Archive for the ‘Sandbox’ Category

1. Dear Jas: Legal advice for self-publishing

   February 2, 2012

   Great news, everyone! From now on, we’ll be featuring monthly guest posts by Jas Purewal of Gamer/Law. He’ll be answering your questions about the legal side of games development, particularly for small businesses and self-publishing. If you have any questions for Jas, give him a shout.

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   Posted in: Sandbox

   Tagged with: dear jas, gamerlaw, games law, jas purewal, legal

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2. nDreams is hiring a digital product manager

   February 1, 2012

   Earlier this week, I put up a blog post about the role of product manager in the new world of free-to-play games.

   One of the companies where I am a director and have an equity stake (nDreams) is looking for a a “digital product manager”. I’ve reprinted the full job spec here, because it is a great illustration of what a digital product manager needs to do.

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   Tagged with: ndreams, product manager, recruitment

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3. Cloud Gaming Europe recommended book list

   January 19, 2012

   At the Cloud Gaming Conference Europe this week, a number of speakers recommended books that members of the audience should read.

   Alfred […] of Take Two suggested to me that I should make a list on Amazon of the books. Here are the four that I noted down in a whizzy Amazon widget.

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   Posted in: Sandbox

   Tagged with: books, cloud gaming conference europe, free, gamesbrief unplugged, lean startup, the experience economy

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4. I’ve finished Tiny Tower!

   January 18, 2012

   After six months of pretty continuous playing, I am pleased to say that I’ve finished Tiny Tower.

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   Posted in: Sandbox

   Tagged with: tiny tower

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5. GAMESbrief in 2011

   January 4, 2012

   When you work on your own, you sometimes lose track of what you have achieved. I’m inclined to think of myself as a slacker, because there are so many things that I want to do each day/week/year, and never get them all done.

   I wrote a review of 2010 this time last year. I thought it was time to review what GAMESbrief achieved in 2011.

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   Posted in: Sandbox

   Tagged with: gamesbrief, retrospective

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6. My top games of 2011

   January 4, 2012

   Four games have kept me coming back to them in 2011. Three of them were free-to-play, two were on iOS, one on Facebook and one a client MMO on the web. Not one of them was on the PS3 or the Wii that I still keep under my television. There were lots of good console [...]

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   Posted in: Sandbox

   Tagged with: alistair aitcheson, darkwind, games, greedy bankers, nimblebit, psychic software, sam redfern, spry fox, tiny tower, triple town

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7. Sorry about the Trojan scare

   December 21, 2011

   A number of people have been telling me that GAMESbrief has been triggering their anti-virus with a trojan alert.

   All fixed, updated, scrubbed clean and checked. Apologies to anyone who got the warning. We think we’ve got it sorted, but do let me know if your AV gets stroppy again.

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   Posted in: Sandbox

   Tagged with: adserver, antivirus, openx, trojan

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