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Comment In: Dispute ensues over rights to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise [News - 12/12/2012 - 08:41]

Major kudos to Gamasutra Mike ...

Major kudos to Gamasutra Mike Rose for following up on this story. Although a 'minor ' news item, you made the effort to clear the fog and dig into it. Journalism at its best. I tip my virtual hat.

Comment In: Troubled MMO The Secret World drops the subscription model [News - 12/12/2012 - 06:49]

I doubt that. At this ...

I doubt that. At this point this is defensive minimize the losses . They lived with projections beyond what they could get. Now, it 's covering the costs. r n r n50 Steam Sales does nothing, IMHO - nor would it sell enough units. Look at Guild Wars 2.

Comment In: Japanese success story Dark Souls gets a sequel [News - 12/10/2012 - 09:49]

... again this focus on ...

... again this focus on Japanisms and Japanese games - not as in numbers, or as a market, but in cultural context ... there is this them vs us undertone distinction running as a theme ever since the Japanese games are public bashing by one or two individuals. r n ...

Comment In: More living room PCs on the way, says Valve's Newell [News - 12/10/2012 - 07:14]

The current Steam customers can ...

The current Steam customers can hook up their PC in the living room already. Many probably already did. So that is not the new market. r n r nI am not an expert by any means in the matters of living room businesses TV manufacturers, Home Entertainment Equiptment, Gaming Console ...

Comment In: What Homeland can teach us about user research [Blog - 12/06/2012 - 08:48]

I don 't like the ...

I don 't like the connotation btw describing yourself in the field of user research, spying on kids and comparing yourself at the same time with a fictional bipolar TV character. In the beginning it might have sounded funny, but going through with it, it becomes creepy weird and devaluates ...

Comment In: League of Legends: Changing bad player behavior with neuroscience [News - 12/05/2012 - 03:58]

Being mean on the Internet ...

Being mean on the Internet reveals insecurity in real life. r n r n Fix the problem or are you just filtering the symptom out of your game r n r nThere 's your real project .

Comment In: Epic Games president retires to be a dad [News - 12/04/2012 - 05:11]

but changing diapers at 3AM ...

but changing diapers at 3AM IS crunch time in it 's purest sleepless form

Comment In: 10 years of design lessons from Portal's Kim Swift [News - 11/20/2012 - 12:32]

No young designer can live ...

No young designer can live up to a pompous headline like Ten Years of Design Lessons , which turn out to be a couple of sentences from her talk which was called Designing Fun: Easier Said Than Done . It lacks the weight r n r nI hate this kind ...

Comment In: New Xbox game charges by the hour [News - 11/20/2012 - 07:14]

Arcade Machine economy. Kudos, Micro ...

Arcade Machine economy. Kudos, Micro oft Good luck competing with Singstar Sony , I guess. /sarcasm-indeed

Comment In: Slow sales of Sleeping Dogs, others to drive $67M loss at Square Enix [News - 10/30/2012 - 03:07]

I think, I do speak ...

I think, I do speak business lingo, but would question the logic behind: slow sales ... cost over 67M - slow sales of games including Sleeping Dogs may have cost publisher Square Enix money r n r nThe predictions were off. They missed their estimates. r n r nProjecting an ...

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