i was sitting in the industry consultation session held by Telefilm Canada, a federal corporation tasked with, among other things, dispensing cash to the country’s audiovisual industry, including teevee, film, and interactive content producers. Telefilm is restructuring its fund and calling it the Canadian Media Fund (CMF). One side of the fund gives [...] Keep Reading

MMO-focussed site Massively is also covering the smacktalk coming from Corey Bridges, founder of Multiverse. A while back someone said that it would take at least a $1 billion dollar super project to take on World of Warcraft. But maybe, as it was with the Roman Empire, the wolves at Blizzard’s gate will [...] Keep Reading

i am now convinced that there is no better way to boost your street cred with the 75-102 demographic than to appear on The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Regard: Steve Paikin: singlehandedly doubling both my site traffic and my lustful desire Keep Reading

i was interviewed last night on TeeVee Ontario’s serious current events show, The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Tony Walsh over at Phantom Compass recommended me for the gig. i couldn’t understand why he’d pass up the chance to sound interesting and plug his new start-up. Then i watched the show. Freak-out time: it’s [...] Keep Reading

What i realized from attending two Game Developers Conferences is that Americans seem to really have their heads in the sand when it comes to gaming trends and the “next big thing.” Companies like Blizzard have flat-out rejected the lucrative microtransaction payment model for online games, while Far East companies like Nexon and QQ [...] Keep Reading