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Jason Carter's Blog

I am Jason Carter, aka WakeskaterX and am an indie game designer.

I graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in Japanese and World Business, am a self taught programmer and work as a Stationary Engineer at Johnson Controls. 

I am working on SBX:Invasion at this time and will be starting my own game design business in Boston in this summer.

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Alternative Monetization Strategy Concepts
Posted by Jason Carter on Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:38:00 EST in Business/Marketing, Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet
A discussion blog about some ideas I had about alternative monetization strategies to what is currently popular. A chance to discuss less known practices and generate new ideas.
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My Ideal MMO: A 5 part series on a theoretical Sandbox MMO
Posted by Jason Carter on Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:30:00 EDT in Design, Social/Online
This was a 5 part post series on my blog about what my ideal MMORPG would be like and what I want to see in games in the future. It is meant to invoke conversation about the topic and make developers think about what is popular and what could be.
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Jason Carter's Comments

Comment In: Tamagotchi, FarmVille, and "Fun Pain" [Blog - 06/13/2013 - 06:50]

I never got into farmville ...

I never got into farmville too much when I saw the gated system baiting you into paying. r n r nIt didnt ' make sense to me. Why ruin what could be a fun game by removing any achievement from it There isn 't anything fun about paying for a ...

Comment In: Lessons kids have taught me [Blog - 06/10/2013 - 03:39]

I think in every aspect ...

I think in every aspect of life people treat kids as dumber than they are. Sure they may not understand the complex WORDS that adults use to describe things, but if you change how you explain something, kids can learn just about anything. r n r nKids, from a very ...

Comment In: EVE Online's VR spinoff shows the value of side projects [News - 06/12/2013 - 08:17]

Yeah, I tried to get ...

Yeah, I tried to get into EVE but the initial time cost is a deterrent atm. I just don 't have the time to invest but I really like what they do for the gaming industry. I like reading articles about CCP they seem like an awesome company. r n ...

Comment In: Zynga's plan to keep its remaining executives on board: Splash the cash [News - 04/05/2013 - 07:56]

Oh, yeah... probably. : / ...

Oh, yeah... probably. : / r n r nThis happened with Kodak, who the company I work for does Utilities for. Reading some of the articles about it is... well baffling doesn 't quite convey the awe and shock at how poorly the company was run.

Comment In: Beer and Diversity [Blog - 05/29/2013 - 08:15]

Uh, come to Colorado, PLENTY ...

Uh, come to Colorado, PLENTY of women like beer. Probably because we have the best beer I could say to nearly any one of my female friends, Hey wanna go grab a beer with some friends And they 'd be down. But then again Colorado is HUGE on beer, it ...

Comment In: Opinion: Indie Game Design Do-s and Don't-s: A Manifesto [News - 12/30/2009 - 11:47]

This list is awesome. r ...

This list is awesome. r n r nI 'm quitting my day job, moving to Boston with my wife and striking it out as an indie dev... in about a month r n r nI 'm eating these articles up. It 's like I 'm walking up to a cliff ...

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