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42 IT-Freelancer (video game business outsider) 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"! :)
Twitter: @buckybit
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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: The Art History... Of Games? A New Conference, Romero Explain [News - 02/05/2010 - 05:36]
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It takes an Art Historian ... It takes an Art Historian to tell parts of an insecure industry that they are making Art aside the obvious Donald Knuth The Art of Programming reference . I dwelled for 2 decades in Art History myself. I learned what sort of eggs Florentine Renaissance Painters prefered for creating the ... |
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Comment In: Analysis: The iPad - Good For Gaming? [News - 01/27/2010 - 01:37]
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The impression Steve Jobs was ... The impression Steve Jobs was giving to the press in the room, and the consumers outside that room: ... the iPad is the most advanced piece of technology - not once, not twice, but many times said, during the presentation. They did not show Bejeweled, PopCap or Zynga games, but ... |
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Comment In: Game Developers and Industry on Twitter = Lists [Blog - 01/21/2010 - 08:47]
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Phew Thanks guys, for the ... Phew Thanks guys, for the great response. I was frightened to see this blog post 'featured', since it is poorly written and could be mistaken for self-promotion. I really have no agenda. One more note: since Twitter is an OpenAPI model, all our tweets are spread widely across the Internet. ... |
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Comment In: Designing Fast Cross-Platform SIMD Vector Libraries [Feature - 01/20/2010 - 04:35]
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Great article I remember reading ... Great article I remember reading about VMath I don't code video games . To my surprise in 2009, the compiler technology has not changed much - ... made me laugh, sorry. I am not that surprised. The vector math library previously known as math3d is a C 3d math library ... |
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Comment In: In-Depth: The NPD Results - Everything You Need To Know [News - 01/15/2010 - 10:30]
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Sorry Adam, I don't know ... Sorry Adam, I don't know on what planet you live - does not sound like mine. I would encourage everybody to stop looking at the main target audience from 4-5 years ago and embrace the fact that we live not only in a global economic crisis, but also in a ... |
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Comment In: Valve’s Newell To Receive 2010 Game Developers Choice Pioneer Award [News - 01/15/2010 - 09:31]
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The brilliant Half Life / ... The brilliant Half Life / Valve games aside, I hated Steam in their 1st very buggy year but knew - this is the future. Gabe shows, there's a life after Microsoft and Excel Spreadsheets Windows Live, PSN and EA cough have a long way to catch up with Steam. Well ... |
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