usable game science

The Acagamic

Month: November, 2007

Make your Christmas games list with Wishlistr

Sweden is asso­ci­ated with many things: cheap but com­fort­able fur­ni­ture, very attrac­tive females, the Nobel prize, Battlefield, file-sharing, cold win­ters, strict alco­hol poli­cies, snus, meat­balls, the list is long. Two broth­ers from Göteborg have now cre­ated one of the hottest ajax webapps for the sea­son: Wishlistr. It is basi­cally a tool allow­ing you to cre­ate lots [...]

What jobs are there in the games industry?

People often come to me ask­ing if I know any good books or sources to give a begin­ner a good lit­tle overview of the jobs out there in the games indus­try. While I know many books on many spe­cial­ties, most of which fea­ture a decent overview of the game indus­try jobs and appli­ca­tion areas, the choice really also depends on [...]