From the monthly archives: October 2006

The Nielsen Numbers Part 2

By On 14/10/2006 ·

OK, the Nielsen report (the third annual Active Gamer Benchmark Study) must be purchased. That we can’t read the details is problematic, but let’s say it does not totally invalidate the findings.

From what I’ve found the report concludes that

There are 117 million Active Gamers (one who owns a console and spends at least [...]

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The Nielsen Numbers Part 1

By On 14/10/2006 ·

Uploaded by •PeSa• on 22 Aug ’06, 1.54pm CEST.

I was interviewed the other day for Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende who wanted comments on recent survey results showing that “64% of online gamers are women”. The paper ran two articles in today’s edition (In Danish:

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Game lecture: Aki Järvinen to speak at ITU tomorrow

By On 11/10/2006 ·

The Center for Computer Games Research (game.itu.dk) is happy to announce its Game Lecture Series for Fall 2006.

The next lecture will be given by Aki Järvinen, from the Finnish
National Lottery, who will present his research on applied ludology.
It’ll take place on October 12, 2006 at 16:15 at the IT University [...]

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Never underestimate the power of Atari Today

By On 11/10/2006 ·

I’ve blogged a bit about video game commercials over at my research group’s blog

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No end to the achievements of former ITU man

By On 06/10/2006 ·

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