The first-ever Flash Gaming Summit featured a lot of prominent members of the Flash community, but it ultimately left the audience with information that was incomplete and often downright misleading.
Normally I would agree with you but this Barbie game was just soooo bad. You should really try it. I'm not disagreeing with the assertion that the Barbie game is awful I'm just sharing my thoughts for why this is the case. Movie tie-ins have a much wider prospective audience ...
An EV/EBITDA of 46 isn't totally ridiculous given Zynga's recent growth. The question is just whether they can maintain this growth rate. It bears emphasis that the stock market is all about growth, growth, growth. Evaluate Zynga by its future forecast, not its present. I'm not sure where you're getting ...
I'm not sure I agree with having extra item rewards for the winning team -- it's always a bit risky to offer too high incentives for winning when players are allowed to hop servers and switch teams.
This is a really great article, and I'm glad that you highlighted why imbalance can be such a bad thing. Sometimes I'll point out to new developers that a weapon or element in their game is overpowered, and their response will often be something along the lines of, Then don't ...
