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The Opportunists and the Craftsmen

I had an anger inside, much like Nick in the sitcom New Girl with a persistent, almost comical, fire burning internally. It took me some time to realize what I was angry about – an anger stemmed from...

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Stop Trying to Make an Angry Birds. Build a Rovio

You see Angry Birds generating millions of downloads, becoming an international sensation out of nowhere. You say to yourself, heck, I can make that too. So off you go, building the next physics based...

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Time to Get Rid of “Gamers”

Everyone games. From Wii Sports to Scrabble to Temple Run to Draw Something to Clash of Clans, games are being played by more people than ever. Yet we are still stuck with the term “gamers”. We don't...

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Sometimes, All We Need is a Pair of Wooden Sticks

We work with technology. We love our smartphones and tablets and thin light air-inspired laptops. We love the shiny new app that makes everything faster, easier, cheaper, and more stable, more secure,...

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Three Stages of Playing Zynga’s “Running with Friends”

Stage One: No, thank you. My first thought when learning about the new iOS game “Running with Friends” from Zynga: “Another endless running game, really?” Running games on mobile are popular; Canabalt,...

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Things I Learned in an English Village

Due to an unforeseen event, I am staying in a village in the heart of England for an extended period of time. For someone who has lived in big cities primarily, the village life is new to me. The...

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Don’t Make a Presentation, Put on a Show

The best presentations educate, inform, and entertain. I am inspired by this talk, both for its content and its form. Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food

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Determine the Market Size for Game Engine Software

This question on Quora “How do I determine the consumer market size for game engine software?” peaked my interest. Here’s my reply: Determine the game engine market size VALUE vs REVENUE Before we...

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A Desire to Create

(photo: Crayola Lincoln Logs by Chris Metcalf used under CC BY 2.0) A Desire to Create. If you are like me, you spend your days with images of what can be in your head. You see things morphing into...

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8 Quick Tips to Manage Creative Teams and People

credit: Creative Sustainability (CC BY-SA 2.0) I manage creative teams at our game studio and work with many independent game and app developers, people who passionately and happily spend their free...

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