Software patents are broken, and it’s hurting our economy
March 12, 2013 9:52 pm
This post was written by Josh Hartwell, the CEO of game company Mobile Deluxe. We have an incentive system at… Continue reading ⟩
American McGee sees brighter future for year-old Akaneiro: Demon Hunters on Kickstarter (updated)
January 8, 2013 9:00 pm
Update: The open beta for Akaneiro: Demon Hunters is underway from now until Jan. 16. Interested participants can click the… Continue reading ⟩
Crowdfunding Confidential: How Kickstarter helped write the book on the Obama campaign
July 7, 2012 5:00 pm
The following is an excerpt from Scott Steinberg’s new book, The Crowdfunding Bible. The book is free to download at… Continue reading ⟩
Badgeville’s Kris Duggan: Six frameworks can gamify employee and customer engagement (interview)
May 30, 2012 11:30 am
Brands have embraced “gamification,” or using game-like behavior in non-game applications, as a way to engage their audiences. That is… Continue reading ⟩
Meet Moonbot, the tiny startup that won an Academy Award
February 29, 2012 4:30 pm
At last Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony, a startup studio that makes animations, apps, and ebooks won the Best Animated… Continue reading ⟩
Pentagon releases cyberspace strategy, admits 24K files were stolen by hackers in March
July 14, 2011 9:23 pm
The Pentagon on Thursday released its formal cyberspace strategy to ward off cyber attacks. The 19-page document is not nearly… Continue reading ⟩
Strung out on video-game drugs (EXPANDED)
March 25, 2011 6:10 am
Almost always, the answer is to just say, “yes." I endorse all manner of recreational, educational, pharmaceutical, ceremonial, universe-amplifying and… Continue reading ⟩
Indie Film Meets Indie Games: An Interview with James Swirksy of Indie Game: The Movie
November 17, 2010 10:38 am
For many of us, the burgeoning world of indie games represents a new frontier: a digital Wild West where affordable… Continue reading ⟩
Questions answered: Live-blogging the Tesla-Toyota press conference
May 21, 2010 12:10 am
We’re here at Tesla’s new headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. live-blogging the announcement of a strategic partnership between Tesla Motors… Continue reading ⟩
Advancing Ideas in Non-Linearity (Part 2 of 2)
July 11, 2009 7:00 am
Editor’s note: Here’s Omar’s second piece in his series on non-linearity in games. In Part 2, Omar discusses narrative freedom,… Continue reading ⟩