Videogame Theorist, Game Developer and Interdisciplinary Nerd
Videogame Theorist, Game Developer and Interdisciplinary Nerd
Last week, during Nintendo’s Financial Results Briefing, company president Satoru Iwata was asked about how Nintendo planned to monetize their upcoming ventures into mobile games, specifically if they were planning on analyzing existing games as they designed their own. Iwata…
Last week, Valve made the shocking (though not altogether unanticipated) move toward allowing modders to sell mods through Steam Workshop. This experiment lasted less than a week before it was abandoned in the face of widespread criticism and general discontent…
Earlier this week, Mike Rose posted an excellent article on Gamasutra about the ethics of free-to-play game design. Despite similarities in name, free-to-play games are not the same as freeware games. While the latter are games that are actually given…
In my opinion, one of the most significant things to happen in the world of videogames in the last few years is the Humble Indie Bundle. Beginning as somewhat of an experiment by the guys at Wolfire, the Humble Bundle…
I got a survey about game development in my inbox today. The questions were mainly focused on economics and employment, but they made me think. Of course, as an academic, my research deals primarily with the videogame industry, so I…