Recently-released data compiled by GfK Retail and Technology reveals that New Zealand’s video and computer games sales declined 7% in 2010 compared with the previous year. Have we really fallen so much out of love with gaming? Perhaps not. The information collected by GfK includes all sales from hardware, gaming peripherals and traditionally boxed software [...]
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Cargo Cult?
August 13th, 2010 · No Comments · 2010
Is our government’s commitment to fibre to the home and high speed broadband little more than a ‘cargo cult’? That’s the question that’s being posed by the Motu Institute at University of Waikato and the Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation at Victoria University. As reported by Commsday: Building on a 2009 study [...]
Must See TV?
February 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · 2010, Television
The new television season is upon us and (apparently) there’s never been a better time to camp out in front of the telly and prepare to be dazzled, stunned, blown away or simply have your life transformed. The reality may be a little more prosaic. But what’s especially new, different and paradigm-shifting about this new [...]