This is the first competition I’ve run on GAMESbrief, and it’s thanks to the lovely people at Packt Publishing (including @fbindie, who is a regularly commenter on GAMESbrief and whose advice on marketing your game is included...

One of the big trends in startup financing is that value is being created earlier in the life of a company and the VCs who want to invest before the value inflexion point increasingly need to evaluate...

I gave a masterclass on social games in Glasgow last week. Afterwards, I was interviewed for a 3 minute Audioboo by Beyongolia. You can listen to it below (apologies for the Kylie soundcheck kicking in right at...

This is a guest post by freelance narrative designer, Tom Jubert. Check out his industry blog, Plot is Gameplay’s Bitch, at http://blog.tomjubert.com/ Sorry for the header. In promotion of his new freelancer database, Nicholas asked me to...

When I announced the GAMESbrief games freelancer database last week, I got a lot of feedback. 90 people have signed up within a week and I want to keep improving it. Here is one person's comments. Do you...

Earlier today, I was introduced to this review of The Greek Seamen by self-published author Jacqueline Howett. (Thanks to Ben Parfitt for the link). It’s excruciating. Basically, a reviewer (who goes by the name of Big Al)...

The basic rule of free-to-play is 0-1-100 - let them play for free, make it easy to spend $1, make it possible to spend $100. Data from Social Gold shows why getting that first dollar is quite so...