Month February 2011

Good Old Utah, Indie Games, Oh...Canada?

Winnipeg Envy

This week is the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, which I, sadly, am not attending. An unfortunate side effect of being a poor grad student is the fact that I have to pick and choose which conferences I’ll be…

Pete
February 28, 2011

Board Games, Game Design, Nostalgia

Making Losing Fun

This weekend, I won a game of Monopoly against my wife and her sister. For me, this was somewhat significant, as it may be the first time I’ve ever won a full game of Monopoly…ever. Of course, that’s partially because…

Pete
February 22, 2011

Indie Games, Money, Videogame Industry

Money Making Game

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…

Pete
February 9, 2011