Gamasutra - Blogs http://gamasutra.com/blogs/ Mark Sheppard's Blogs Tue, 21 May 2013 07:25:41 EDT en-us scarless@think-services.com (Simon Carless) "Dudes. Our crowd funding failed...so let's make it anyway!" - by Mark Sheppard http://gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkSheppard/20130202/180936/quotDudes_Our_crowd_funding_failedso_lets_make_it_anywayquot.php Console/PC,Indie,Business/Marketing Yes, when our crowd funding campaign failed, we made it anyway. Let me tell you a story... http://gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkSheppard/20130202/180936/quotDudes_Our_crowd_funding_failedso_lets_make_it_anywayquot.php Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:01:00 EST The Death of Turn-Based Strategy Games Has Been Greatly Exaggerated - by Mark Sheppard http://gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkSheppard/20120706/173661/The_Death_of_TurnBased_Strategy_Games_Has_Been_Greatly_Exaggerated.php Business/Marketing,Design,Console/PC,Indie,Social/Online,Smartphone/Tablet A post arguing that TBS is far from dead; that, in this time of mobile entertainment, TBS could well see its resurgence. http://gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkSheppard/20120706/173661/The_Death_of_TurnBased_Strategy_Games_Has_Been_Greatly_Exaggerated.php Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:02:00 EDT Has skepticism killed the crowd funding dream for new indies? - by Mark Sheppard http://gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkSheppard/20120618/172515/Has_skepticism_killed_the_crowd_funding_dream_for_new_indies.php Business/Marketing,Indie Opinion on the conundrum faced by games journalists with crowd-funded projects: whether or not to cover such campaigns http://gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkSheppard/20120618/172515/Has_skepticism_killed_the_crowd_funding_dream_for_new_indies.php Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:00:00 EDT Launching a Crowd Funding Campaign When Nobody Knows Who You Are - by Mark Sheppard http://gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkSheppard/20120614/172339/Launching_a_Crowd_Funding_Campaign_When_Nobody_Knows_Who_You_Are.php Business/Marketing,Console/PC,Indie Post discussing Membraine Studios' choice to work within a very specific niche and the impact on its crowd funding campaign http://gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkSheppard/20120614/172339/Launching_a_Crowd_Funding_Campaign_When_Nobody_Knows_Who_You_Are.php Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:00:00 EDT