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    Amazon Reveals Plans to Dominate the Gaming World

    EXECUTION 
    Well, Unity has been free for years (if not always), though you had to pay for certain features. (and the pro version was in no way necessary to make the glut of games clogging Steam.) Epic released UDK in 2009 as free, though with a royalty once hitting a revenue cap (and most games released...
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    Amazon Reveals Plans to Dominate the Gaming World

    EXECUTION 
    They can obviously throw money at the problem until they're at least somewhat successful, and if they don't mind wasting the money, I think it's good for the industry. Until Unity came along, there wasn't really much in the way of game engines/editors that were really intended for use by...
  3. splok

    Amazon Reveals Plans to Dominate the Gaming World

    EXECUTION 
    The basic version of Unity is free until you hit 100k/yr in revenue, and Unreal is a 5% royalty. Both already support mobile and VR as well as 2D. I'm sure Amazon can throw money at the problem until they make some progress, but all I'm saying is that "free" isn't really a compelling sales...
  4. splok

    Amazon Reveals Plans to Dominate the Gaming World

    EXECUTION 
    Opportunities? Maybe in making plugins/support software or educational materials. It's interesting, but I'm not sure it changes anything in gamedev land. I mean, for a studio with even minimal resources, the current set of games engines aren't exactly expensive and can still potentially be...
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    VR will probably flop

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Keep in mind that the current problems with vr will improve in a few different ways. The hardware improving will help, the software improving will help, the design improving will help, and people getting acclimated to vr will also help. No idea how quickly the help will be "enough", but I...
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    Could playing video games actually improve cognitive performance?

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    Well, I'm not young, and I quite rarely play games these days (though I did abuse them in the past), but I'll guess that I've learned much more from games than from TV overall. TV can probably be pretty good for your brain if you watch the right kind (mostly documentaries or conference talks)...
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    Could playing video games actually improve cognitive performance?

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    People seem to like to paint video games and gamers in very broad strokes. Not every minute spent on a video game is wasted time, just like not every minute spent on TV or the internet or reading is wasted. People do tend to waste too much time, but that's true no matter what they're actually...
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    Created my first game, huge success overnight

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Great work getting your first product out there! First, I like the twist, though I wonder if it would feel better if you were spinning an enclosed track or maybe spinning your avatar around instead of the rings. It might throw some people at first since we're conditioned to expect that our...
  9. splok

    Encouraging Teens This Christmas To Think Bigger. What Books To Give?

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    Imo, it's gonna be tough to get most teenagers to read typical success books, especially older ones. I imagine that Think and Grow Rich would sound like Shakespeare to a teenager today. Here are my two picks. Both are written by bloggers and are quick easy reads. Choose Yourself - Tells them...
  10. splok

    Adult Coloring Books... Trending.

    HOT! 
    I bet a large part of it is servicing people who've always felt a little artistic but who've never made the effort to develop any artistic skill. So basically just an easy way to feel like you've created something. Imo, it pushes a lot of the same buttons as video games... a low investment way...
  11. splok

    Open a US Bank Account. Non US Citizen Non Resident

    Afaik, individual branches (and probably even individual employees) have their own discretion over whether or not to open a new account, so it may just be a case of needing to do bank hopping until you find someone having a good day. My Canadian gf opened one earlier this year while on a...
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    2016 Fastlane Summit (Official Ticket Sales, Speakers, Etc.)

    MEETUPS 
    To be fair, people usually expect you to have a slide deck when you're presenting, and when you don't, they can get a bit wierded out. Of course, we're not the typical audience, and @Arrabista isn't the typical presenter. :) I'll be very unapologetically bringing a multi-hundred slide deck myself!
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    You Are About To See an EPIC Industry Change

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    Not picking on your comment, but the average you really care about is the one in the country and restaurants that you normally eat. I don't really like tipping (even having been a server in the past), but I bet the US average would get MUCH worse without it regardless of the wage paid to...
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    Moving to the US

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    Don't let that hold you back. It's way easier than most would think to live in a place where you don't speak the language. You have to be a little more prepared and learn to accept some inconveniences, but it's very doable. The hard part is the initial hump of setting things up, but once...
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    Need some Marketing Advice for Game

    MARKETING 
    I didn't because I pretty much knew what it was from the name. Since you asked, I went and tried it though, and it's pretty much as advertised. I realize that it's your first game and that you just needed to launch something, but since you asked, I guess my feedback would be that if you're...
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    The final solution to all "I have some money what do I do?" threads.

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    This thread, and really this entire forum, is about investing our time and money into things that bring value to other people. The "popular investment options" are pretty much the antithesis to that. Luckily, the concept of bringing value to other people is universal, and even though the...
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    Need some Marketing Advice for Game

    MARKETING 
    Grats on releasing your first game! Now release it for all the platforms you want to develop for, and then completely forget about it! That may sound depressing, but releasing your first game is a huge step and taught you a ton! And releasing it on multiple platforms will teach you even more...
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    What To Learn From Werewolves

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    One of the big draws of role playing games (in whatever form they take), is that they let a player experiment with attitudes and behaviors in a relatively safe setting. People may not consciously realize that they're doing it (or that that's part of the enjoyment of the game), but that doesn't...
  19. splok

    How to Legally Own Another Person

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    Ah I see, fair point. And ya, he isn't exactly super-tactful in his communication (and even more so in non-book form).
  20. splok

    How to Legally Own Another Person

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    He's made many millions trading on his own theories. That doesn't count as having skin in the game?

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