::fibreculture:: Games industry discussion

[Tom Apperley]

Hi Ana & fibreculturalists,
 
While I'm not exactly an expret on the videogame industry in Sweden, I do know that there is one Sweden based company that its noteworthy - Paradox Interactive. I outline some of there activities in this paper I gave at CSAA in 2006, Virtual Unaustralia. To link back to the earlier posts about Auran and Fury, Auran publishes/published some of Paradox's catalogue in Aus/NZ/Asia, most notably Europa Universalis 1 & 2, and Hearts of Iron,
 
Tom> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:41:33 +0100> From: agora158 at gmail.com> To: m.gregg at uq.edu.au> CC: list at fibreculture.org> Subject: Re: ::fibreculture:: Games industry discussion> > I read with interest your post, Melissa, and the article you send the> link to. The same phenomen the writer describes in Australia can be> applicable to Sweden. In the beginning of the Nineties the Swedish> game industry was full of expectations and some small companies> succeded providing the home market with some good games, mostly> edutainment.> At that time I started to write reviews of computer games for Sweden's> largest morning paper, 400.000 copies every day. I wrote the reviews> for the cultural pages, the newspaper avantgarde arena.> Today, 20 years later, game industry in Sweden is mainstream, we have> 5 or 6 university masters and degrees in computer games design and> culture. But not one company is left producing games for the Swedish> market, all production is outsourced by Warner Bros or Sony. Digital> Illusions, authors and creators of Battlefield 1942, a real Swedish> product, are owned today by Electronic Arts.> I don't write reviews anymore since I don't find any creativity or> challenge in the market anymore.> The gaming industry is depending of infrastructure, good Internet> connections and fast computers. Maybe now, in the verge of a big> recesion, the gaming industry is not longer an answer to global> anxiety.> > Ana Valdés> > On Jan 21, 2008 5:22 AM, Melissa Gregg <m.gregg at uq.edu.au> wrote:> > 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> > Fourth Floor, Forgan Smith Tower> > The University of Queensland> > QLD Australia 4072> > CRICOS provider number: 00025B> >> > p + 61 7 3346 9762> > m + 61 4 0859 9359> > f + 61 7 3365 7184> >> > http://cccs.uq.edu.au/index.htmlpage=16194&pid=16136> > www.homecookedtheory.com> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ::posted on ::fibreculture:: mailinglist for australasian> > ::critical internet theory, culture and research> > :: info: http://fibreculture.org/mailman/listinfo/list_fibreculture.org> > :: FIbreculture website: http://www.fibreculture.org> > ::please send announcements to separate mailinglist:> > announce at fibreculture.org> > :: Announce List info page:> > http://fibreculture.org/mailman/listinfo/announce_fibreculture.org> >> > > > -- > http://caravia.stumbleupon.com> http://www.crusading.se> Gondolgatan 2 l tr> 12832 Skarpnäck> Sweden> tel +468-943288> mobil 4670-3213370> > > "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth> with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you> will always long to return.> — Leonardo da Vinci> > ::posted on ::fibreculture:: mailinglist for australasian> ::critical internet theory, culture and research > :: info: http://fibreculture.org/mailman/listinfo/list_fibreculture.org> :: FIbreculture website: http://www.fibreculture.org> ::please send announcements to separate mailinglist: announce at fibreculture.org > :: Announce List info page: http://fibreculture.org/mailman/listinfo/announce_fibreculture.org
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