Comments on: Opening Pandora in Singapore: Dissapointment City

By: Neils Clark

Neils Clark — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:48:42 +0000

Yeah, soundpedia did at least load for me in Singapore.

By: Justin Lee

Justin Lee — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:19:06 +0000

try soundpedia.com!

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By: Neils Clark

Neils Clark — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:53:23 +0000

Thanks for the post Amit, it was good to meet you too.

I think that it’s important to realize that games are, in essence, just the extension of other useful media - like television, radio, writing etc. I don’t personally think that they ought to be stopped, but rather understood.

Like other technologies: the telephone, the internet, and so forth, coming soon we’ll all be using them as a medium to communicate. We’ve got a lot to gain from them, and things like addiction - they’re a lot easier to overcome once society starts to better understand what’s happening.

But also, you mention kids acting out scenes that they see in television or gaming. On a theoretical level, you’re right. This can be a serious problem. The holdup is in that very few people are coming up with conclusive ways to prove or disprove the exact effect. There are studies out there, but they haven’t yet used conclusive measures, nor have any two pieces of research used the same measures - making it difficult to substantiate even the work that’s been done.

Thanks again for the post, and good luck in Australia!

By: Amit Kothari

Amit Kothari — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:00:10 +0000

I am so much impressed by the work neil is carrying out.
A huge number of parents will be finding ways out with this book and a lot many elders would try to stop people from this gaming factory.
Its not only making people out of practical lives and also getting them into all sorts of things what they do on games , driving a motorbike like on the gaming , or small kids fighting to each other as on the screen.

hats off to you bro…its nice knowing you

Hopefully their would be something coming up like

STOP GAMING : Injurious to health and society

By: Neils Clark

Neils Clark — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 10:53:43 +0000

Exactly. One of my old profs was working with execs at Sony, and from what he would say - these guys sound like steam-powered locomotives. They’re filled with hot, billowing smoke, won’t slow down for anything and have neither the ability nor desire to change course.

But, like Ben said: it’s not really our problem. Unless we can’t hear some new music on Pandora. Dammit.

By: Linn

Linn — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:11:59 +0000

Yeah!
I think Ben Hammersley hits the nail on the head with this article. Although it’s more about tv licensing, it’s still relevant to your frustration here.

“Would I pay for downloadable episodes of the Daily Show? Yes. Will anyone take my money from me? No. Why? Because I’m in the wrong country. Well, I tried. I’ll be thinking about how little their broken business model is my problem as I boot up my torrent software, download the show, and watch the whole thing, including the adverts and any in-show sponsorship.”

Although, Comedy Central has cleaned up their act since he wrote the article, his points are still relatively spot on!