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Simon Carless's Blog   Expert Blogs

I’m currently a Group Publisher at Think Services, encompassing products such as the Maggie award-winning Game Developer magazine and the double Webby award-winning Gamasutra website, the top information sources for professional video game developers - plus the GameSetWatch editor weblog and a plethora of other sites.

I also function as Chairman of the yearly ‘Sundance Festival for games’, the Independent Games Festival, which holds its awards at Game Developers Conference yearly. In relation to GDC, which Think Services also runs, I’m a member of the GDC advisory board, I 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

Note: Indie Game Trends/Sales - Autumn 2009 Update
Posted by Simon Carless on Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:33:00 EDT in Game Design
Links to some slides (and a taped lecture) about independent game trends and stats that I presented in recent weeks in Asia and Australia.
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GDC Austin Indie, iPhone Summits - A Cog Speaks Out
Posted by Simon Carless on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:10:00 EDT in Game Design
Though I don't update my Gamasutra Expert Blog too often, a semi-sekrit GDC Austin pass discount code has roused me from my slumber, to inform and hector.
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A Brief Statement On The Mobigame/Edge Games Article
Posted by Simon Carless on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:03:00 EDT in
I just wanted to use my Gamasutra blog to make a brief comment about the article that GameSetWatch and Gamasutra posted about 10 days ago regarding the iPhone game Edge and its removal from the App Store.
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GDC: Indie Game Sales 101 - The Slides
Posted by Simon Carless on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:31:00 EDT in Production
Slides from my Indie Games Summit talk discussing what indie developers on PC, XBLA, WiiWare, PSN, and iPhone can hope to sell, with public and estimated data.
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Simon Carless's Comments

Comment In: Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment Options Dark Void Film [News - 11/19/2009 - 02:12]

Tim: went back to the ...

Tim: went back to the press release, and it rather unhelpfully says 'come to terms on' the rights. But I'm guessing it's optioning, since that is by far the most common occurrence.

Comment In: In-Depth: PixelJunk's Baiyon Vs. Katamari's Takahashi [News - 11/19/2009 - 05:01]

Olivier, Baiyon is identified at ...

Olivier, Baiyon is identified at the start of the first 'bold' text, so yep, he's talking in bold throughout. Sorry if unclear.

Comment In: Modern Warfare 2 Release Week, Console Bannings Have Major Effect On XBLA Sales [News - 11/17/2009 - 05:37]

Jonathon, this is a fine ...

Jonathon, this is a fine point, and we've added it to the story. However, it seems like quite a small percentage of Xbox Live users were banned, so our opinion, at least, is that it's a minor contributor.

Comment In: NPD: October Top 20 Sees Impressive Demon's Souls Showing [News - 11/13/2009 - 12:18]

Thanks for the correction, Christopher, ...

Thanks for the correction, Christopher, we made sure From Software was added to the story as the developer.

Comment In: GDC 2010 Reminds Of Summit Submissions, IGF Student, Mobile Deadline [News - 11/10/2009 - 12:00]

Thanks, Tom, we were unaware ...

Thanks, Tom, we were unaware of this informal call but have added to this story.

Comment In: Gamasutra Versus Capcom: The Tatsunoko Interview [Feature - 11/09/2009 - 04:00]

Evan/Jeferson, actually, this was a ...

Evan/Jeferson, actually, this was a typo on our part that has been fixed, notwithstanding the potential new version.

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