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Video Games as Commodities, or Victory Through Patience
When scarcity doesn’t exist and discounting rules the market, the longer you wait the better off you are. Continue reading
How Much For Ze Little Girl?: Women as DLC
If you want to play as a female character, you often have to wait and / or pay for the opportunity. Continue reading
A Short History Of Players Versus Gaming Journalists
Players and games journalists are natural enemies, forced to live together in a land that time forgot… Continue reading
Perils of Pre-Funding: Double Fine Pushes Unready Spacebase DF-9 To Release
Double Fine pushes their Early Access-funded Spacebase DF-9 into a release version despite it still lacking a lot of features, indicating that no-one is immune to overpromising and under-delivering. Continue reading
Seven Questions for Every Video Game Kickstarter
I recently read an article from the developer of one unreleased Kickstarted video game pointing out the flaws of other failed Kickstarted video games and saw an interesting discrepancy. The Kickstarter page listed 10 developers working on the project, while the article author indicated that “just two programmers and one part-time artist” worked on getting … Continue reading
The Yogventures Collapse: A Case Study in Kickstarter Video Games Failure
When Kickstarter-backed projects like Yogventures collapse, it’s important to look closely at them to see what the lessons are. In this case, it appears a key lesson is, “The backers are screwed”. Continue reading
A Man Walks Into A (Mana) Bar…
It’s of concern when the most entertainment I got from my time at the Melbourne Mana Bar was by myself in the toilets. Continue reading
Kickstander: Pre-Funding and A Question of Trust
Pre-funding titles in alpha, beta, etc is an act of trust… and there plenty of reasons why that trust is being eroded. Continue reading
Batman: Arkham City: Harley Quinn’s Revenge DLC: This Title Needs More Colons
Harley Quinn’s Revenge is a short and slightly unsatisfying return to Arkham City. Contains ***SPOILERS*** Continue reading
World Class Villains 