Comments on: Modding and the “brutal economics” of video games http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/07/09/modding-and-the-brutal-economics-of-video-games/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Veloso http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/07/09/modding-and-the-brutal-economics-of-video-games/comment-page-1/#comment-1106593 Michael Veloso Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:42:36 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2112#comment-1106593 There's a parallel situation happening in baseball analysis right now; some contributors and writers for such sites as The Hardball Times and Baseball Prospectus have been hired by front offices as a result of the research they've done. Bad for us, since then we no longer get to see the results of their work, but obviously an exciting opportunity for them...although my impression is that even those front offices that pay attention don't necessarily know how best to use the men they hire (such as Voros McCracken and Keith Law). There’s a parallel situation happening in baseball analysis right now; some contributors and writers for such sites as The Hardball Times and Baseball Prospectus have been hired by front offices as a result of the research they’ve done. Bad for us, since then we no longer get to see the results of their work, but obviously an exciting opportunity for them…although my impression is that even those front offices that pay attention don’t necessarily know how best to use the men they hire (such as Voros McCracken and Keith Law).

]]> By: Andrius Kulikauskas http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/07/09/modding-and-the-brutal-economics-of-video-games/comment-page-1/#comment-1088678 Andrius Kulikauskas Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:24:59 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2112#comment-1088678 Hi Ethan, Would you like to meet? I will be in Boston on Tuesday-Friday, July 15-18, and should be at the Berkman Center for a couple of days. I lead the Minciu Sodas laboratory http://www.ms.lt, organized the Pyramid of Peace http://www.pyramidofpeace.net and won a 2008 Knight News Challenge prize for our lab's proposed device, the Includer http://www.includer.org for our African participants with marginal Internet access. Hi Ethan, Would you like to meet? I will be in Boston on Tuesday-Friday, July 15-18, and should be at the Berkman Center for a couple of days. I lead the Minciu Sodas laboratory http://www.ms.lt, organized the Pyramid of Peace http://www.pyramidofpeace.net and won a 2008 Knight News Challenge prize for our lab’s proposed device, the Includer http://www.includer.org for our African participants with marginal Internet access.

]]> By: Chris Blow http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/07/09/modding-and-the-brutal-economics-of-video-games/comment-page-1/#comment-1082396 Chris Blow Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:58:13 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2112#comment-1082396 I agree: Why code on closed source? To get a closed source job. But there are I think more fundamental motivators, especially reputation ... and pure hippie love for the code. I agree: Why code on closed source? To get a closed source job.

But there are I think more fundamental motivators, especially reputation … and pure hippie love for the code.

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