Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

In February, Ilkka Paananen, the beloved CEO of Supercell, and arguably one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of Mobile Games Executives, published his yearly blog post. FRUSTRATION: These blog posts can also annoy game executives and senior leaders. So kudos to Supercell for proactive and effective PR!

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The Bottom Feeder

MAY 10, 2023

Um, we have some bad news there." It was a visceral acknowledgment that death comes to all in the end, even the wisest and mightiest. Of course, in the end, they defeat the prophecy of Ragnarok and save most of the Norse pantheon. “Right now, we’ll tell you what’s going to happen in the first act.

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CG Spectrum

MARCH 13, 2023

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more sophisticated and regulations struggle to keep up, global concern has arisen about its place in the creative industries. People have begun questioning the ethics of AI art and what it means for those working or pursuing a creative career, particularly digital painting. What is Machine Learning?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 1, 2020

Games services providers have evolved along with the games industry. Today, especially on the mobile gaming side, the market has matured over the past 10 years with many of the key vendor categories having well entrenched and well capitalized players. Games Infrastructure Services Provider Landscape.

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Game Industry News

MAY 4, 2023

The episode’s entire premise is that Janice Lester is unfit to be a captain because she’s female, and confronting that reality sends her into homicidal hysteria with a side of body-snatching so that she can realize her dream. Perhaps the roots of the issue lie in the series’ genesis. We see some of the same problems in TNG.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

This week, we jump into what it takes to design great Match 3 games and how we would improve Makeover Match. Case: Makeover Match Making games is hard. As player expectations rise and market conditions become more challenging, creating a successful game and maintaining that success is becoming increasingly difficult.

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Game Industry News

MARCH 23, 2023

In this case, we watch as a new generation takes what they’ve inherited–both the good and the bad–and starts to make something new. Arik Soong created a new golem and incorporated Data’s, Lore’s, and B-4’s personalities into the new golem, creating something that is both Data and more.

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Game Industry News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

She goes on to explain that Starfleet protocol requires that the cadets explore the new world, and Dal initially refuses until she threatens to report him to Starfleet. There’s clearly no way that will end badly. HERE THERE BE SPOILERS. Gwyn, having been left in the brig uses some sort of telepathy to summon her weapon to herself.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 13, 2024

Last week, I wrote a blog post about how the video game industry seems to be entering a sad and painful period of contraction. But I still have a new RPG to sell ( Geneforge 2 - Infestation , coming March 27), so the current grim conditions are very much on my mind. What do we teach to aspiring game makers? Companies go under.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 27, 2022

2022 was incredibly eventful (as you can read about below) and we are looking forward to starting the new year with all of you in a few days! 2022 GAMES AWARDS: And the winner is… The Biggest News Item of 2022 Looking back, 2021 was truly booming in terms of game news. Blockchain gaming, (aka Play-to-Earn, aka.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Even as creatives in other entertainment industries continue to fight to make fair wages, a new front has opened in gaming as developers figure out what to do about Unity’s new fee structure. Based on the number of users installing a game, the platform will trigger a fee depending on specific revenue and installation thresholds.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Kickstarter – Maker and Breaker of Dreams. Kickstarter – Maker and Breaker of Dreams. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Sure, tabletop games made $113 million on Kickstarter in 2016. Kickstarter. ” Well, yeah.

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Keith Burgun

JUNE 18, 2022

The 1P videogames I’ve always dreamed of had these qualities: Mechanically deep and systemically driven – perhaps even if that means it’s got a learning curve. Framed as almost more like a sport / abstract strategy game, and therefore light on narrative.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Travis Boatman : Travis has held senior leadership positions at a bunch of major gaming and mobile gaming companies including Mattel, JAMDAT, EA, and Zynga. a mobile and PC games studio located in Southern California. Impact of data in games Hiring for cultural fit Initial focus post funding Why you need to panic!

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 18, 2023

This week, now that the big news on Rovio is confirmed, we look at the question on the industry’s mind — what’s next for the company under Sega? Japanese gaming giant Sega has confirmed that it’s buying Finnish Rovio in an all-cash deal worth $775 million. One of these parties was Sega, which ended up taking making the deal.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

Supercell is one of the rare companies that doesn’t try to beat the competition; rather, it tries to beat the high score set by its own prior games. To date, Supercell has created multiple genre-defining games and generated billions in revenues -- all with little more than 300 employees (!). Our short answer is no.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 30, 2020

A lot has been written, and there has been a lot of discussion about, the potential for a huge new gaming and virtual world paradigm which many are calling the Metaverse. For example: Google’s use of user interface barriers with scary pop-ups when end-users try to download an Epic mobile app store for Android.

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Grumpy Gamer

FEBRUARY 14, 2005

Of course, one of my dreams has been to make the worlds first Massively Multiplayer Paper Scissor Rocks game (MMPSRG). The in-game maps stink. In the interest of brevity and for all the executives and marketing people that read the Grumpy Gamer, I figured I'd just bullet point my feedback. It is huge and feels huge.

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