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Comment In: Zynga CEO cashed out for $200M before stock implosion [News - 07/26/2012 - 02:09]

It is prudent and reasonable ...

It is prudent and reasonable for a founder or exec to liquidate a portion of their stock when it is in demand, would you put your entire net woth in one asset Of course many people do this with their homes, I await a future where the mode level of ...

Comment In: GDC 2012: Sheppard on the problem with 'women in games' initiatives [News - 03/07/2012 - 04:12]

Mare Sheppard has done a ...

Mare Sheppard has done a lot to wake me up about gender-issues. I always try to hire female talent and pay on the same scale as males that I hire. I think the gender balance on a team is very important to the overall energy.

Comment In: GDC 2012: Traditional advice that doesn't apply to social games [News - 03/06/2012 - 06:46]

I think there 's a ...

I think there 's a dangerous red herring in pointing to Zynga titles and correlating their success with the lack of strategic challenge. Zynga titles are successful because of the liquidity of interactions facilitated by the low friction and the massive traffic pumping infrastructure - imitative competitors have only been ...

Comment In: Ex-MetroGames staffers plan legal action against studio management [News - 01/16/2012 - 02:00]

This reminds me of a ...

This reminds me of a situation with a former employer in Argentina, who shall remain nameless - to play devil's advocate the labor laws in Argentina are not realistic towards the flexibilities of a company not succeeding, and make more sense for older industrial business models where low margins and ...

Comment In: PRACTICE: Social Game Design Needs More Prototyping [News - 10/29/2011 - 11:41]

Preach Those who combine the ...

Preach Those who combine the best of both worlds here are going to come out ahead. One challenge is the role of time and pacing decay in social games, you can do things like speeding up the clock but the live experience naturally requires the same kind of time investment ...

Comment In: Analysis: 'Socially Awkward' - Solipsocial [News - 09/23/2011 - 06:06]

Could you qualify your question's ...

Could you qualify your question's relevance to the subject matter

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