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Kim Pallister's Blog
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Kim Pallister is Director of Content for Intel's Larrabee project. When not prepping the world for super-cool hardware, he blogs at www.kimpallister.com. He's written for various publications including Gamasutra and the Game Programming Gems series. Kim's been around the game industry for fifteen years at companies like Intel, Microsoft and Matrox.
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Expert Blogs
The Boy Who Cried 'Advergame'  |
| Posted by Kim Pallister on Tue, 14 Dec 2010 07:40:00 EST in
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| Ad-supported games may provide a way to lighten costs for gamers and developers alike, but has the market so soured on them that they are refusing to even look? |
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Class Acts at GDC |
| Posted by Kim Pallister on Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:44:00 EDT in
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| While this year's GDC provided learnings on all facets of game development, this year's rant session held great lesson on leadership that bears calling out. |
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The Developer's Duty |
| Posted by Kim Pallister on Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:21:00 EST in
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| Kim draws some parallels between Chris Hecker's recent MIGS keynote and Edward R Murrow's 1958 speech on the responsibility of those bringing Television content to market. |
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The Most Significant Thing At E3 2009 |
| Posted by Kim Pallister on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:44:00 EDT in
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| The hype around the different motion controllers announced at E3 overshadowed what will likely turn out to be the most significant announcement at E3: The integration of social network services like Facebook and Twitter. |
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The Used Games Stew Simmers On |
| Posted by Kim Pallister on Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 EDT in
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| Analysts seem skeptical of Walmart's testing of the used-game waters. Does anyone really believe that the poster-child of retail efficiency-improvement won't eventually get it right? |
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A New Frothy Bubbling Of The Used-Game Stew |
| Posted by Kim Pallister on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:19:00 EST in
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| Looking at implications of Best Buy, Toys R Us and Amazon jumping into the used-game business. Rather than the spread of a cancer, maybe competition is a good thing? |
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Kim Pallister's Comments
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Comment In: Apple removes several iOS copycat games from one offending developer [News - 02/03/2012 - 06:52]
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Kind of poor reporting here, ... Kind of poor reporting here, gama. 1 In an attempt to prevent developers from stealing ideas on the iTunes App Store, Apple has silently If they didn't state what their intent was in removing them, then don't infer their intent. could have just as well substituted In an attempt cover ... |
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Comment In: 7 Things To Know Before Investing In Zynga [News - 12/15/2011 - 07:28]
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might be too reliant on ... might be too reliant on Facebook The lions share of their revenue is on one platform, in which they are required to hand over an arbitrary share of revenue subject to the terms of the platform holder, in a segment where the platform holder is a near-monopoly. I also wrote ... |
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Comment In: Windows App Store Offers Up To 80% Cut For Developers [News - 12/07/2011 - 01:33]
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Duong hit the nail on ... Duong hit the nail on the head. Seems like a mousy offering that only applies to a minority. Likely done just to be able to call 80 is better than Apple's 70 in press materials, etc. A yawner compared to Google's 95 . |
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Comment In: Survey: Top 20% Of iPhone Devs Make 97% Of iOS Game Revenue [News - 09/29/2011 - 09:38]
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@Ephriam: I know you were ... @Ephriam: I know you were kidding, but this is kind of what publishers do, if you think about it. @William: Well, uh, sure. Modulo whatever is going on to get featured placement by Apple |
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Comment In: Analysis: What Kindle Fire Means For Game Developers [News - 09/28/2011 - 03:12]
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Quite surprised this article didn't ... Quite surprised this article didn't call out Amazon's controversial app pricing/promotion the IGDA called out a while back. Amazon's promotional page for the Kindle Fire calls out their promotions that have had mixed results for developer. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051VVOB2/ref famstripe kf : Angry Birds, Plants vs. Zombies, The Weather Channel and more, ... |
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Comment In: Slightly Mad To Use Crowdfunding Scheme For Upcoming Titles [News - 09/23/2011 - 02:19]
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@Colin: I didn't say Kickstarter ... @Colin: I didn't say Kickstarter was borderline illegal. It's not. However, the reason is that they accept DONATIONS . You are freely handing over money with no promise that the project/product will ever ship. The article here in question was about not asking for donations, but investment in an equity ... |
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