swingometer

The BBC's "swingometer" was a case of the medium getting in the way of the message.

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The poll of marginal seat published today seems to miss the point and be something of a throwback to the old two party swingometer last seen to be effective in 1979.

Archive 2009-10-01 Norfolk Blogger 2009

The poll of marginal seat published today seems to miss the point and be something of a throwback to the old two party swingometer last seen to be effective in 1979.

Marginals Poll misses the point Norfolk Blogger 2009

The BBC simply promises "the greatest-ever swingometer" – which it will need to be, if it's to demonstrate clearly the complex dynamics of three-directional swing that seems likely to dominate thenight.

Election results 2010: an hour-by-hour guide 2010

We've already done a lot of the calculating work in this - you can see it in action in our swingometer map.

Election 2010: the data you need to vote in your constituency 2010

If you're a gamer, think Virtua Cop or Crackdown or early Grand Theft Auto. in school B, you can choose to either be "bad" or "good", with your actions affecting a moral swingometer (which you can often see on the status screen) and perhaps changing what powers you have or how characters react to you. 2 Think Black & White or Knights Of The Old Republic, or Fallout 3, or Fable.

I play videogames so you don't have to amuchmoreexotic 2008

Fable 2 uses the swingometer model of morality - there are two separate swingometers, Good vs Evil and Corrupt vs Pure, which have their own weird quirks (charging exorbitant rents makes you more Corrupt, but not more Evil; charging exorbitant rents but eating lots of healthy food can swing the balance back to purity).

I play videogames so you don't have to amuchmoreexotic 2008

Without the aid of a swingometer, and feeling a bit low on powers of anal retentiveness today, I would guess that those sorts of swings would wipe out most, if not all, of Labour's Commons majority.

Won`t Get Fooled Again Newmania 2007

David Dimbleby presents the BBC's 14-hour Election 97 results programme, featuring Peter Snow's computer battleground and swingometer, and interviews by Jeremy Paxman.

Some Highlights on BBC Parliament This Weekend 2007

David Dimbleby presents the BBC's 14-hour Election 97 results programme, featuring Peter Snow's computer battleground and swingometer, and interviews by Jeremy Paxman.

Some Highlights on BBC Parliament This Weekend 2007