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How do game tastes change with age?

18 May 2010

I just read on Gamasutra an interesting article Study: Does Industry Lose Money By Ignoring Aging Gamer Needs? which inquires about the needs of older and disabled gamers.
 I think the analysis of AbleGamers’ president, Mr. Mark Barlet, is perfectly on the spot regarding what new games should take into account to become more accessible and […]

interesting survey

10 May 2010

I just found out a very interesting survey about games, inspiration and innovation from the Finnish website gamesandinnovation.com: survey
There are still a few days to take part and the organizers arranged also for a lucky draw where you can win a game design book of your choice amongst a list of selected titles which… also […]

Garden Planet: a short postmortem

22 April 2010

Game Designer Simon Rozner has just published on his blog a short postmortem of “Garden Planet”, the M-EDGE based game we worked on while at NYP.
Very interesting read: check it out http://gameonaut.com/wordpress/?p=75

videogame definitions?

21 April 2010

I was  recently having an interesting OT discussion on AtariAge.com (in a very heated topic, BTW) with a well respected member of the forum that made me finally understand why there are still many heated debates on which is the “first video game ever”. Simply put, people can’t even agree on what a video game […]

PSP + DS = Wiz ?

2 November 2009

I have recently bought a new handheld console: a GP2XWiz….. What?? Yeah, an “open source” Linux-based model by a Korean company named GPHoldings which I had a chance to see while in Seoul for KGC. (Check http://www.gp2xwiz.com/ )
I am not ashamed to say that it is the handheld I’m playing most now as it has […]

traits of “true” game developers…

22 August 2009

(humorous post )
You are a “true” game developer if:
- You named your son Max and your daughter Maya (or Mario and Luigi if you have two boys :P)
- You get easily excited by surfing ”Gamasutra”
- Before leaving home, you check your route by using the A* alghorithm
Just came out with this sort of joke today on […]

Genoa Forever

1 June 2009

This message is a bit OT, nonetheless I feel like writing it anyway
As a hardcore Genoa football club supporter, during summer 2005 I wrote in a hurry a very simple football manager game (that you can still download, if you like, on my games page) to testimony my indignation and disgust towards a corrupt environment that […]

Game Shopping Guide in Singapore

10 January 2009

I decided to compile a small list of my personal favourite shops (or those featuring a rare/specific catalogue) here in Singapore in case any friend/enthusiast would decide to have a holiday over here.
The main two spots for IT products, including games, are Funan (next to City Hall MRT) and Sim Lim Square (5 minutes walk from Bugis MRT). Obviously these places have plenty of […]

Save XP!?

15 January 2008

I never signed a petition online before, but this time I did
Check this out….
http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

25 December 2007

Merry Christmas and happy new year to everyone!
2007 was undoubtly a very exciting year for the gaming industry and 2008 looks very promising too with some inspiring new productions on the way.
On a personal perspective, it will be a very interesting year too: the M-EDGE project has started well and a lot of […]

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