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Comment In: Opinion: The dubious new face of 'everyone's a gamer now' [News - 01/30/2013 - 05:28]

I really liked this article. ...

I really liked this article. Thanks for writing it. It was a really fun read even if it didn 't answer or maybe even pose, important questions. Could do with a bit more of this IMO to liven the place up a bit.

Comment In: Looks Like 2020, Feels Like 1980 [Blog - 01/29/2013 - 11:15]

Hey Michael, r n r ...

Hey Michael, r n r nAre you saying my gnomes need underpants before they can start making money r n r nAlso saying that over-saturation doesn 't matter if you have an appealing product is very simplistic. In fact many appealing products fail in the IOS/Android space because they are ...

Comment In: Five Coding Lessons I’ve learned from Joe Houston [Blog - 01/27/2013 - 08:49]

Great little article. Some good ...

Great little article. Some good tips and some good revision. I agree with 2 and it 's interesting because it reminds me of something Chris Crawford said in his book, Chris Crawford on game design. Can 't remember the exact quote but his point was that in game design systems ...

Comment In: EA: Blaming sexism for lack of women in our industry is a cop-out [News - 01/21/2013 - 05:34]

Out of interest Kaitlyn do ...

Out of interest Kaitlyn do you think the reason why there are so few male nurses is similar E.g. the blatant hostility to men in the nursing professions weeds out all but the 100 dedicated Or do you think women make better nurses because they tend to be naturally more ...

Comment In: Gas Powered bets it all on a new Kickstarter campaign [News - 01/14/2013 - 01:22]

He took the same risks ...

He took the same risks that everyone else takes when self funding a pitch. I am also irritated by the tone of the pitch which seems to imply a level of risk and self sacrifice which either isn 't there or at least shouldn 't be. If they really are ...

Comment In: IGDA's open letter to Vice President Joe Biden [News - 01/10/2013 - 12:35]

Everyone is avoiding talking about ...

Everyone is avoiding talking about the elephant in the room. Or in this case the herd of gun wielding elephants stampeding through all the most popular games. A quick look through any mainstream games mag, or publishers website reveals a of gun culture every bit as fanatical as the NRA. ...

Comment In: Two Important Lessons I've Learned About Game PR [Blog - 01/09/2013 - 09:59]

I am sure that to ...

I am sure that to be successful you need both great PR and a great game. That 's why it 's so rare for lone indie developers to be successful. Some are great at PR but lousy at making a game, others great at making a game but they just ...

Comment In: How do I get started programming games??? [Blog - 01/07/2013 - 07:52]

great article with really sound ...

great article with really sound advice. Thank you Incidentally those are the two c books I recommend to my students as well. But my advice to students looking for information is to go on line.

Comment In: Seven Habits of Highly Effective Programmers [Blog - 12/12/2012 - 06:15]

Good read. Thank you. ...

Good read. Thank you.

Comment In: Is anyone else sick of staring at the sun? [Blog - 11/21/2012 - 03:07]

I 've been thinking the ...

I 've been thinking the same thing from a personal perspective. I 've been in the industry a long time and have a few epics I 've been designing in my head for 10 years. But I never seem to get around to starting them and instead end up making ...

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