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Looking at Pay to Win
Looking at Pay to Win
While most mobile games are free-to-play, it’s still that the free-to-play business model, are often misunderstood. In this blog post, we’ll examine some of the mythology around the idea that free-to-play games are "Pay to Win"
Nov. 3, 2016
Rapid Retention Prediction in Mobile Games
Rapid Retention Prediction in Mobile Games
Here we introduce the idea of using heuristics models in predictive mobile game analytics. They address the problem of enabling small companies to access frugal but effective prediction models that are easy to understand, deploy and scale.
Nov. 3, 2016
Simple mechanics, complex puzzle creation - Part 3: Fun challenges
Simple mechanics, complex puzzle creation - Part 3: Fun challenges
Now that we can check for level correctness and create fair challenges, we try to implement "fun" rules in Skiddy's editor.
Nov. 3, 2016
QI, not QA
QI, not QA
In this article I will explore the acronym QA, and why I think we should do away with it for good.
Nov. 3, 2016
Music Game Plan: Tactics for the Video Game Composer (Part Three)
Music Game Plan: Tactics for the Video Game Composer (Part Three)
Video game music composer Winifred Phillips breaks down the popular vertical layering interactive music technique, with music examples and a video tutorial showcasing techniques from one of her game projects (The Maw video game from Twisted Pixel).
Nov. 3, 2016
Working with Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf community
Working with Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf community
In this article we talk about Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf community and how we work with it.
Nov. 3, 2016
Welcome to the Networking App Store
Welcome to the Networking App Store
Modern network technology makes lots of things possible: more efficient data transport, advanced analytics, better security, and more. But turning these
Nov. 2, 2016
MI5 Boss Warns of ‘Aggressive’ Russian Cyber Threat
MI5 Boss Warns of ‘Aggressive’ Russian Cyber Threat
MI5 Boss Warns of ‘Aggressive’ Russian Cyber Threat. Andrew Parker claims Kremlin is on the offensive online
Nov. 2, 2016
Google to Distrust WoSign/StartCom Certificates
Google to Distrust WoSign/StartCom Certificates
WoSign knowingly and intentionally mis-issued certificates in order to circumvent browser restrictions and CA requirements.
Nov. 2, 2016
Kremlin Hackers Are Exploiting Microsoft's Unpatched Zero-Day
Kremlin Hackers Are Exploiting Microsoft's Unpatched Zero-Day
Russia's politically motivated Fancy Bear group is actively using the flaw—and a patch won't be available until Election Day.
Nov. 2, 2016
#UNITEDsummit: Heisenberg Project Outlines Cloud Attack Realities
#UNITEDsummit: Heisenberg Project Outlines Cloud Attack Realities
Honeypots analyzed attacks inside AWS, Microsoft Azure, Digital Ocean, Google Cloud, Rackspace and IBM SoftLayer.
Nov. 2, 2016
Getting the mixture of genres just right in Halcyon 6
Getting the mixture of genres just right in Halcyon 6
"Mashing together XCOM-like base building and JRPG-style combat into a cohesive design was much harder than anticipated ... and we anticipated it would be quite hard.”
Nov. 2, 2016