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Where is Gaming Going?
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Now that GDC 2008 is behind us, and the reviews are really rolling in, PodTech takes a wide look at the gaming industry, with IDC gaming analyst Billy Pidgeon.
Gaming’s future likely includes more attention from the courts, as it continues to gain in mass popularity and questions continue to arise around “mature content” and children, for instance. And, as always, plenty of opinions about various consoles, PC vs. consoles, and the issue of game development from the developers’ perspective (the one-console future, for example).
Billy Pidgeon is the program manager for IDC’s consumer markets: gaming program. In this podcast, he speaks with PodTech’s Jason Lopez about the gaming industry, drawing important distinctions between gaming, which is a massive and growing business, and the more entrenched industries that are built around movies.
The stakes for gaming companies are higher in a way, says Pidgeon, because there are no second chances after a game flops at market (unlike the many, many secondary distribution paths that movies have). But as the industry grows, Pidgeon says, there’s a chance for the world to benefit, not only because of the truly international business that the gaming industry enjoys, but also because ...
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Freshtopia.net - Dinner And A New-Media Circus
Welcome to the first video installment of our new “Dinner And A…” series. In this episode, we get a visit from Ryanne Hodson of RyanIsHungry, Jay Dedman of Momentshowing, and Eddie Codel of Geek Entertainment TV.
As this was our first attempt at capturing a dinner event in ...
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Doctor Popular Yo-Yo Master!
You might know Doc Popular as a nerdcore rapper, or a lo-fi techno musician who plays on bent toy electronics, or maybe you bought one of his crafty blue jean wallets, or read one of his comics, or maybe you’ve seen him in a video or two right ...
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Cory Doctorow, on BoingBoing and the EFF
Cory Doctorow is a popular science fiction author and co-editor of the high-profile blog, BoingBoing. His novels are given away for free on the Internet as Creative Commons-licensed downloads. They can be freely shared, and in some cases, remixed or translated and sold in developing countries. Perhaps ...
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Document Detective Uncovers Hidden Info
Ron Hackett, the Document Detective program manager for SRS Technologies, hinted recently that the Pentagon is very concerned about the leakage of sensitive and classified information. That’s why they’re scooping up every copy of the Document Detective software they can get their hands on, according to Hackett, who I interviewed ...
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Maxtor and Fabrik Discuss a Simple yet Powerful Way to Organize, Personalize and Share Your Digital Content
Mike Williams, General Manager and Vice President of Maxtor Branded Products Group and Mike Cordano, CEO and Co-founder of Fabrik Inc. discuss how the popularity of digital video, music and pictures has triggered an avalanche of content that has now become overwhelming to organize, manage, access and share. ...
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Venture Capital with Daniel Primack of Thomson Private Equity Week
Daniel Primack and I talk about Venture Capital. Who’s hot and who’s investing in what. Daniel has a popular column on venture capital for Thomson called Private Equity (PE) Week.
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