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Gimme Some Credit

Gimme Some Credit

i introduced myself to residents at the Canadian Film Centre Media Lab this week, by telling them about my background making web games for a Canadian broadcaster. i said that after my tenure there, i had over fifty games to my name … and then i paused. “To my name.” i corrected [...] Keep Reading

 
 
How to Sell Video Games to the Ladies

How to Sell Video Games to the Ladies

Quick OMGPOPQUIZZZ!!! You’re creating a registration form, and you’d like to know if your registrant has a PENIS or a VAGINA. Do you ask for the registrant’s GENDER, or do you ask for his or her SEX? Choose wisely. The correct answer is “SEX”. It annoys me to no end to see “GENDER” on a [...] Keep Reading

 
 
The 8 Types of Items in Multiplayer Games

The 8 Types of Items in Multiplayer Games

You may or may not know the name “Nexon”, but you’ve most likely heard of their games. The Korean company has produced the industry-leading titles Maple Story and Kart Rider, to name but two. And although they may not have invented virtual item sales through microtransaction as they sometimes claim, my hat’s off [...] Keep Reading

 
 
Why Don't You Host Your Own Flash Game Portal?

Why Don’t You Host Your Own Flash Game Portal?

No – seriously. Why don’t you? One of the most-repeated tips i heard at the Casual Connect conference a few weeks ago was to develop a strong brand. Customers like strong brands. Strong branding unifies all your … your stuff under one label. Strong brands are about striking, professional-looking logos, consistent use [...] Keep Reading

 
 
Flash MicroPayment Exclusivity: Bad Idea, or Terrible Idea?

Flash MicroPayment Exclusivity: Bad Idea, or Terrible Idea?

If you were there during the early days of the telephone, wouldn’t you have loved to have provided input? Maybe suggest to Alexander Graham Bell that telephones should issue low-grade electric shocks to teenage girls who talk on the device for more than half an hour? Or suggest a magnetic socket to [...] Keep Reading

 
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