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45 year old IT-Freelancer (IT Security), living in Germany for too long - not related to the video game industry - with an affection for research papers on software architecture and an unstoppable habit for artsy stuff from Fra Angelico and Florentine Renaissance to Frank Frazetta and all the minions of copycats since (yes, that includes YOU "Game Concept Artist"! :)
Video game business strategy is my Fantasy Football.
email-address: buckybit[at]gmail[dot]com
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Germany's ESRB = USK presented their annual report for 2009  |
| Posted by Alex Covic on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:58:00 EST in
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| Germany's software rating organization USK presented their annual report for 2009. They tested 3100 games (114 more than last year) and only seven percent were rated M for Mature. |
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Game Developers and Industry on Twitter = Lists |
| Posted by Alex Covic on Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:47:00 EST in
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| I present some of the lists of Game Developers, Programmers, Designers, PR and Marketing on Twitter. |
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"Verboten" - Modern Warfare 2 (US), Left4Dead 2 (EU) |
| Posted by Alex Covic on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:10:00 EST in
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| The infamous German BPjM ("Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons") strikes again as predicted, hurting sales in a rich country. 1st amendment rights have no stand. |
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"Return your Killlergame - win a T-Shirt" Update from Germany |
| Posted by Alex Covic on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:23:00 EDT in
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| Families of the victims of a school attack in a town called Winnenden, (Germany) organized a demonstration on October 17th in Stuttgart. They are proclaiming "Families against Killlergames" - "Return your game & win a t-shirt" |
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Study: Online Map for Germany |
| Posted by Alex Covic on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:44:00 EDT in
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| Know your video game market! A recently published study about the Internet usage in Germany. Almost 70% of Germans are online. More than 43 Million over 14 years are online. DSL/Broadband in 2009 61,5 % |
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Germany's Video Game Market - Notable Polls, Numbers |
| Posted by Alex Covic on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:10:00 EDT in
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| I found a niche how I can maybe be helpful to the Gamasutra Community: I will report and comment about the video games business in Germany. I was born there and live in that country for around 40 years. I'm neither working nor associated with any company. |
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Comment In: Examining the Pipeline: Demographics of Undergraduate Students Studying Games [Blog - 06/04/2013 - 12:43]
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People in the industry, now ... People in the industry, now in their late 30s, 40s and 50s came from all sorts of professions and backgrounds Ironically, diversity is something equally inherent different nationalities, social, cultural, educational backgrounds , while still being in this homogeneous trap predominantly young, mostly white, males . r n r nIf ... |
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Comment In: Trolls, Communities, and Psychology [Blog - 06/01/2013 - 04:02]
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Trolling to me does have ... Trolling to me does have a lot to do with child psychology. To me, they are r n r na lonely r nb bored always a sign of lesser minds r nc desperate for attention r n r nI have no proof for this. I am not a doctor, nor ... |
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Comment In: Global games market will reach $70.4 billion in 2013 - Report [News - 06/04/2013 - 07:26]
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I am really interested how ... I am really interested how they come up with these numbers. As many of you know, a lot of very successful companies do not publish their profits. They don 't have to. A lot of companies in the mobile and web-based/Internet market are not on the radar of 'classic ' ... |
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Comment In: Today's game industry through the lens of human history [News - 05/31/2013 - 05:11]
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Clever piece, Kris r n ... Clever piece, Kris r n r n Guns, Germs and Steel is one of those books, I would recommend for everyone, even today. You may find yourself in some aha -moments, having things described to you, you thought, you kind of already knew, but have never seen compiled in a ... |
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Comment In: The Curiosity experiment, and the church of Peter Molyneux [News - 05/30/2013 - 04:00]
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I like to tell the ... I like to tell the story of hearing Molyneux in an interview for a German public radio station. Peter talked about his new born son and about his own childhood. Nothing in this 10-15 minute interview was about video games He did not sell anything. He just embraced the non-gaming ... |
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Comment In: Concerns raised over the prying eyes of Xbox One's Kinect [News - 05/28/2013 - 04:53]
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Some additional context: Germany 's ... Some additional context: Germany 's Federal Commissioner for Data Protection ... is a powerless public office title. His only influence is to give interviews in public. The REAL pressure is going to come from consumer advocacy groups and lobbyists towards the European Commission and European Parliament. r n r nIn ... |
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