Proprietary consoles, graphics cards and licencing issues mean that the average cost to develop a major console computer game is an incredibly expensive affair, and is set to increase to match the next generation of consoles. ( And really – … Continue reading
by j p, November 9, 2005 2 Comments
Given the gargantuan almost heroic pixel tasks VJ software Grid Pro takes on for juggling, it seems more appropriate to weigh it’s merits against everyone’s favourite robotic bulging biceps, than compare it with traditional linear video software. larger Grid Pro … Continue reading
by j p, October 20, 2005 11 Comments
( Dry but lengthy piece written for Metro magazine earlier in 05 ) Like the mp3 sharing client Napster many years before it, the Bit Torrent application has recently become the public face of peer to peer ( P2P) file … Continue reading
by j p, October 17, 2005 0 comments
Lev Manovich is brimming with ideas about ‘new media’ – he wrote the seminal ‘Language of New Media’ academic best-seller after all. But is the electronic arts emperor wearing no clothes? Let’s take his latest DVD offering for a spin, … Continue reading
by j p, September 15, 2005 4 Comments
While hunter gatherers of yesteryear would marvel at the collective amount of time we spend at exotic tasks such as sorting spam, deleting spyware and performing computer maintenance updates, what their primitive minds wouldn’t fully appreciate is just how much … Continue reading
by j p, September 12, 2005 2 Comments