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Political Machine

So, a bit ago, I went to PAX - Penny Arcade Expo - the local Seattle gaming convention that has turned into the major national video convention targeted at consumers. It was a blast. A bunch of folks came up. A very diff…
Gaming thoughts...

So, I can't get over how asynchronous gaming is steadily gaining momentum. Reading about it in Fortune was quite a surprise, but it shouldn't have been. The money is there. See, when tamagotchi came out, i was obsessed w…
EA gets into online gaming microtxns

Wow. EA is getting into the online microtransactions business too. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/technology/21game.html I think it is a great idea. We'll see about the execution
Interesting Decisions

I have been doing a lot of research into game design for a while now. Similar to retail, I think anything that can capture resources from a large amount of people has lots to teach us. My interest used to be mostly board…
wii buzz....

ok, so i'll admit it. i have been hooked by nintendo and am eagerly anticipating the arrival of the wii. it is sort of sick. i generally hate product launch hype and having been on the buying side know that pricing wil…