There's a difference between actually being a game designer, and the aspirational myth of the game designer as monk-artist-literature wunderkind. The former exists, but the latter is a figment of hope.
Posted by Tadhg Kelly on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:16:00 EDT in
Last year I wrote that Zynga and other social game companies had troubling times ahead. This year, how have they fared? Are social games prospering or are they actually done?
80% of the work that goes into a modern videogame is waste. Wasted game mechanics, engine work, game modes, cut-scenes, all sorts. How do you expose that waste early enough? Measurement and the authority to do something about it.
Posted by Tadhg Kelly on Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:41:00 EDT in
Microsoft are going in the wrong direction with Kinect, producing what appears to be a mismatched product for audiences that don't care, and at the same time drifting away from where their brand is strong. Do you agree
Posted by Tadhg Kelly on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:02:00 EST in
Google Buzz launched this week and already looks set to cause some upset in the landscape. With the advent of a more open kind of social networking (such as Buzz), what will the effect on social games be?
Hi Carlo, r n r nNope, not at all. And I 'd say it is a game btw, or at least enough of it is . r n r nMy interest is more with whether The Walking Dead proves that games work as a narrative art form as some claim ...
Yes, oversupply points 1 to 4 is a problem, especially when the target market is not really growing. Gaming in general is growing, but indie/core channels are not really . Free-to-playing is potentially a solution to that problem though. At the moment, granted, various f2p titles are on the cheap ...
