“Did you think the launch was disaster?” “It was a disaster.” Earlier this month I spoke to Dave McCool and Chris Parsons from Muzzy Lane about the state of Making History 2. They reached out to me and wanted to acknowledge what went wrong, what went right and how they plan to fix things. Making [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Industry'
The Return of CivAnon
June 22nd, 2010 · 9 Comments · Firaxis, Industry
I loved this marketing campaign when 2k and Firaxis did it for Civilization 4. Happy to see it is back
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 68: Selling Strategy
June 8th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Industry, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
This week, Troy, Julian and Rob are joined by PR pros Joe Ziemer (Triple Point PR, Paradox shill) and Stephanie Schopp (Tinsley PR, Stardock water carrier) to talk about marketing strategy games in this gaming and business environment. Is strategy gaming really dead? How do you find new audiences and keep the old ones? [...]
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Timegate Store
May 28th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Industry
The Kohan games are personal favorites, so don’t miss the chance to buy them at a very reasonable price at the newly opened Timegate Store.
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Coming Attractions Feature at Gamespy: The Pain of the Writer
May 26th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Feature, Gamespy, Industry, Me
Another long form feature of mine was just published at Gamespy. This time I look at the art and science of opening cinematics. If you have any comments on the article itself, put them there. If you want to comment on this post, however, comment here. Because I have more to say. I like feature [...]
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The Slitherine/Matrix Merger
May 10th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Industry, Matrix, Slitherine
My life has been a bit of a mess lately, so this is my first opportunity to post on last week’s big strategy business move. From the press release: Slitherine Ltd and Matrix Games today announced that they have signed a comprehensive agreement to merge the companies creating the world’s largest wargaming specialist publisher. Both [...]
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