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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Dealing with the Internet Reality (With Video)
When I wrote about the Flappy bird thing recently, I touched on the subject of what I termed the “Internet Reality.” There’s been a lot of discussion on hatred and vitriol on the Internet in the last year but particularly in the … Continue reading
Posted in Coverage, Culture, Video Games Tagged Facebook, Flappy Bird, Internet, Internet culture, Internet hate, Reddit, social media, Twitter, video games 7 Comments
Windows Phone 8: Fundamentals & Feuds
Last year, myself and the other members of our IT team at work had a choice to make. We provide smartphones for most of our staff and do not have a Bring Your Own Device policy (though not for lack … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Phones, Predictions, Technology Tagged Microsoft, mobile phones, Samsung ATIV S, smartphones, Windows Phone 8 Leave a comment
Fishy Bird
This Flappy Bird thing amirite? So yeah, I tried out Flappy Bird. I downloaded it to our iPad 2, played it for about 10 minutes and uninstalled it. It’s a bad game with blatantly ripped off ideas, the same kind … Continue reading
Posted in Coverage, Culture, Predictions, Video Games Tagged Flappy Bird, games press, gaming culture, mobile games, social media, video games 1 Comment
Game Retailers Need Quality Service, Not Quality Control
One of my favourite weekly video series is Jim Sterling’s Jimquisition, where he dives into game industry and culture topics in the kind of straight-up, no nonsense way I try to practice here. He’s a lot more profane but I … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Predictions, Video Games Tagged customer service, digital distribution, Jim Sterling, Jimquisition, Steam, video game retailers, video games 1 Comment