by Daz | Mar 26, 2009 | Games, Media
I reckon the development of streaming gaming has the potential to revolutionise the way we think about games as entertainment. There are no other forms of media that are so utterly dependant on the hardware that delivers them. It’s also strange that gaming is...
by admin | Feb 27, 2009 | Media
Clearly the reported mutiny of Bangladeshi border guards is not really something to laugh about but the story seems to include some humourous points. The Guardian reports how the insurrection occurred :- “The rebels wore red bandanas and sprayed bullets into the...
by Daz | Feb 10, 2009 | Media, Misc
Does the world need another post about Twitter? Of course it doesn’t. Is that a good enough reason to not write one? Well it probably is but I’ll do it anyway. The whole world appears to have become obsessed with a medium of communication restricting...
by Daz | Feb 7, 2009 | Media, Politics
I’ve been bothered by the recent decision by the Competition Commission to stop the so called Project Kangaroo. My irritation with the decision is odd as I don’t generally use the existing video on demand services provided by BBC, ITV and Channel 4. Though...
by Daz | Dec 14, 2008 | Games, Media
So Oliver Postgate died then. The reaction from the media was the sort usually reserved for a Pope. Nearly ten minutes of coverage on Channel 4 News goes someway to prove that conventional media is still ruled by men of a certain age. Watching the IT Crowd the other...
by Daz | Dec 13, 2008 | Media
I reckon it is only a matter of time before Bernard Madoff becomes a truly household name. In a sense he’s already fairly famous what with having run the NASDAQ and being fantastically wealthy. It now looks like there is a strong chance that all of this vast...
