op-ed
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Game Theory
There are more than ten times as many video gamers in Southeast Asia as there are people in Australia. With a staggering 270 million gamers and a video games market worth around US$5 billion, Southeast Asia holds immense potential for Australia’s flourishing video game industry. With the opportunities in Southeast Asia, we should be capitalising…
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Sexism, Character Design, And The Role Of Women In Created Worlds
There are many things I expect to see in a panel called “East Meets West, Art Direction for a Worldwide Audience”. I expected to hear Isamu Kamikokuryo, the art director for Final Fantasy XIII-2 discuss how Japanese artists focus on creating new worlds, Norse mythology and its influence on the game, and drawing inspiration from…
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Kotick, Riccitiello, Levine And More Praise Supreme Court Victory
This morning the US Supreme Court put to rest, perhaps finally, the debate over not only whether video games are protected speech, but whether they are art.