John Banks

Posted on May 13, 2011 by admin

John Banks is also a researcher in the same Centre. He is basically a game researcher about video and online gaming and game industries in the US with cutting edge projects on emerging co-creative relations, user-led innovation and online social networks in the creative and new media industries. He worked in the videogames industry as an online community manager and online community producer.

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Interviews with Game Industries in China

Posted on May 12, 2011 by admin

Office of a small game developer in Beijing


We interviewed personnel of different positions in the game industries in Beijing and Shanghai since Fall 2010. The interview covered management level, planners, programmers, guild, marketers and distributors. We also explored some creative clusters in Beijing. This research process would last till the end of the project to keep the project data updated.

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Interviews and Observations of Cultural Clusters in China

Posted on May 12, 2011 by admin
Cultural clusters

One of the cultural clusters of game industries in China

We have been interviewing people and conducting observations in cultural clusters in China since November 2010.

Shijingshan Science Park Working Space

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Hong Kong Gamers Study in Cybercafes 2011

Posted on May 12, 2011 by admin

cybercafe

Gamers playing in cybercafe in Hong Kong


Survey of gamers are conducted in two main cybercafes chains in Hong Kong, I-One and Sunshine. The study was complete in June 2011. We would like express our gratitude to the two cybercafes.

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Virtual Power and Cultural Globalization

Posted on May 12, 2011 by admin

Conference Venue, National Chengchi University, Taipei


Anthony Fung (2011) Virtual Power and Cultural Globalization: A Case Study of China’s Online Game Industries. Paper presented in the Intra-Region Popular Cultural Flows: Towards an Asian Identity. New Zealand Asia Institute, The University of Auckland and Centre for Security Studies, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, April 17-19.

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Hong Kong and Macau Online Game Industry Survey 2010

Posted on May 12, 2011 by admin

HK Online Game Industry Survey

Interviewers and interviewees in Chinese Gamer


Thanks to Hong Kong Game Industry Assoication (HKGIA), our Project conducted an industry survey of the online game industry, including game companies, distributors and payment gateways in March -May 2011. The researchers would like to express our deepest gratitude to HKGIA for their support and assistance.

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Chengting Mao

Posted on May 12, 2011 by admin

Chengting Mao is a Ph.D. candidate in the Communications and new media programme at the National University of Singapore. She works for Prof Chung Peichi on the research projects of game industries in China and Southeast Asia. She is interested in popular culture, convergence culture, film studies, and gender studies. Her dissertation examines the representation of heroine images in Hollywood. The title of her thesis is “Just Look At it: (Post)Feminism, Postmodernism, and Contemporary Action Heroine Cinema.”

E-mail: qir0305@gmail.com

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Hong Kong Internet and Game Use Survey 2011

Posted on May 11, 2011 by admin

We completed a representative telephone survey of 800 subjects in Hong Kong. We are compiling the report. Here is the draft report,

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Hong Kong and Macau Online Game Industry Report 2010

Posted on April 2, 2011 by admin

Array of Games


Thanks to Hong Kong Game Industry Assoication (HKGIA), our Project conducted an industry survey of the online game industry, including game companies, distributors and payment gateways. We interviewed key people in the business and it is by far the most comprehensive and objective report of the Hong Kong online game industries. The researchers would like to express our deepest gratitude to HKGIA for their support and assistance.

Hong Kong and Macau Online Game Industry Report in Chinese 2010
Hong Kong and Macau Online Game Industry Report in English 2010

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Phase VI: Continual release of data/ writing-up of academic papers/ report

Posted on March 17, 2011 by admin

The PI and Co-Is will arrange early release of data and policy report (after the first year of data collection). Toward the end of the study, we will also write up our findings in the form of academic journal articles and books. Follow-up data collection will have to be carried out to satisfy of peer review and academic publication requirements. (the 37th months – 48th months)

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