Azhir Mahmood  🚀 🤖 🧬 🧠 🪐

.@RishiSunak cut universal credit during a recession when it’s nigh impossible to get a job. I guess the old moniker of the @Conservatives being the nasty party holds true. ___ The furlough scheme for job retention was a good policy, but this is just awful.

I immediately thought metal foams when I saw the SN1 explosion. So the idea needs a lot of tweaking, but the lack of robustness is evident. I think stable fuel storage ensures the ship can handle any uncertainty and removes the reliance on safe landings; better suited for Mars

I have been saying this for over 8 years now. I'll never understand why the academic community is so slow, it's ridiculously frustrating. 2020 has been the year, all the inequalities I complained about... suddenly people "woke-up" to... and nothing changed.https://twitter.com/professor_dave/status/1367374163401445376 …

It appears to be moving clockwise, but in fact the clamour of the ring is being inverted.https://twitter.com/akiyoshikitaoka/status/1367415936853049344 …

I'm just going to focus on applying for jobs and PhDs/MPhils for the next few months. Try to push the negative thoughts away. The constant rejections has been demoralising and multiple occasions I've wanted to given up. Nobody tells you this is what life post-degree is like.

12/ Overall the market seems particularly healthy and is seeing accelerated growth.

11/ Women are a hugely underserved market, despite having higher spending habits and greater levels of engagement than men. There's a preference for puzzle games, which companies like Playtrix may benefit from.

10/ Demographic shifts will split the gaming industry. Gen-Z have a preference for mobile and ad-revenue based models while Millenials show preference for nostalgia and console gaming.

9/ AR games remain nescient but expect rapid growth once the pandemic ends, especially as newer iPhones have embedded LiDAR scanners which AR heavily benefits from. Niantic is a clear market leader.

8/ Hyper-casuals are still maturing and there have been recent litigations. We may see this market more heavily regulated, though I expect them to continue to grow as they benefit from vitality.

7/ Zynga dominate the market with at one point having the most downloaded app in the US. (This coincides with the emergence of hyper-casual gaming).

6/ Pandemic has seen a sudden rise in mobile gaming revenue as more users spend time at home. Drop in cost of advertising provided mobile gaming industry with a unique opportunity.

5/ What does this actually mean? Essentially we may see an increase in online purchases and micro-transactions.

4/ Expect regulations to favour game publishers as scrutiny on Apple and Google increases. Anti-trust investigations persist and set precedent for Epic vs Apple. Likely ruling will be in favour of Epic due to Apple monopoly control.

3/ Asia dominates the market with a majority of the top grossing games being from Chinese developers - Tencent leading the pack.

2/ Global mobile games revenue expected to reach $102.8Bn in 2023, up from $77.2Bn in 2020. With industry shifting away from hit-driven business to a few established players with "live-operations".