guess my main thrust was about ‘post-digital’ thinking. Which sounds good doesn’t it? What do I mean? Hmm. I mean a few things: 1. Screens are getting boring. It’s really hard to impress anyone with stuff on a screen any more. However clever you’ve been. However much thought you’ve put in. However good the…
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It’s funny, but the brilliant indie developers like Tarn Adams, Vic Davis, and Chris Park (and Notch, obviously) are incredibly well-positioned here. Their games don’t cost much to make, they don’t have to sell three million copies, and the cost control allows them to take chances. These guys can afford to fail, and they’ll still…
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There aren’t many of these high-budget games,” he said. Only about 60 games sold more than 1 million units last year, according to Cerny, and a game produced on a relatively thrifty $20 million budget has a much better chance of being profitable in that environment. But he’s not sure publishers can staunch the spending…
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(((The transition from old-fashioned desktop multimedia units to gaseous cloudy portable whatever is affecting many industries, not just gaming. Even the designers are splitting between contemporary “interaction designers” and old-school “computer human interface special interest groups.”))) Dead Media Beat: blockbuster videogames | Beyond The Beyond
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(((Social benefits maybe — but ECONOMIC benefits? Where? To whom? The US, inventor of the Internet, is still offering advice on how to prosper? If it’s money you want, then the Chinese Internet Firewall model is the only one with some proven cash-in capacity. The Internet per se looks more and more like a net…