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William Volk's Expert Blogs
Reflections on Five Years of iOS Gaming: What Have I Learned?  |
| Posted by William Volk on Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:48:00 EDT in
Design,
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| Five years ago I co-designed what is considered to be the first iPhone game ... the browser-based iWhack. Since then I have helped launch dozens of games for iOS and have seen iOS games evolve. What are the major lessons I have learned? |
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A Good Game Idea Finally Has Its Day |
| Posted by William Volk on Mon, 07 May 2012 03:20:00 EDT in
Design,
Smartphone/Tablet
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| This is not a story about a game being cloned. Instead it's about how the gameplay in one of our early iPhone games -- circa 2007 -- has finally been successfully copied FIVE years after being introduced. |
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Flash in the Pan? It's like Déjà vu (Mac 1984) all over again ... |
| Posted by William Volk on Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:56:00 EDT in
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| So Flash wants 9% of the revenue for apps that use 'premium' features. I was reminded by Doug Sharp (he of ChipWits fame), of the launch of the Macintosh in 1984, when a similar situation occurred. What happened then is a precautionary tale for Adobe. |
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New iPad, We’ve Been Waiting For You! |
| Posted by William Volk on Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:01:00 EST in
Design,
Smartphone/Tablet
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| We 'gambled' that the new iPad would have a retina display and built our next iPad app to support it. |
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FACE-OFF: Apple Game Center vs Facebook for iOS Social Gaming |
| Posted by William Volk on Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:17:00 EST in
Business/Marketing,
Smartphone/Tablet
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| Surprising results from Playscreen Poker indicate that iPhone users prefer Game Center over Facebook for user identities in social games on these devices. |
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Angry Bids |
| Posted by William Volk on Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:46:00 EST in
Business/Marketing,
Smartphone/Tablet
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| According to a New York Times report, Angry Birds Developer Rovio turned down a $2.25 billion bid this past summer from Zynga. What's behind that decision? |
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Half a Billion Angry Birds Downloads? THESE ARE THE GOOD OLD DAYS |
| Posted by William Volk on Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:45:00 EDT in
Business/Marketing,
Smartphone/Tablet
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| The greatest achievement of Steve Jobs isn't the Apple II, the iPhone or the iPad. It's the App Store. In my 30+ years of gaming, it stands out as the first real Meritocracy for game titles. |
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Nintendo Games on iOS/Android? Not IF but WHEN. |
| Posted by William Volk on Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:53:00 EDT in
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| Nintendo's loss of $1.3B in six months and the dismal reception for the 3DS are an echo of Sega's history. Nintendo may become a software company because of this. |
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The Shawshank Redemption and Steve Jobs |
| Posted by William Volk on Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:40:00 EDT in
Business/Marketing,
Smartphone/Tablet
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| There's something in Mr. Jobs' life that has always resonated with me so very strongly. |
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Thank you Steve Jobs |
| Posted by William Volk on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:22:00 EDT in
Design,
Smartphone/Tablet
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| Steve Jobs changed the world. Many of us wouldn't be doing what we do if it wasn't for him. |
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