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  • Every moment of every day, 2 million Chinese people are playing games

    If you ever doubted that China is the mainstay of online gaming, the Financial Times dispelled it this morning. 2 million young Chinese playing games at any moment 64 per cent. of all Chinese Internet users are...

    • Posted 17 years ago
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  • Royalty statements, digital downloads and the evilness of publishers

    Too Much Joy have published their royalty statement from Warner Bros. It’s ten pages long,but the summary looks like this: === Summary === Beginning balance: . . . . . . . . . . $395,277.18- Total...

    • Posted 17 years ago
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  • Developers: Stop trying to sell levels. The public don’t want them.

    I spend a lot of time talking to games developers about downloadable content. And they always say “We’re going to make bonus levels and maps and sell them as downloadable content”. Which is a terrible idea. it’s...

    • Posted 17 years ago
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  • Infinite Interactive lets go 10% of staff (6 people)

    Australian developer has made 6 people redundant following the completion of Puzzle Chronicles for Konami. The company blames the rising Australian dollar for its woes. Added to the Job Loss Tracker.

    • Posted 17 years ago
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  • Why ‘Outliers’ pisses me off

    Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers was one of the must-read books of 2008. The latest oeuvre from the author of The Tipping Point and Blink, it took aim at celebrity biographies that claim to help us be more successful...

    • Posted 17 years ago
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  • Gamesbrief’s Weekly Tweets for 2009-12-04

    This article from @robfahey is important. Your should read it. # Keith Vaz leads MPs going clubbing to learn more about cocaine abuse and want advice on best London clubs http://bit.ly/8DwK3o (via @LDN) # Just posted: The...

    • Posted 17 years ago
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  • The Warlock of Firetop Mountain comes to iPhone

    I shouldn’t be so excited about this. The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is back. Ian Livingstone’s seminal work is twenty-seven years old this year. It created an entire genre of books the combined RPG elements with a...

    • Posted 17 years ago
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