A propos of virtually nothing, The Lost Crown: A Ghosthunting Adventure, which I just completed, is the best computer game of all time! A work of genius, although I would not argue for its subversive nature (or possible supernature).
--- On Mon, 10/13/08, dredmond at efn.org <dredmond at efn.org> wrote:
>
> Videogames are a $42 billion global industry (2007) and the
> source of some
> of the most radical and anti-neoliberal narratives of the
> mass media
> today. (Not every game is progressive, but there's lots
> of good stuff).
> The industry is growing 10-15% a year, and 95% of game
> revenues are final
> consumer demand; advertising money is tiny, so game studios
> can and do
> ignore it. Games are transnational - consoles, TVs,
> handhelds, cellphones,
> etc. The game audience: the 2 billion folks living in the
> core and
> semi-periphery, though the periphery will be joining them
> shortly (via
> cellphone downloads). Giant firms like Microsoft and
> Nintendo have tried
> their evil best to monopolize the game culture, but have
> failed miserably,
> thanks to the open source movement, the digital commons,
> and ubiquitous
> media sharing (what corporations call "piracy" of
> software and IP).
>
> I've written plenty on the game culture, economics and
> media markets here:
>
> www.efn.org/~dredmond/Uplink/Archives.html
>
> -- DRR
>
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