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German tech startup clones are on the rise – a UK founder speaks out 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Startup clones are common in the European start up scene – it’s been widely reported. Internet heavyweights like Airbnb, Pinterest, Amazon, Fab, and Groupon have all fallen victim to the infamous Germ...
THE DEBATE: “Mobile games need to do more to appeal to ‘proper’ gamers” 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
This week in the Wednesday Debate, Postdesk writers Jack Bromley and Grant Howitt thrash it out over whether mobile games are good enough for serious gamers to bother playing. Jack is arguing for the ...
Show and Tell: Sleeping Dogs, Forgotten Thieves, Leaky All-Stars 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Hello! Welcome to Monday Show and Tell. Each week, Postdesk’s games writers (Jack Bromley, Grant Howitt, and Mariel Hurd) will each bring something exciting from the internet for you to look at. And ...
Looking like a Human 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Editor’s note: Looking like a Human is the third and final part of Meg Jayanth’s exploratory mega-article into the field of the new aesthetic. Part one is here and part two is here and you should read...
Nokia PureView 808: have camera phones finally grown up? 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
First things first I am, not what I would say in any way shape or form a photographer by hobby or nature. Sure, I take pictures with my phone camera at jaunty angles, apply filters but I consider that...
The Feel-Good Trap: Games for Change vs. Games for Awareness 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Since Jane McGonical’s and Jesse Schell’s 2010 TED talks and the release of their books, games that can change the world have been a hot topic. There’s now the Games for Change conference, Games for C...
What We Learned From Half-Life, What We Should Have Learned, & What We Should Forget 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Would you care to join me for a nice tall glass of nostalgia? Let’s go back to 1998. Toni Morrison was claiming Bill Clinton was “the first Black president”, everybody who went to see Titanic knew it ...
The Depressed Console Gamer 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
The following extract is taken from an interview between James Lipton and Hugh Laurie, from an episode of Inside the Actor’s Studio, first broadcast on the 31st of July, 2006: JL: In 1996, you spoke o...
Seeing as a machine: augmentic vision in gaming 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
It’s not the Singularity, but you can see it from here with your machine-enhanced eyes. In Part One, Playing Like A Machine I talked generally about the New Aesthetic as an art movement: interested in...
Would you like that supersized? McDonald’s builds its largest branch on the Olympic Park – A recipe for a happy meal or disaster? 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
McDonald’s is going supersized; really, really supersized. As in 3,000 square metres of supersized. The fast food chain plans on building its largest branch in the world as part of the Olympics, and q...
