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Brian Easton

Pittsburgh
As seen in: MSN, Stuff.co.nz, Newsroom New Zealand, The Spinoff, Inbound Logistics, Interest.co.nz, The Standard NZ, Pundit, The Waikato Times, No Right Turn
Covers:  pc gaming, console gaming, video games, science fiction, movies, fantasy fiction, comic books
Doesn't Cover: apps that aren't games, gambling
Freelance writer. Excel wrangler. Player of games. Not Artur Gies. He/Him

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Freelance writer and author working out of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Specializing in video game criticism and related popular culture.

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Gunpoint: sneak around and rewire world to trick foes

Gunpoint: sneak around and rewire world to trick foes

Gunpoint puts you in the role of a freelance spy, performing jobs for the highest bidder. Joining elements of…

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World of Germcraft

World of Germcraft

On September 13, 2005, a disease outbreak claimed the lives of uncounted thousands and rendered a number of c…

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Ready Player One Book by Ernest Cline | Classic Game Room Empire

Ready Player One Book by Ernest Cline | Classic Game Room Empire

Here's the thing, I know that we don't usually review books here at Classic Game Room, but this one is differ…

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One Fateful Semester

One Fateful Semester

If you're reading this, there is a good chance you call yourself a gamer. And if you call yourself a gamer, I…

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Do Labour Markets Behave Like Competitive Markets?

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By Brian Easton
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The American evidence is that they frequently do not. For over a century there was a separate Department of Labour, which was amalgamated into that vast miscellaneous department, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Today there is no Minister of Labour, while the portfolios of workplace relations and safety and of immigration are held by different ministers despite migration being an integral part of the labour market.
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GDP Fetishism - Pundit

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By Brian Easton
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Are we too focused on material consumption at the expense of wellbeing? GDP is a measure of market activity. It was originally developed to understand what was happening to the market economy, especially about the rise in unemployment during the Great Depression. It was never intended to summarise all human economic activity. For more than two-thirds of the history of the New Zealand economy, before the arrival of the European economy, there was economic activity but no markets nor money.
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Unemployed Misery — Pundit

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By Brian Easton
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At the 2026 election, unemployment is likely to be higher and inflation lower than it was in 2023. It was headline news that the unemployment rate, at 5.6 percent of the labour force, rose in the June Quarter to its highest level since March 2015. In fact it has been creeping up over the last few years; the rate hovered around 3.2 percent in 2021 and 2022.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

The Pitt News

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yep.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

General topics via email.