::fibreculture:: fibreculture:: Games industry discussion (Qui fabrique Gaza Allah ?)

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Le 22 janv. 08, à 00:17, Jean Burgess a écrit :

> 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
>
>
> From: Melissa Gregg <m.gregg at uq.edu.au>
> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:22:20 +1000
> To: <list at fibreculture.org>
> 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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