Robbie Fordyce

Research Fellow, Networked Society Institute, University of Melbourne

Sciences & Technology

How do we grow Australia’s eSports industry?

Competitive video gaming is a flourishing and lucrative global business but Australia needs to do more to increase its presence in the eSports arena – particularly when it comes to internet speeds

Politics & Society

Building a national broadband for everyone...even gamers

Recently, the National Broadband Network’s (NBN) CEO blamed ‘gamers’ for slow speeds in parts of the network, saying they’re using up too much data, but is this fair?

Arts & Culture

Pokémon Go a walk in the park

The techno-panic over Pokémon Go misses the point that we already have the techno-etiquette to deal with it

Politics & Society

Good like, bad like: Facebook’s emotional facelift

New emojis will change the way hundreds of millions of people will socialise on a daily basis