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Avoiding the Hippo in the room (or why large video game projects with charismatic leaders fail)
The BBC today ran a story about how to avoid the Hippo. The Hippo is the highest paid person’s opinion. It’s extremely dangerous. That person may not actually know the most, or be in position of all...
- Posted 9 years ago
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GAMESbrief reading list for Q1 2017
This was supposed to be a reading list at the end of 2016. But life got in the way (those of you who know me IRL may know that I got flooded out of my house by...
- Posted 9 years ago
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When everyone has tax breaks, wouldn’t it be better if no-one had tax breaks?
In their latest regulatory round-up, law firm Osborne Clarke points out that Germany, Italy and Spain will soon be joining the UK, Canada, France and many US states in offering tax breaks to developers. German Games Industry...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Meet a Hearthstone whale, sorry, superfan.
This is a fascinating interview from PCGamer with a Hearthstone superfan called Nick who spent $3,400 on Hearthstone cards in a single evening. It’s an enlightening canter through the motivations and mindset of someone who classifies themselves...
- Posted 9 years ago
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My predictions in 2010 turn out to be quite true in 2017
Back in 2010, I wrote a blog post setting out how I expected the industry to develop over the next decade. In the end, the games industry will polarise into these three segments (can you polarise into...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Never accept “we’ll do the PR for your game with a value of $50,000” in your publishing contract.
Over at MobileDevMemo, Eric Seufert has written an extremely useful post on working with a publisher for your free-to-play game. In particular, he highlights that a publisher should be able to commit serious cash AND serious expertise...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Is your problem in marketing, or in design?
I’ve been dealing with a number of clients recently who have challenges scaling their game. The game is good, the clients say, but we just need more scale. That is true, to a point. There is a...
- Posted 9 years ago



