computer games in comment and analysis
The Brampton Factor: Is there really a skills crisis?
Comment Schools are boring IT students to death, and it's the fault of universities that computer games companies are struggling to recruit. But practical skills, computer programming for instance, are much more easily learned when there is a real-life... [09 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Tech teacher shortage, Kangaroo and phones on planes
Comment Hardly surprising - the IT curriculum is crap and you end up teaching all of the kids who think that GCSE IT is a free ticket to play computer games all day. Students developing an interest in how their computer worked, being able to explore... [03 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com... ZX Spectrum nostalgia, Mac attack, tag a bag…
Comment I just remember having to get the volume absolutely right for the games to load! You mention form over function, by merging the computer and the screen together in the iMac you limit both devices and keep the user from upgrading either should their... [24 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: Home computing from Acorn, Amiga and Amstrad, to the ZX Spectrum
Comment Magazines dedicated pages and pages to hundreds of lines of code that enthusiasts could use to program their own games and other applications. I'm not sure whether the games consoles that followed will lead to the same flowing of innovation or fond... [22 Apr 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The one-box generation
Comment But by contrast, my youngest can only remember having everything, including computer games. He has always enjoyed a rapidly growing range of technologies and content delivered direct to his computer screen. [26 Mar 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Generation X
Comment They start with computer games, problem solving and strategic thinking reinforced by social networking and sharing on a scale never witnessed before. So, I'm off into town to visit the computer store. [29 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... work and play, mobiles on planes, data leaks...
Comment Computer games 'can help plug IT skills gap' Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. I'm on the plane. UK in-flight calls get green light [25 Oct 2007]
Shigeru Miyamoto
AS Profile Nintendo has always been admired for pushing the boundaries of computer games entertainment in ways that make gaming accessible to a wide range of players. Shigeru Miyamoto has been at the centre of the creativity behind many of the flagship games... [12 Oct 2007]
Satoru Iwata
AS Profile In the early 1990s, Nintendo led the global games console market. The judges were impressed by Iwata's role in these innovations, concluding he has done much to take computer gaming out of the exclusive realm of the 17-year-old boy's bedroom and... [12 Oct 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: No risk, no progress
Comment And this appears to be one factor that drives them to computer games and the virtual world. Written at Norwich Airport, UK, and dispatched to silicon.com via a public wi-fi service The removal of risk from people's lives is leading to a lack of... [03 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Vista gripes, naked PCs, geek rage, nuclear fallout...
Comment I miss my scanner and webcam and Palm and I hate my games running slower. It will be the support of the operating system provided with the computer that will matter most. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? [27 Sep 2007]
Dear silicon.com... wi-fi CCTV, BBC iPlayer, skills shortage, robots...
Comment It's true what he's saying, but there's a kind of anti-reference to what he thinks will happen with AI.rather than Terminator-style robots" and then ".and provide opponents in computer games. So the artificial intelligence which seeks us out and... [13 Sep 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 15.12.06
Round-Up The swanky new gaming device allows you to use a wireless handheld controller to mimic real-life movements and gestures in games, so a golf game will need you to perfect your swing technique, while a sword fighting game requires you to hack and... [15 Dec 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.08.06
Round-Up The problem of addiction to internet games in China has become so great that a shelter has been opened for teens who are endangering their health by playing endless hours of computer games online. The Round-Up's favourite statistic of the week is... [25 Aug 2006]
Why does Sharon Stone use Mitel?
Comment Product placement is also cropping up in computer games, on billboards as well as integrated into the fabric of a game - in the game Worms, for example, Red Bull is used as a power-up for the eponymous worms. [01 Aug 2006]
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