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Jason Della Rocca Legacy Author
Jason Della Rocca Legacy Author
    You're Wrong

    The Indie Space/Time Continuum

    The slaughterhouse was packed wall-to-wall with indie game developers from across the Nordic region. I was up on stage to give the welcoming ...
    By Jason Della Rocca Legacy AuthorAugust 10, 2010
    The Way of the Future

    Playing For Our Future

    There will come a day in the near future when there will be no more gamers. Not because they’ll have killed each other ...
    By Jason Della Rocca Legacy AuthorMay 4, 2010
    God Save the Queen

    Leveling the Playing Field

    Back at the 2008 Develop Conference in Brighton, a lovely beachside city just an hour south of London with a thriving game development ...
    By Jason Della Rocca Legacy AuthorApril 14, 2009
    Gamers without Borders

    Cluster Fun

    There are game developers in Ankara, Turkey? Cape Town, South Africa? Costa Rica?! Videogames grace every continent; we know this. Different platforms, genres ...
    By Jason Della Rocca Legacy AuthorMarch 10, 2009
    Gaming Uber Alles, Year Three

    Ten Things That Don’t Suck About the Game Industry

    One of the International Game Developers Association’s many roles is to deal with all the crap that’s going on in the game development ...
    By Jason Della Rocca Legacy AuthorJuly 8, 2008
    Conventioneering

    There and Back Again

    Bank loan from Nigeria? Spam. Diamond inheritance from the Ivory Coast? Spam. Game summit invitation from Ghana? Spa … huh, Ghana? Seriously, I ...
    By Jason Della Rocca Legacy AuthorNovember 27, 2007
    Golden Ticket

    Playing the Spread

    What hasn’t been said about the “stagnant” state of the game industry, with our reliance on licensed properties from other entertainment sectors and ...
    By Jason Della Rocca Legacy AuthorJuly 3, 2007
    Ask Not ...

    Pattern Recognition

    Our fear and loathing of some future generations’ pop culture and entertainment is inevitable. Just as many of us have been staunchly defending ...
    By Jason Della Rocca Legacy AuthorNovember 7, 2006
    Escape from E3

    Game Industry Katamari

    I feel like crap. The small cough and sneeze I was nursing heading into E3 – thanks to my constantly goobered 3-year-old son ...
    By Jason Della Rocca Legacy AuthorMay 23, 2006
    Dungeons & Dollars

    Friction Costs

    So much in business is determined by a simple acronym: ROI (return on investment). Obviously enough, as a businessperson, if you make an ...
    By Jason Della Rocca Legacy AuthorApril 11, 2006
    StateCraft

    Salvation vs. Condemnation: The Two Faces of Government

    Upstanding gentleman by day. Marauding villain by night. The private lives of politicians aside, it is no wonder that, much like the mysterious ...
    By Jason Della Rocca Legacy AuthorSeptember 20, 2005
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