::fibreculture:: games industry discussion

[Sal Humphreys]

Dear Fibreculturalists
Further to this discussion, we are holding a symposium in February (14 -15) at QUT where this and many other issues relating to computer games, control and regulation will be the focus. I would encourage anyone interested to register - it's free and we are hoping for some robust discussion, with a number of people associated with industry, Auran, and government expected to attend, along with key Australian games studies scholars.

You can find details of the symposium at
http://www.cci.edu.au/programs/gamesandlaw/program

And you can register by emailing me. (It's free but we'd like people to register so we can organise refreshments and wireless access)
cheers
Sal

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Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:22:20 +1000
From: Melissa Gregg <m.gregg at uq.edu.au>
Subject: ::fibreculture:: Games industry discussion
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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
ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow
Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies
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The University of Queensland
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:17:11 +1000
From: Jean Burgess <je.burgess at qut.edu.au>
Subject: Re: ::fibreculture:: Games industry discussion
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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