Daniel Joseph
@danjokaz00ie.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer of Digital Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University
MMU UCU committee
I'm a political economist of the internet
www.danieljamesjoseph.net
MMU UCU committee
I'm a political economist of the internet
www.danieljamesjoseph.net
Really happy to announce that I've signed my contract with @brisunipress.bsky.social for my forthcoming (2027) book 'Levelling Out: The Crash of the Video Games Industry'.
October 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Really happy to announce that I've signed my contract with @brisunipress.bsky.social for my forthcoming (2027) book 'Levelling Out: The Crash of the Video Games Industry'.
after our analysis we argued that the Saudi PIF is interested in income diversification AND sportswashing / branding / soft power.
September 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
after our analysis we argued that the Saudi PIF is interested in income diversification AND sportswashing / branding / soft power.
Game File reporting how Krafton wants PUBG to become a "gamplay platform" www.gamefile.news/p/krafton-pu...
July 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Game File reporting how Krafton wants PUBG to become a "gamplay platform" www.gamefile.news/p/krafton-pu...
Yeah!! I’ve had a lot of painting Purple Guys (Soul Drinkers) over the past 12 months
June 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Yeah!! I’ve had a lot of painting Purple Guys (Soul Drinkers) over the past 12 months
this is really funny becuase it speaks to the core elements of platformization: winner-takes-all market dynamics. There *is* growth for some companies. Many games are profitable. But user growth is arriving by eating the consumers of other games.
May 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
this is really funny becuase it speaks to the core elements of platformization: winner-takes-all market dynamics. There *is* growth for some companies. Many games are profitable. But user growth is arriving by eating the consumers of other games.
Take-Two Interactive CEO making a case that only Take-Two can make about a game with such cultural and economic weight as GTA: that you can confidently amortize the cost of development and justify the most expensive games in history www.thegamebusiness.com/p/take-two-c...
May 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Take-Two Interactive CEO making a case that only Take-Two can make about a game with such cultural and economic weight as GTA: that you can confidently amortize the cost of development and justify the most expensive games in history www.thegamebusiness.com/p/take-two-c...
relevant to these thoughts the other day. Again, not sure if AI will outright replace much work, but it will change the structure and flow of it. While now it might save people time, I think we can again look to Harry Braverman's work on the ultimate impact: deskilling archive.ph/jGwYE
May 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
relevant to these thoughts the other day. Again, not sure if AI will outright replace much work, but it will change the structure and flow of it. While now it might save people time, I think we can again look to Harry Braverman's work on the ultimate impact: deskilling archive.ph/jGwYE
hello to David Harvey's social media team / RA
May 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
hello to David Harvey's social media team / RA
reading this very powerful intro editorial at Eludamos while thinking about my next journal article eludamos.org/index.php/el...
April 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
reading this very powerful intro editorial at Eludamos while thinking about my next journal article eludamos.org/index.php/el...
I’ve started writing a book
April 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I’ve started writing a book
some interesting (grim) trends related to the production of mobile games:
April 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
some interesting (grim) trends related to the production of mobile games:
guess maybe there's a switch 2 now...??
April 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
guess maybe there's a switch 2 now...??
& an important update on the Epic Store being a real challenger to Steam: it's still not.
April 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
& an important update on the Epic Store being a real challenger to Steam: it's still not.
the mobile games industry spends 30 billion a year on "acquiring users", which, importantly, is mostly just injecting ads into a competitor's free-2-play games to shuffle users to another game superjoost.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
April 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
the mobile games industry spends 30 billion a year on "acquiring users", which, importantly, is mostly just injecting ads into a competitor's free-2-play games to shuffle users to another game superjoost.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
Haven’t posted my space marine painting journey on here yet! But yes, I’m painting little guys at night time to relax.
March 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Haven’t posted my space marine painting journey on here yet! But yes, I’m painting little guys at night time to relax.
have you read Alice's paper on this? georgetownlawtechreview.org/wp-content/u...
March 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
have you read Alice's paper on this? georgetownlawtechreview.org/wp-content/u...
Haha that’s nuts man
February 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Haha that’s nuts man
the key thing: the sell off is about bets on hardware and infrastucture spending. The downstream effects of AI agents (when they are good enough) getting rolled out en masse one day is the big question mark. Right now the adjustment seems to bend towards cheap Chinese versions of this.
January 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
the key thing: the sell off is about bets on hardware and infrastucture spending. The downstream effects of AI agents (when they are good enough) getting rolled out en masse one day is the big question mark. Right now the adjustment seems to bend towards cheap Chinese versions of this.
wild how the very low bar of competition regulation designed to protect average people from corporate abuse and greed is now a hinge on which electoral politics are playing out. The fact that digital markets, insurance, and fintech are at the centre kinda makes my head spin
January 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
wild how the very low bar of competition regulation designed to protect average people from corporate abuse and greed is now a hinge on which electoral politics are playing out. The fact that digital markets, insurance, and fintech are at the centre kinda makes my head spin
Anyways I’m boring and painting space marines
November 16, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Anyways I’m boring and painting space marines