Jose slams out a lot of truth and info on game marketing:
http://gamemuse.net/talking-shop-art-of-the-deal/
– Steve
Creativity
Movie Meltdown?
Steven Spielburg isn’t too hot on the film industry:
“Eventually going to be an implosion — or a big meltdown. There’s going to be an implosion where three or four or maybe even a half-dozen megabudget movies are going to go crashing into the ground, and that’s going to change the paradigm.”
I’d have to agree. The gamble on big pieces, spectacle, etc. has to backfire eventually – and the fallout will be fascinating.
Our own Serdar puts it simply: it’s not sustainable.
– Steven
The Fabulist Needs Your Help!
From Josh at The Fabulist:
The-Fabulist.org is looking for volunteer slush readers … If you’d like to get involved, please email The Fabulist at readme@the-fabulist.org, and include a short note detailing your interest, experience and expectations for doing any slush reading.
Background: The Fabulist’s website relaunch has gone well. Traffic is up and we’re starting to get a goodly queue of submissions to review, of fiction and poetry. In fact, the number of submissions is starting to exceed my ability to manage them in a timely manner.
As I mentioned, we need volunteers only … The Fab is entirely volunteer run, and while we imagine a future where we pay people, writers as well as staff, that future is not yet upon us. We’ve never worked with slush readers before, so in addition to anything else, I welcome any advice on setting up slush workflow, expectations, etc.
Help him out!
– Steve