Culture Minister Criticises MPs Attitudes Towards Games Business

Ed Vaizey, the UK's Minister for culture, media and sport has attacked MPs general lack of understanding regarding videogames and the industry behind them, reports GamesIndustry.biz. Appearing before the Scottish Affairs Committee, examining the subject of tax breaks for the games industry, Labour MP Ian Davidson remarked that Mr Vaizey "...ought to be concerned about …

Realtimeworlds – postscript

News surfaced on Twitter earlier today that the domain http://www.realtimeworlds.com has now been acquired and staked out by a domain hosting company. So it seems appropriate to link to an epitaph of the company, which was posted on Eurogamer yesterday: "APB has been a fantastic journey, but unfortunately that journey has come to a premature …

One Week To AppJam And NEoN Goodness – Have YOU Got A Ticket?

There's ONE WEEK to go until the North East of North digital arts festival takes place across much of central Dundee.  The whole programme is now complete, confirmed and available to read.  You can find the PDF here. The last few weeks have seen the event build up quite a head of steam.  Several salons …