Journalism
Why is media so⌠conservative?
For an industry so obsessed with news, why are we so reluctant to cover new things?
gaming
By ignoring gaming, mainstream journalism is eroding trust with younger people
Are we making a terrible mistake by ignoring games in mainstream journalism?
chris sutcliffe
Publishers & Pokémon Go: there's nothing for the likes of you here
Publishers wonât â and canât â learn anything from PokĂŠmon Go [https://www.themediabriefing.com/article/no-publishers-can-t-learn-anything-from-pok-mon-go] says Chris Sutcliffe: > Even thoughtful, forward-thinking pieces about lessons from PokĂŠmon Go like this one from Poynterâs Melody Kramer [http://www.poynter.org/2016/what-journalists-can-learn-from-pokemon-go/420963/] are written with the assumption
community
Fighting trolling with academic rigour
Trolling â hostile, provocative anti-social behaviour â is one of the biggest challenges to any large-scale online community â and that includes comment sections on mainstream publications. The problem is far, far bigger in the online gaming world, though. And one of the biggest games in the eSports sector â League of Legends [http:
gamers
Making good life choices
This morning I am mainly questioning my life choices. I just received this through the post: [https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2015/03/blizz-box.jpg] Whatâs inside? Why, a statue to celebrate the fact I have been an unbroken subscriber to World of Warcraft for
gaming
Journalism in 2014
Paul Bradshaw has provided a handy round-up of what happened in the worlds of digital journalism in 2014 [http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2014/12/26/a-review-of-online-journalism-in-2014-and-predictions-for-2015/] . Of note: > YouTube. Media organisations are still overlooking YouTubers in the same way as they overlooked Vice, Buzzfeed et al. But there are serious
games
LeWeb: Adam Gazzaley will fix your brain with neurogames
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/12/adam-gazzaley.jpg] Whatâs the state of the art of improving cognition? Take a 60 year old with attention impairment. Well, heâs unlikely to get functional brain imaging. So, heâll be diagnosed and given a drug. Right
culture
Obligatory #gamergate post
Seriously abbreviated version of the #gamergate mess: A bunch of predominantly male gamers are using âconcerns about the ethics of games journalismâ as a shield for a series of deeply misogynistic attacks [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/ampp3d/so-gamergate-just-women-seem-4508850] on prominent women developers [http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/brianna-wu-gamergate]
gaming
LeWeb: Angry Birds, Happy Business
That bizarre image of our host dressed up as the most basic of the Angry Birds [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2010/12/leweb_angry_birds_loc.html] had a purpose: it was setting the scene for the arrival of Mikael Hed, CEO, Rovio, the people who are stealing away
angry birds
LeWeb: Angry Birds LoĂŻc
LeWeb: The Rise of the Social Game
Sebastien de Halleux, Co-Founder, Playfish & VP, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, EA Interactive is up now, kicking of the social gaming strand. Veronica Belmont kicked off by asking why so many existing social games were derivative of concept and brand. de Halleux didnât answer directly, suggesting that he
Andy Butcher
Two New Blogs from Former Student Hacks
Bit frantic at the moment â been off for a week, and returned to a pile of work. But today Iâve discovered to my delight that two old friends from my days on Felix [http://www.felixonline.co.uk/], Imperial Collegeâs student rag, are blogging. Declan Curry, best known