Feature: 'Book Review: The Game Producer's Handbook'

In today's feature, book reviewer Brad Kane looks at The Game Producer's Handbook by Dan Irish, which both explores the various areas of responsibility that a game producer holds and details the best practices for handling them. Kane comments in his introduction to the review: "It's not easy to describe the work of a producer. In practical terms, the producer is the person ultimately responsible for the planning, development, and delivery of a game. Involved in all aspects of production, a producer holds the broadest possible view of a project, and orchestrates its unfolding at the highest level. Yet producing is also much more than that. In many ways, producing is the most complex and versatile job in the entertainment industry, and those involved in production often claim that their jobs vary as much from day to day much as they do from project to project. So how does one approach a field this large, this complex, and this rewarding? There's no single answer, but the The Game Producer's Handbook is a good place to start." You can now read the full Gamasutra feature on the subject (free registration required.)