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Lamentations on Gamestop (or is it Gamestop Analysts?)

Posted: September 24, 2011 by aegisfang in Game Platforms, Game Research, Games and Marketing, Games and the Media
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I recently read an article entitled “Game Over for Gamestop“ on a website called SeekingAlpha.com which suggested that Gamestop as a business will collapse at some vaguely defined point in the near future if their business model does not change.  Now I see several flaws in the theory and logic that they are using to make [...]

A Few Thoughts on L.A. Noire

Posted: June 21, 2011 by aegisfang in game design, Game Genres, Games and Writing, New Media
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In the month or so since L.A. Noire has come out, I have read review after review proclaiming it to be a revolutionary game.  I have heard this before.  Reviewers call games genre-changers or “like nothing I’ve ever seen before” or innovative or even, if you’ll excuse the terrible pun, “game-changers”.  I hear this yet [...]

21st Century Tipping Your Hat

Posted: February 12, 2011 by aegisfang in New Media
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Tipping your hat is a phenomenon that has lasted about a hundred years.  It was a common way to greet people on the street.  You would tip your hat as a sign of respect or acknowledgment.  It was the kind of greeting you would give when you wanted to acknowledge someone’s presence, but either you [...]