::fibreculture:: Games industry discussion

[Melissa Gregg]

Dear fibreculture,

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6892

Reading this article today, I was thinking how valuable it would be  
for this list to be re-activated as a place for informed discussion  
and debate about net-related issues in this region.

There are local conditions described here that I find difficult to  
hear discussed in other places. It is also interesting to me that  
Online Opinion is now sourcing articles like this -- from the Courier  
Mail no less! What does this mean?

It makes me wonder, is it one of the great ironies of fibreculture  
that just as its areas of expertise have become more mainstream, we  
are no longer talking together? Do people no longer talk here because  
they have finally achieved rewarding paid employment in the very  
areas and specialisms that once brought us together as a politics?  
The article is one example of how much economic clout the industries  
we work and train in are said to deliver, but I worry that at the  
very time when fibreculture could be useful as a defense against  
hyperbole of various kinds, we don't stay in touch.

Anyway, I would love to hear from some of you who are teaching - or  
better, are graduates of - some of the courses discussed in the  
piece, to understand your take on the industry's present and future.  
And also where you are all hanging out to chat these days. It doesn't  
seem to be Facebook (which is its own relief, but makes me so very  
conscious of what was good about lists like this).

Best wishes
Melissa

Dr. Melissa Gregg
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Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies
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