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

It was nice to be invited to speak at an interactiveontario iLunch event two weeks ago. io is an industry association that represents and lobbies for the province’s interactive industry. i’ve often criticized the group for being too firmly grounded in linear media (film, teevee, etc), and for failing to adequately advocate for the small [...] 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

It never used to be this way. Canada, the friendly and primarily Englsih-speaking neighbour to the North of the USA, used to get all the same stuff that they got stateside, at roughly the same time. Movies would be released on the same weekend, Canadian stations would broadcast big teevee shows on the same night, [...] Keep Reading

Super Mario Bros., everyone’s favourite video game homage to ethnic stereotyping, celebrates its 25th anniversary this week. This news, my Sunday night at Ubi Soft’s grand opening where they had game artifcats in cases decorating the hallways, and my shaking hands with the creator of Prince of Persia on Monday, had me reminiscing about gaming [...] Keep Reading