The Associated Press and AOL Games released a survey earlier this month on gaming habits among a field of about 3,000. There aren’t a ton of surprises here for anyone that follows the industry, but I was a bit disheartened to see, “parents simply don’t play video games with their kids very often. 43 percent [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Parents just don’t understand
Posted in Culture on November 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Opportunity Knocks
Posted in Culture, Marketing, The biz on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On August 7, 1919, Broadway stage actors went on strike. A rising entertainment medium, the motion picture, got the undivided attention of the country for the first time. The rest is history – and when was the last time you saw a play? With all the recent hand-wringing over the current Writers Guild of America [...]
One Miniature City per Child
Posted in Culture, Sports games, The biz on November 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Between that whole “making people work till they die” thing, muscling the competition out of football games, and breaking up THE BAND, man, Electronic Arts went from scrappy underdog to the Evil Empire of the games industry quicker than Trip Hawkins could say “3DO.” While it’s done little to stop the cash register parade each [...]
We’ll get it right next time
Posted in Marketing, Sports games, The biz on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By now, you can probably guess that I like the occasional deep-thoughts, behind-the-scenes developer’s interview. However, I’m a little dumbfounded by this particular Afterthoughts piece with Scott Blackwood, the exec producer of EA’s Tony Hawk killer, Skate. The whole interview is in this month’s Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine. I think they send you this magazine [...]
