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Fun with Steam Statistics
Our favorite gaming platform Steam has not only become one of my favorite tools for purchasing games, but it also seems to sport some interesting features for statistics related to Valve’s games.
Now, being the nice guys they are, they make some of those available to the public. I find especially the statistics they report about [...]
Presentation at School of Future Entertainment
Last week, I had the pleasure of being invited to the School of Future Entertainment in Sweden for a presentation (remember my tips on a lean, effective, scientific presentation). The talk was given as part of their local game concept challenge and my aim was to inspire them to not only collaborate with themselves, but [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
