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The Cost of Game Development

There’s a bit of a disconnect between how much games cost to make and how much gamers think they cost to make. Indie game with 2D art? Must be dirt cheap to make.

Everyone Should Learn to Program

“I think everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer because it teaches you how to think.” -Steve Jobs

Sony PS4 Conference Recap & Thoughts

Yesterday, Sony held a big live-streamed conference to announce the PS4. Lots of interesting stuff in there so let’s take a look. For developers, it came as very welcome news that the PS4

Indie Game Engines

Occasionally, I get asked by aspiring game developers what engine they should use to make their game. Personally, we use C# and XNA to make our games. It’s the only way to make

The Video Game Kickstarter Report – Week of Feb 15

Wildman – $504k ($1.1 mil goal). Cancelled. Freedom Planet – $25k. Finished. Unwritten: That Which Happened – $78k. Finished. Cryamore – $157k. 10 days left. Asylum –  $78k ($100k goal). 12 days left. Dreamfall

Elitism among RPG fans

What is it about some RPG fans that makes them want to be so elitist? We saw this big-time with Final Fantasy 7 – anyone who dared to like FF7 (the first game

The Death of XNA

Microsoft has officially announced that XNA is done. Nathan Fouts of Mommy’s Best Games has written a nice article reflecting on XNA here. All of our games have been made with XNA so what