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How freemium is destroying the games industry How freemium is destroying the games industry

A blog about the freemium game model and how it damages the game industry. Discusses some of the negatives of the model and what they do to the player and the industry itself.

byStephen McCallum

Aug 18, 2016

5 Min Read

A Wish-Fulfilment Coda A Wish-Fulfilment Coda

byStieg Hedlund

Aug 18, 2016

7 Min Read

How PONOS Built a Dedicated Community Through YouTube Content Creators How PONOS Built a Dedicated Community Through YouTube Content Creators

byScott Reyburn

Aug 18, 2016

4 Min Read

Efficient writing : get to the point!Efficient writing : get to the point!

byKevin Trepanier

Aug 18, 2016

7 Min Read

The Key to designing VR action games is "IN YOUR FACE"The Key to designing VR action games is "IN YOUR FACE"

bySebastian Alvarez

Aug 18, 2016

5 Min Read

Space exploration games Space exploration games

Aug 18, 2016

5 Min Read

CASUAL GAMES COMPETE WITH FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE

CASUAL GAMES COMPETE WITH FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE

byCatalin Avram

Rejecting the "New Norm" of Games Industry Toxicity

Rejecting the "New Norm" of Games Industry Toxicity

byNathan Meunier

Why No Man’s Sky is lost on Hardcore Gamers - And why this could be great news

Why No Man’s Sky is lost on Hardcore Gamers - And why this could be great news

byAndré Noller

An Open Letter to Steam Key E-mail Scammers

An Open Letter to Steam Key E-mail Scammers

byMalcolm Pierce

What Game Designers can Learn From Speedrunners

What Game Designers can Learn From Speedrunners

The Alpha Release Cycle: Running a Successful EA Program

The Alpha Release Cycle: Running a Successful EA Program

When Game Design Goes too Far

When Game Design Goes too Far

Communication Tips for the Video Game Music Composer

Communication Tips for the Video Game Music Composer

byWinifred Phillips

Pokemon Go’s future is bleak without game balancing

Pokemon Go’s future is bleak without game balancing

byDan Bergin Holly

MMOWAM: Massively Multiplayer Online Whack-A-Mole

MMOWAM: Massively Multiplayer Online Whack-A-Mole

byJosh Marinacci

Evolution of Mobile Rummy Apps

Evolution of Mobile Rummy Apps

Dev Interview: Ross Turner

Dev Interview: Ross Turner

How to Pitch & Sell Your Game at a Con

How to Pitch & Sell Your Game at a Con

byThomas Henshell

An Enhancement 20+ Years in the Making

An Enhancement 20+ Years in the Making

byJames Bennett

Free to play Game item pricing Case study: Pokemon GO

Free to play Game item pricing Case study: Pokemon GO

Death and Consequence in Game Design

Death and Consequence in Game Design

byChris Solarski

How to get investment from China

How to get investment from China

This Week in Video Game Blogging: No Man is an Island, Ocean, or Sky

This Week in Video Game Blogging: No Man is an Island, Ocean, or Sky

byCritical Distance

Achievements and Us: Why We Added Steam Achievements to a VN

Achievements and Us: Why We Added Steam Achievements to a VN

byMalcolm Pierce

What Game Designers Can Learn From Cinema

What Game Designers Can Learn From Cinema

A post mortem of a game you've never heard of

A post mortem of a game you've never heard of

On Presenting A GDC Talk

On Presenting A GDC Talk

Will New York's Proposed Tax Bill for Games & Digital Media Help Indie Developers?

Will New York's Proposed Tax Bill for Games & Digital Media Help Indie Developers?

byRachel Presser

Bringing High-Budget Game Development Best Practices to Your Indie Studio

Bringing High-Budget Game Development Best Practices to Your Indie Studio

Warbits Postmortem

Warbits Postmortem

byReilly Stroope

Implementing Racing Games: An intro to different approaches and their game design trade-offs

Implementing Racing Games: An intro to different approaches and their game design trade-offs

byLivio De La Cruz

Media Landscape - Video Games and VR

Media Landscape - Video Games and VR

byThomas Bidaux

Pokémon GO's Impact on Smaller Developers

Pokémon GO's Impact on Smaller Developers

byIsaac Knowles

5 Things We Learned About The Appeal of Competition From Over 239,000 Gamers

5 Things We Learned About The Appeal of Competition From Over 239,000 Gamers

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