Alright, so by now, you’ve done your ground work, and you’re ready to actually start getting into the meat of your production, right? I mean, you have read parts 1 and 2 of this series, right? You’ve done the leg-work of figuring out what exactly this game is going to be, right? Excellent! Then let’s start discussing your work flow, and how you might actually make this happen!

The late Roger Ebert once stirred up a veritable hornet’s nest when he proclaimed that “video games can never be art”. I know, I know: that topic has been done to death. Don’t worry, I’m not here to revisit that particular discussion; it came to a conclusion that I believe all can agree on. But now that we’ve cleared up that video games can be art, perhaps its worth considering the cultural use of games outside [...]

Consume games and websites or build games and websites and make money?  As company’s constantly create new ways to lock us into their virtual words creating 1000′s of mindless zombies running after the next internet trend, we say, why do that when you could have just as much fun building it yourself and making money too? As Development Manager at Codemasters, I knew only too well the kinds of passion that video games elicit.  It [...]

This is an interview with, young entrepreneur now 22 Jess Ratcliffe, she is the founder of www.gaboomswap.com.   She is from the UK, and is a passionate gamer!  She has also had the opportunity since starting her business to attend several gaming events such as EuroGamer, let that be a lesson to you! Business is not always boring! Actually, no Euro-Gamer is very boring, you would’nt want to go.  (Build a business based on your passions and you [...]

Oliver: Your a freelance games journalist, what inspired you to take this step. Josh Brown: Well as I’m sure any serious gamer pondered the thought at some point in their life. We’ve all been playing since very early ages no doubt and for some it becomes more of an obsession than a hobby, healthy or unhealthy. But after years and years of playing you start to follow the news stories and the comminty behind it. [...]