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[This blog entry has been mirrored and featured over at Gamasutra expert blogs and with more comments from industry folks] A few days ago, it was widely reported that several Electronic Software Distribution (a.k.a. online distribution) vendors such a IGN's Direct2Drive (owned by Fox - a News Corp entity), Gamers…

I was a speaker at Infinite Bits, Miami's first video game convention this past weekend and it was a blast. Not as big - or loud - as E3, GDC etc, but still loud all the same. Though there aren't very many (I can count them on one hand actually)…

GameSpot ceased to be relevant in the industry back when Reagan was president. But that hasn't stopped them from continuing their rather controversial ways of allienating not only their own readers (who have since taken off) but also the very hand that feeds. So, they're back at it - again.…

Lets face it, games cater to a different audience. But what happens if the general gamer is not your audience but somehow not only thinks that he is but also assumes that he has some sort of entitlement? Well, the results can be pretty, well, ludicrous. You can't sell a…