It has been almost a year since I wrote anything game-related on this blog. Although this blog hasn’t been active, I have been doing things. Here’s a rundown. Conventions This past March, I attended the Game Developers Conference. I had an amazing time at GDC 2014. I say this almost every year, but this was probably the best and my…
Category: Business and Industry
Signs of Change
I’ve been banging on the drum of inclusivity and diversity in games culture for nearly a decade on this blog and for over half a decade on Twitter. I have often felt as if I was one of a few who cared about these issues. Worse, I felt at times that it was only women who cared about issues of…
#1ReasonWhy: Thoughts and Link Round-Up
An interesting conversation thread happened on Twitter last week. Someone who works at Kickstarter as the specialist for games projects asked why there are so few women working in the games industry. It’s a huge question, one that seemed like a borderline troll question, given this person’s apparent disingenuous and condescending attitude in his follow-up tweets. Despite that inauspicious start,…
Guild Wars 2 Released!
We released Guild Wars 2 today to retail stores. Yes, the game is live! Even before the game was available on stores, pre-purchasers bought over 1 million copies, paying the entire amount for the game before the release date today. In another milestone, during the three-day early access period the game reached over 400000 simultaneous players online. There’s been some nice news…
Sony Brings E3 Home
These days, Sony is all about using PlayStation Home as much as possible to promote this that and the other product or event. This year, users could visit Sony’s E3 booth in PlayStation Home. One of the reasons I continue to check in on Home is to see how Sony and other companies are using the space. Like many Home…