News from Japan. Famitsu reports (no - can’t read Japanese either) that Nintendo is opening its ‘Game Seminar 2008′ for applications. Develop has all the details (in English).
How exciting is that - being a lifelong nintendo fanboy who still feels perpetual guilt over not having bought a Wii yet (low ceilings - best not to really) […]
News is out (alright I’m a day or so behind) that Channel 4 is sponsoring Dare to be Digital this year. But - interestingly it’s not a hands off, give the money and run number. Channel 4 have offered an optional brief to the teams of students on the competition to produce something specifically with […]
Skillset is now the proud owner of a brand new Facebook Page. It’s another step into the brave new world of the internet for us.
It’s worth a look, there’s photos and event news, and you can see who else in the Creative Media Industry is keen on skills.
In an interesting thinkpiece on the BBC, Bill Thompson puts out a call for more people to engage with programmers, citing the proliferation of complex PC’s and software as one of the reasons behind a decline in the numbers of people creating new and innovative software.
It’s true that in the modern creative industries, there are […]
Develop Magazine have the first interview with new Tiga CEO Richard Wilson up at the moment. In the first part published yesterday he covered tax breaks and international competition. More interesting to us is today’s feature that focuses on skills.
Richard has an interesting point of view as someone from outside the sector - recoginising the ‘classic trade […]