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I’m back
It’s been over a year. Towards the middle of 2007 I became unsure what image and content this blog was trying to put forward, so I put up a basic placeholder with this short bio:
Benjamin Hourigan is the editor at the Centre for Independent Studies, a libertarian think-tank based in Sydney. He has previously been an assistant editor and subeditor at Architecture Media, publisher of magazines including Artichoke, Landscape Architecture Australia, and Houses. His writing has been published in a range of venues, including The Age, News Weekly, Australasian Drama Studies, and the IPA Review. He has given lectures at RMIT and at the University of Melbourne, where he has also tutored. He has been interviewed on Melbourne radio station 3LO, and for articles syndicated in the Christian Science Monitor and USA Today.He is currently enrolled in the MBA program at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Benjamin is available for freelance writing and editing work. He has specialized experience in architectural publishing, editing for business, pharmaceuticals, videogaming, policy analysis, cultural studies, English literature, and Asian studies.
Now I have a better idea of what I want this to be, expect a few changes, including a header redesign. Postings will now be on matters I have a professional or journalistic interest in. The personal will take a back seat.
More soon.
USA Today: — “No Clamor for Xbox in Japan”
A recent article on the commercial failure of the Xbox in Japan, to which I contributed some comments, has been syndicated from The Christian Science Monitor to USA Today. Read it again, if you like, or refer to my earlier post about its first appearance in the Monitor. The article also contains some comments by Gonzalo Frasca. Kudos to Matthew Rusling, the article’s author, who’s so far managed to have his article printed twice!
Update (20 Jan 2006, 14:17)—The article also appears on (at least) the following sites:
“No Clamor for Xbox in Japan”
Today the Christian Science Monitor has an article about the failure of the Xbox in Japan. There’s some comments there by me, on Japanese tastes and the centrality of the RPG genre to console success there. Gonzalo Frasca also contributed his words to the piece. Despite the Xbox’s apparent failure, Microsoft
“were able to jump into a very closed market and become a major player,” says Mr. Frasca. “Sure, they burned a ton of cash doing it but, still, it is a major achievement.”
Read more here:
Matthew Rusling, “No Clamor for Xbox in Japan,” Christian Science Monitor (10 January 2006).