::fibreculture:: Games industry discussion

[Jean Burgess]

Hello Fibreculturalists,

On the specific issue of the local games industry, see also a response to King's Courier Mail article by John Banks:
<http://propagatingmedia.com/2008/01/18/auran-developments-in-voluntary-administration/>

Cheers
Jean


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From: Melissa Gregg <m.gregg at uq.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:22:20 +1000
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Conversation: ::fibreculture:: Games industry discussion
Subject: ::fibreculture:: Games industry discussion

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


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