Critical Gamer did an exstensive interview about idealism in the game industry, and game journalism in particular. In the interview I talk about the ‘problem’ of games journalism, the ‘games journalism lifestyle’ and what games journalism should be. The interview was done by Utrecht University student Snezana Nedeski and can be found here.

For Bashers I wrote a book review on “The race for a new game machine: creating the chips inside the Xbox 360 & the Playstation 3″. Concluding:

Heb je het geduld om door de halfbakken managementtips en de verhalen over slapeloze nachten van Shippy en Phipps heen te lezen, dan biedt The race for a new game machine de broodnodige verdieping om eerdere en toekomstige hardwareontwikkelingen binnen de gamesindustrie net weer iets beter te kunnen duiden. En met Natal en Move voor de deur is dat alles behalve een overbodige luxe.

Over at Mindnote there’s a short interview on games and learning: “Dossier: Over Spelend Leren – David Nieborg“. Do check out the dossier on games and learning featuring interviews with other experts on games and/or learning.

Yes that is games with a Z :).

The first interview I did was on sex in games, an article authored by Anna Sonnemans called “De seksuele revolutie van games” in which I argue that we should make more love (in games) and a little less war (because there’s plenty of the latter already). The article is published in the paper version, so no online text to link to.

The second interview is on games & narrative by Floor Coert: “Er was eens… een game – over verhalen in games“. In this article I argue that although there are some interesting examples regarding interactive narratives (e.g. Grand Theft Auto and Heavy Rain), we have a long way to go.

Last week (March 29) I did another interview for Radio 1 (NOS this time) on the current state of Dutch political campaigning. For the report the Dutch Liberal Party’s (VVD) Internet advisors were interviewed and I added some context. My main beef with the average Dutch political party’s digital strategy is that it is non-existent, and that there are two missed opportunities (the European and recent local elections) to test some new tools and gain online support.

There’s an article accompanying the report and and you can listen to the report on the NOS website (it’s 4:20).