The Star Wars Galaxies servers have officially been shut off in preparation for the massive launch of The Old Republic. I did QA on Galaxies for over a year from 2004-2005 and have some fond memories of the game. Actually, I wouldn't even call it a game, but I WOULD call it a virtual world with plenty of dancing, blasters, and the occasional lightsaber. My [...]
Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! is Amazon's free app of the day today. Store Link How's it doing? It's currently the #1 free app, which is great. It's getting more reviews than most of the other apps that have been in their free promotion, which is great. BUT 75% of those reviews are coming from people claiming the game is spyware and rating it 1 star, [...]
(Image Link) There are several ways to get iPhone app sales numbers for another company's game: Wait for them to disclose sales numbers via a blog, twitter post, or press release Get them to personally tell you over e-mail or in person Guesstimate using all the data out there This post is about #3. You definitely won't get solid numbers using this strategy, but you can get [...]
When I first saw the headline saying Steve Jobs had died I was shocked, and immediately hoped it was a joke. A really awful joke. I had the same thought as when I can't find my keys or cell phone, just hoping that someone's playing a trick on me and they'll pop out at any moment to make things right. But no, it wasn't a [...]
What I've been doing the last few weeks: Checking sales stats for Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! Trying to find motivation to make a demo for SSKA Checking more sales stats for SSKA Saying I'll finally make a build then I go and check sales stats again. Finally making a demo and posting it on Kongregate Checking more sales stats Getting a free ticket to Unite [...]
Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! is now available on the Apple App Store and Android Market. Links: App Store Android Market (have to use your phone) Check out the awesome launch video: watch?v=0HJlidX2Bis&feature=colike […]