I was inspired to write this post by Jimmy Mulville’s Richard Dunn memorial lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival. Jimmy runs HatTrick, one of the most successful UK independent production companies that makes some great comedy shows...

Margaret Robertson pointed me to this article on Scott Pilgrim vs the World. The article is not about the film, it’s about the endless carping about the assumed teenage, ADD, geeky males that the film must be...

Ubisoft has confirmed that Red Storm Entertainment has laid off 38 employees in its North Carolina studio. More details at GamaSutra. Added to the Job Loss Tracker.

I was privileged to be part of a session at the Edinburgh Television Festival about games. It’s so important that games and TV start exploiting crossover opportunities much more. Alongside Chris Deering (ex-head of Sony Computer Entertainment...

I spoke at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2010 today on the grandiose subject of the future of media. I think it went well. If you were there, please let me have your feedback below. The heart of...

Welcome to the latest in the series of Lessons Learned from developers who have bitten the self-publishing bullet. They’ve experienced the highs and lows of publishing their own games, wrestled with games marketing, distribution and finance and...

Come to London in October. The team at Game Republic have organised a day where games companies and investors can meet, network, get to know each other a little better and maybe, who knows, consummate a relationship....