Kickstarter is reorganizing itself as a "public benefit corporation,"which entails spelling out a mission of public benefit in its charter and making regular social impact reports to the public. ...
"What gets lost in the ideological shuffle, though, is how wonderful a programming language Flash's ActionScript 3 is. It's both powerful and flexible, which is nice; yet beyond that, AS3 is fun." ...
At Unite 2015 in Boston, Unity unveiled a new website that aims to help game developers with discovery. It offers blogging tools and demo streams, and is linked to existing Unity accounts. ...
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics ranging from the critical reception of Super Mario Maker to the literary heritage of Failbetter's Sunless Sea. ...
Paul Kilduff-Taylor: "The New Games Critic will resist the primacy of any single element when constructing their response; they will work to achieve a harmonious balance." ...
"I'm quite happy and proud of everything that I managed to get done these past few months, however, it's become clear that in some ways, the product itself isn't the problem." ...
"You know how it goes: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue... it can be used as a helpful crutch in your creative process once you pick up on it." ...
"As easy as it has become to create and distribute your own unique game, it is even easier for someone to copy your game and profit off of your hard work," writes attorney Stephen McArthur. ...
Kitfox Games (Shattered Planet) director Tanya X. Short shares lessons learned and, more generally, the philosophy of tenacious "scrappiness" that has allowed her indie studio to survive and thrive. ...
Attorney Mona Ibrahim's analysis: "The truth is that fair use is very difficult to prove and almost always require a lawsuit to reach a final determination. This isn't a perfect system." ...