Comments on: Oasis have a new album

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:06:32 +0000

I wouldn’t call a throwaway (and sarcastic) comment from an interview with a music magazine (Mojo) a proclamation.

But while the value of a product in the software industry doesn’t carry value in the “embodiment”- the oversized cardboard boxes, the stack of CDs/DVDs that becomes a waste of space as soon as it’s transferred to a hard drive, the badly written manuals and so on- there is something lost when you take the packaged CD out of the equation and turn the product into an MP3.

Would you encourage PC games to be sold as a simple executable file that ‘the kids’ could happily use on different computers, share with their friends or post on MySpace?

By: Simon Brindle

Simon Brindle — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:46:42 +0000

Isn’t there a song on the first Oasis album called Columbia? I doubt very much its about the record label, and suspect its about one of the main exports from the country. Does Noel blame that on video games too?

Also, if video games are the sole cause of violence in society, how do you explain the violence that existed before video games. I’m no expert, but understand that the Victorian times were particularly violent. What game do you think Jack the Ripper played?

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:42:07 +0000

An excellent article that Noel Gallagher should read: http://www.gamerevolution.com/features/violence_and_videogames

By: Daniel Primed

Daniel Primed — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:20:59 +0000

I like how he links video games and drug abuse. Well done there.

Who’d like to make a sentence linking pompous Brittish rockers and Oasis?

By: rckt42

rckt42 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:05:19 +0000

Who asked them to give it away?. Their music is horrible, plus they are hopeless idiots, so I wouldn’t download their album even if they paid me for it.

Congrats, Bruce, a post without mentioning ‘piracy’!. Please, continue!