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Simon Carless's Blog   Expert Blogs

I’m currently the EVP at UBM TechWeb’s Game Network, meaning that I oversee products such as Game Developers Conference - both the San Francisco mothership and satellite shows in Austin, Germany, and China - plus the double Webby award-winning Gamasutra website and the Maggie award-winning Game Developer magazine, as well as a host of other websites.

I’m also Chairman Emeritus of the yearly ‘Sundance Festival for games’, the Independent Games Festival, which holds its awards at Game Developers Conference yearly. I also chair the committee for the Game Developers Choice Awards, and help program the Independent Games Summit and several other summits at the show.

Expert Blogs

The 'New Age Of Curation' Interviews: The Quietus' John Doran
Posted by Simon Carless on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:41:00 EDT in
Discussing curation with John Doran of music website The Quietus, and making connections to how video games and other media are brought to light along the way.
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Vaulting The Bar: ‘Designing Shadow Complex’  Featured Blogs
Posted by Simon Carless on Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:14:00 EDT in
Picking selected GDC Vault talks and making their videos free for the first time - debuting with GDC 2010's 'Designing Shadow Complex'.
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The ‘New Age Of Curation’ Interviews: Twitch’s Todd Brown
Posted by Simon Carless on Sun, 25 Sep 2011 07:49:00 EDT in
Discussing curation with Todd Brown of film website Twitch, and making connections to how video games and other media are brought to light along the way.
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Welcome To The New Age Of Curation
Posted by Simon Carless on Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:29:00 EDT in Indie
I'm guessing that a lot of you think that now - right now - is a golden age of creation. And it is. But more importantly, this is the age of _curation_.
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Eureka: Design Inspiration From 5 Arcade Classics  Featured Blogs
Posted by Simon Carless on Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:12:00 EDT in Game Design, Console/PC
The California Extreme show is a gold mine for early American arcade cabinets of the Atari and Midway ilk - here's five that delighted me this year, with possible design ramifications in tow.
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Got A Sense Of Wonder?  Featured Blogs
Posted by Simon Carless on Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:47:00 EDT in Game Design, Console/PC, Social/Online
A shout-out to enter this year's Sense Of Wonder Night, Tokyo Game Show's innovative games showcase, which is currently calling for game submissions.
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Simon Carless's Comments

Comment In: Icon’s Self-Publishing Numbers to Date [Blog - 01/03/2012 - 05:01]

Really great data, Rich - ...

Really great data, Rich - it's rare to see PS Minis numbers out there, for example. Can you say which of these were given away for free was Bashi Blocks on PSN I think it was, judging by Google searches... , and also vague lifetime percentages of revenue for each ...

Comment In: Full Sail and the game industry. [Blog - 12/30/2011 - 01:10]

Drew, you should also go ...

Drew, you should also go check out the forums section on our sister site Game Career Guide - http://www.gamecareerguide.com - they field questions like this very often, and there's lots of experienced moderators around to help.

Comment In: Gamasutra Best Of 2011: Top 5 PC Games [News - 12/19/2011 - 04:32]

Robert, these sublists are actually ...

Robert, these sublists are actually largely chosen by the individuals who write them, so it's not a perfect cross-ranked list across everything. Our overall Top 10 is agreed by everyone collectively, though

Comment In: Developer, Developer, Developers... ! [Blog - 12/05/2011 - 06:45]

Robert, I'm not Microsoft, but ...

Robert, I'm not Microsoft, but I wanted to note that as far as I'm aware, this sponsorship is with a completely different part of Microsoft from the folks who do DBP. So I'm not actively aware that it affects DBP in any way. It was something that the XBLA first ...

Comment In: Ponycorns at the IGF Awards: Not Wanted on the Voyage? [Blog - 11/17/2011 - 11:34]

We'll look at this, Ryan, ...

We'll look at this, Ryan, as and when Magical Ponycorn Adventure inevitably sweeps the awards : Meggan - GDC exec director - is now aware of your potentially parlous plight, in any case Also, you continue to win the Internet for general marketing/sass, congrats

Comment In: Indie Royale 'Difficult Second Bundle' Hits 25,000 Sold, Adds Two New Games [News - 11/12/2011 - 07:17]

James - I'm one of ...

James - I'm one of the folks behind this and I see your argument, but Humble Bundle happens to be a TREMENDOUSLY transparent model. I respect them to death for it, but the rest of the people selling online games Steam, etc don't show exact percentages on their site, so ...

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