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44 year old IT-Freelancer (IT Security, Infrastructure) - not related to the video game industry - with an affection for research papers on software architecture and an unstoppable habit for artsy stuff from Fra Angelico and Florentine Renaissance to Frank Frazetta and all the minions of copycats since (yes, that includes YOU "Game Concept Artist"! :)
Video game business strategy is my Fantasy Football.
Twitter: @init2 (former account: @buckybit )
email-address: buckybit[at]gmail[dot]com
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Germany's ESRB = USK presented their annual report for 2009  |
| Posted by Alex Covic on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:58:00 EST in
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| Germany's software rating organization USK presented their annual report for 2009. They tested 3100 games (114 more than last year) and only seven percent were rated M for Mature. |
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Game Developers and Industry on Twitter = Lists |
| Posted by Alex Covic on Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:47:00 EST in
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| I present some of the lists of Game Developers, Programmers, Designers, PR and Marketing on Twitter. |
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"Verboten" - Modern Warfare 2 (US), Left4Dead 2 (EU) |
| Posted by Alex Covic on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:10:00 EST in
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| The infamous German BPjM ("Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons") strikes again as predicted, hurting sales in a rich country. 1st amendment rights have no stand. |
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"Return your Killlergame - win a T-Shirt" Update from Germany |
| Posted by Alex Covic on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:23:00 EDT in
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| Families of the victims of a school attack in a town called Winnenden, (Germany) organized a demonstration on October 17th in Stuttgart. They are proclaiming "Families against Killlergames" - "Return your game & win a t-shirt" |
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Study: Online Map for Germany |
| Posted by Alex Covic on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:44:00 EDT in
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| Know your video game market! A recently published study about the Internet usage in Germany. Almost 70% of Germans are online. More than 43 Million over 14 years are online. DSL/Broadband in 2009 61,5 % |
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Germany's Video Game Market - Notable Polls, Numbers |
| Posted by Alex Covic on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:10:00 EDT in
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| I found a niche how I can maybe be helpful to the Gamasutra Community: I will report and comment about the video games business in Germany. I was born there and live in that country for around 40 years. I'm neither working nor associated with any company. |
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Comment In: Zynga's IPO: What Went Wrong? [News - 12/16/2011 - 01:27]
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reminding some people: in the ... reminding some people: in the end, the markets reflect the expectation for 'future' earnings and possibilities - not the past. True, some market mechanisms apply. And those corporate investors don't really give a darn, if you think these are 'real' games or not. That's a different debate. |
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Comment In: What Isn't Sound Design? [News - 12/16/2011 - 03:26]
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I grew up before the ... I grew up before the Internet ...was a public thing. 1970s . My Internet was the radio. And I listened to all kind of weird strange voices and sounds at night on that little thing. It turned to a fascination with experimental music and modern classical music, but also ... ... |
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Comment In: Gesamtkunstwerk – A discussion about Wagner and games [Blog - 11/17/2011 - 05:10]
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Sometimes it is helpful to ... Sometimes it is helpful to use words or terms out of their context to enlighten or disrupt thinking. Reading Gesamtkunstwerk in relation to videogames made me click on the site thinking another too-clever-for-his-own-good game dev trying to show off - let's see what he's got . The term is already ... |
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Comment In: Gamescom: What's Next For Sony's PlayStation? [News - 08/16/2011 - 03:00]
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From a European consumer point ... From a European consumer point of view: PSP 99 Euro ca US 144 : for a gadget that nobody wants, doesn't really make a difference Without Wi-Fi makes it even less interesting, IMHO. PS3 250 Euro ca US 360 : a still too high retail price The economy in Europe ... |
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Comment In: GDC Europe: The Art Of Public Funding For Indie Games [News - 08/15/2011 - 04:04]
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Indie Games and public funding ... Indie Games and public funding aka taxpayer money - there's a concept or rather two one has to wrap his/her head around In Germany, VC is an unknown acronym. Credits from banks are very hard to get and public funding and EU funds are a common way to start your ... |
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Comment In: Interview: Frank Gibeau on EA's Expanding Focus In The PC Space [News - 03/09/2011 - 04:30]
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IMHO, this is the right ... IMHO, this is the right strategy: place your bets not on one horse Activision CoD , while Blizzard does all the other PC games , but spread out and go for low high markets. Today, the PC market does not mean the single digit fraction of users, who think overclocking ... |
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