Someone missed something... Disney acquires Tapulous

July 02, 2010

I find this really strange... Disney acquires Tapulous.  I think my favorite quote of the piece is this: “We will be at the center of Disney’s mobile strategy,” The reason I find this very odd is that less than 8 months ago I was contacted...
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Virtual goods and Magic Number Math

July 01, 2010

Let's get some things out of the way before we talk about economic problems with virtual goods. There are some bits of information that need to be accepted before you can fully understand the problem. The first bit is, since these transactions are so...
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Making a Schedule

June 15, 2010

Scheduling game production is like herding cats, snakes and artists.  I'll leave it up to you to determine who is more insulted in that last sentence. Scheduling comes down to putting the doers with the planners.  There are levels of decision...
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