If you’re like me, the thought of buying a new piece of recreational hardware (even when it’s just sanctioning a purchase by your child) is often accompanied by the thought, “How long before this becomes obsolete?” This article from Fast Company answers that question for everything from the Wii to GameStop to Halo with the inside scoop on what will be new in 2009 (and beyond) for consoles, games and distribution.

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 I just came across an interesting project, Digital Youth, at the University of California Berkeley. Here’s an excerpt from a post on the influence of digital media on shopping by project team member Danah Boyd:

I had just finished giving a talk about youth culture to a room full of professionals who worked in the retail industry when a woman raised her hand to tell me a story. It was homecoming season and her daughter Mary was going to go to homecoming for the first

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