Companies claim British game degrees useless
So you wanna work with video games, eh? Well, then don’t get a degree in computer games, at least not in England.
Britain’s huge gaming industry has put universities under major attack for failing to equip students for work while handing out their gaming degrees. According to The Daily Mail UK, several of the country’s top firms go so far as to say that the schools are offering “mouse degrees with little job relevance.“ Ouch. Hope the students didn’t…
British Wii-exercisers damaging their homes
Overenthusiastic female Wii-exercisers in UK are relentlessly sabotaging their own houses. According to an intriguing study by British insurance company Sheila’s Wheels, female Wii Fit gamers in the UK are responsible for cumulative damage worth £20.1 million ($40 million) to their homes.
In the study, women confessed to having damaged costly vases and furniture during Wii Fit-induced hysteria. The study also revealed that…
Britain questions Canadian tax incentives for game industry
Canada has become a haven for European game developers who are looking for a tax reprieve. The tax incentives being offered to game developers in Canada have ensured that the country gets a bigger chunk of the burgeoning videogame business while countries like Britain and France watch the exodus of game developers. Britain has decided that its time to take the war to Canada. And, no, Britain is not going to offer greater relaxation in taxes to the videogame industry, but it will challenge the very legality of the tax incentives on offer in Canada.
The UK Ministry of Culture, Media and Sport has convinced the European Commission to launch an inquest into Canada’s trade practices…
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