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Writing mobile games that feel like they should be on a desktop machine. Jumping out of planes.. Designing and implementing inspection solutions (HW, Firmware & SW) for industrial applications. Learning, always learning...

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"App Name Squatting" : A view from outside the crowd.
Posted by Stephen Northcott on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:20:00 EDT in Production
In the last few days I've noticed increasing ripples through the blogosphere on the subject of "App Name Squating" in the iTunes App Store. I thought it was time to pose an alternate view, admittedly from our perspective
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Comment In: Creating Virtual Reality Games: The Fundamentals [Feature - 05/23/2013 - 04:00]

Hey Tarique, r n r ...

Hey Tarique, r n r nWhen are we going to get together and remake Exorex or Dactyl for Oculus then :p r nI am sure I have the code lying around somewhere r n r nI just want to re-iterate what Tarique said about not expecting much but being actually ...

Comment In: Sony To Restore Full PSN Service By End Of Week [News - 05/30/2011 - 11:24]

I think at this point ...

I think at this point Sony should just do it, and then announce it - once it is done. We've had so many confusing announcements up to this point, that it is hard to take them seriously anymore.

Comment In: Where Games Go To Sleep: The Game Preservation Crisis, Part 1 [Feature - 01/27/2011 - 04:15]

As someone who maintains original ...

As someone who maintains original William's arcade classics, I can attest to the fragility of hardware as it gets older, and the slow decay of ROMs. :

Comment In: Bethesda Amends Interplay Suit, Attempts To Restrict Use Of Fallout IP [News - 12/23/2010 - 01:42]

Well, I think it is ...

Well, I think it is exactly the kind of confusion you are talking about that Bethesda are trying to prevent. Putting the legal stuff to one side as you suggest, and assuming that people do indeed associate all that is Fallout with Bethesda then you kind of make their case ...

Comment In: Hemisphere Games Warns Developers Of Potential iTunes App Store Name-Squatting [News - 12/20/2010 - 05:21]

This is correct in principal. ...

This is correct in principal. However, in practise it is not an option for many small developers. Especially when you are dealing with an app which may or may not recoup its costs. Of course, one could simply wing it with TM and not bother with R. Incidentally I have ...

Comment In: Indie Devs, Please Market Your Games! [Blog - 12/06/2010 - 11:39]

To be honest we do ...

To be honest we do just fine doing all the things that we all know need to be done to promote a product. I am not complaining from a standpoint of not being able to eat. Just that some indie sites are not so indie . I think it is ...

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