Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure, the game i co-authored with my 5-year-old daughter Cassandra, was a finalist this year at IndieCade 2011. You’ve seen plenty of pictures from E3, GDC, Tokyo Game Show and other more well-known video game industry events, but what’s IndieCade like? Come with me – it’s my magical IndieCade adventure! Our Arrival [...] Keep Reading

When Untold Entertainment Inc. turned three last year, we were reeling from the fallout of the global economic collapse. It’s been a slow, difficult recovery, and we still have a lot of work left to do, but i’m happy to say we’ve nosed out of the tailspin. This was a landmark year for Untold; we [...] Keep Reading

Two Christmases ago, i bought an iPod Touch 2nd generation and a MacBook to pursue iOS game development. Recently, the battery power on the iPod has been dropping dramatically. This week, it stopped charging altogether. i took the device to the Apple Store, where the Genius™ in the back told me that the iPod’s battery [...] Keep Reading

i’m tired of talking to students and people’s kids about their video game industry ambitions. i think from now on, i’ll just link them to this video and be done with it: (huge thanks to @cartoondutchie for helping me save my breath) Keep Reading

In 2009, the Vortex Game Competition used municipal and provincial Canadian funding to award its top prize to a Scottish game design team. We followed up on allegations made by CultureGET, a news blog that covered the event, and found that last year’s Vortex winners, Alex Quick and John Josephson, likely had nothing to do [...] Keep Reading