Tag Archives: Geek Insider
A Little Cheating on ‘The Facebook Diet’
Very often I’ll write something that I think is perfectly clear, and be amazed by what readers take away from it. Sometimes this is educational for me, and helps me improve my work by discovering areas where my words were … Continue reading
IslaBomba
My editor, Sonia, just wrote about indie devs IslaBomba, their creative vision, and the unique challenges they face as a start-up surrounded by Spain’s high unemployment. Eduardo and Alberto Saldana are brothers and the co-founders of an Indie game studio … Continue reading
Indie Games On Amazon!
It might have gotten lost in all the E3 / XBONE / PlayStation 4 craziness, but retail giant Amazon has just started selling indie games. This has major applications for both indie games developers and smaller games publications, so I … Continue reading
Animazement Conversation
Faith from Geek Insider and I both covered Animazement, which means we had this conversation a couple of times: “I just talked to someone you already talked to!” “Who?” “In the artists alley… With the cool business cards…” “Not narrowing … Continue reading
That Time I Had To Talk To Strangers
I recently interviewed Emily Farquharson of the International Geek Girl Pen Pal Club for Geek Insider, as well as Spiderweb Software’s Jeff Vogel for Hardcore Droid, and Sky Horse Interactive’s Dave Stafford for Indie Game Mag. Even though I got … Continue reading
#TCDisrupt Press Pass
Obligatory press pass photo!
Greenheart Games On Game Piracy
My Geek Insider colleague, Mohseen Lala, covers the fantastic story about Greenheart Games’ Game Dev Tycoon‘s anti-piracy message in the pirated version of the game. Game Dev Tycoon allows players to run a virtual game studio, hiring devs and trying to … Continue reading
East Coast Game Conference
I first attended Raleigh’s East Coast Game Conference in 2010, when it was Triangle Games Conference. (I’m a gaming convention hipster, apparently.) Now in it’s fifth year, ECGC offers seven programming tracks, allowing attendees to focus on Design, Programming, Art, Writing, Serious … Continue reading
Card-Carrying Geek
Obligatory press pass photo! I don’t usually cover a conference for one editor. Usually I’m freelance, which means going a little crazy trying to hit multiple deadlines, with different wordcounts, different styles and different readerships. This felt a bit like … Continue reading
