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Retail PC Game Sales – Still On Life Support 4 Jul 2008 | 08:07 am
A while back, I posted here about the sharp decline in US PC retail game sales (using data that had mostly been helpfully collected and posted by Rob Merritt). That was two years ago, so the topic de...
Links and such 4 Jul 2008 | 04:01 am
Catching up on other blogs a bit. Some of these links are a bit old, but still interesting (to me, anyways): Greg Costikyan has a great post on his experiences presenting at a venture capital confere...
Games, Games, Games 2 Jul 2008 | 05:44 am
In theory, I should probably create a separate post for each game that I want to comment on. Feh… Here’s some game comments from the last year or two. Casual Games: Build-a-Lot – Excellent game. Cle...
No Comment 2 Jul 2008 | 05:34 am
I admit I’m a bit of a sucker for online conversations. For a while, I posted my own thoughts with some regularity here. I still post regularly on a couple of forums, and I occasionally will comment o...
A (Brief?) Return… 2 Jul 2008 | 05:15 am
If you’ve been reading amateur blogs for a while, you may be familiar with a certain cycle. Blogger creates blog. A huge flurry of initial posts ensues. Blogger describes such mundane topics as taki...
Casual Games Book 27 Feb 2007 | 06:19 am
Perhaps this is an ominous sign for the industry – someone has recently released a book entitled Creating Casual Games for Profit & Fun. (Amazon link). This is the first I’ve heard of any books specif...
Fun Physics Game 16 Dec 2006 | 12:37 pm
Very simple game here. See if you can beat 27.314 seconds…
A Flash Mini-Game 12 Dec 2006 | 06:09 am
I took some time the week before last to play around with Flash some more. Specifically, I ported one of the mini-games from Banana Bay to Flash, to be played in a browser. You can try the result her...
Casual Games Biz Article 28 Nov 2006 | 07:06 am
A pretty lengthy, and solid, article on the casual games biz, here. Some interesting excerpts: The sequel to one of PopCap’s popular word puzzles, “Bookworm Adventures,” is expected to be the most e...
Is Sony Losing Their Shirt On Each PS3? 18 Nov 2006 | 09:09 am
There’s been a lot of industry speculation that Sony is losing a lot of money with each PS/3 sold. This article claims the the total cost of the main unit alone, EXCLUDING controllers, cables, packag...
