Essays
My thoughts on our industry, one essay at a time. Together, they paint a silhouette of my mind.
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Gaming Addiction is our industry's collective Blind Spot Gaming addiction is real, and some of it is by design. Why the industry should stop being defensive and lead the debate before regulators do it for us. -
Game Streaming is Chasing the Wrong Audience Game streaming keeps targeting core gamers who already own consoles. Its real opportunity is the far larger audience that can't afford AAA gaming.
All essays
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Introducing: Star Fighters
Revealing Star Fighters, my cross-platform online space shooter: where the idea came from, what the prototype is, and the long road to building it.
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Thank you Epic Games
What a solo developer gets from Unreal Engine for free, why Epic deserves credit despite its self-interest, and what its fight with Apple means for developers.
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Gaming Addiction is our industry's collective Blind Spot
Gaming addiction is real, and some of it is by design. Why the industry should stop being defensive and lead the debate before regulators do it for us.
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Game Streaming is Chasing the Wrong Audience
Game streaming keeps targeting core gamers who already own consoles. Its real opportunity is the far larger audience that can't afford AAA gaming.
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Respect Destiny
Destiny is the industry's most successful fusion of the FPS and the MMORPG, and it deserves far more credit than it gets.
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Stop chasing fads. Build your own future instead.
Every few years the industry chases a new fad. Why new technology takes longer than expected to pay off, and what to do instead of chasing it.
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Cross-Platform Gaming’s Reality, and Its Path Forward
Why cross-platform play matters for players and for revenue, why platform holders have resisted it, and what full cross-platform support really requires.
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The Maturing of a Gamer: From Casual to Hardcore
I believed gamers only grow more hardcore over time. I was wrong. How time, not taste, moves players through the pyramid, and why mid-core is the future.
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Lootboxes: Need or Greed? (thoughts on monetization)
Lootboxes are only the tip of the monetization iceberg. A short history of how games make money, and where the ethical line actually sits.
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About myself and why I am starting a blog
My first post, from 2018: why I started blogging, and how I got into games, from a childhood decision in Korea to Capcom and Street Fighter V.
