The Controversial Bit: yesterday morning, I posted on Twitter the following: Hypothesis; people who write for free are using their secure financial situation as an unfair advantage. Any antitheses? I got plenty. [more...]
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To the tune of: Our House by Crosby, Still, Nash & Young The Other Reader is determined to make an Economist of me at the moment and was very annoyed when last night I couldn’t answer the nonsense question, “Why is the housing population ageing?” I have determined therefore to attempt an answer herewith, fol de rol, and so and so, what what? A Weird House, Golder's Green There are three interpretations of what she could possibly mean with this nonsense: That the people in houses are ageing. That the houses themselves are ageing. That the people who do the housing [more...] Predictably, Microsoft have just announced the new Games For Windows Live will also support full game downloads. Manufacturers, having taken over all the development studios, and recently the Indie and casual devs too, are now taking over the distribution channels too. It’s likely that we’ll see the first full, true AAA game distributed solely through the Playstation Network in the next year; full games are already available on the PSPGo. Even Nintendo distributes games through its Wii store. These all make it easier for consumers to get access to new and old games. So what’s the problem? The key issue here [more...] (Some thoughts I supplied for a piece about on a big games website that got spiked because of politics…) Question 1 (Of 1) 1. Do you believe that the recently rumoured price-hikes of triple-A games in the UK are justified. If yes, why? If no, why? From an economics point of view, it’s entirely rational. If you believe, like a good Ayn Rand pupil should, that businesses do best when unfettered from regulation and morals, and that businesses doing best is best for the rest of us, then companies should be allowed to set their own prices, [more...] |
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