Articles by David Bolton
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Skyrim Elder Scrolls Heralds a Shift to Freemium
As a self-confessed Skyrim addict, I view the arrival of the freemium online version -- announced at E3 -- with some trepidation. The game is not due out until 2013 but with Skyrim still fresh in… -
Book Review: "Beginning Facebook Apps Development"
Facebook launched its game platform five years ago and the world of casual browser games has never looked back since then. Most Facebook games are still written in Flash, for example, Farmville a… -
Why A Minecraft Subscription Makes Sense
Minecraft's Indie developer Markus "Notch" Persson, Founder of Mojang AB, unfortunately won't be at E3 this week to talk about the blowout performance of the Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition. Last mont… -
Coding Challenges Can Get You a Job
Some companies run programming challenges to sift out the wheat from the chaff, and the prizes often include job interviews. Facebook has been running one such online test, allowing two hours to… -
iRacing: A Commercial Racing MMO Simulation
iRacing is both an entertaining game where you race against others, and a training tool for the real life racers who contributed to its development. In April 2010, more than half of the current I… -
Zynga Fights 'Ville' Competitors
Zynga threw a one-two-punch at its competitors recently over the use of a "Ville" suffix, potentially casting a chill over any game developer who dares to add a "Ville" at the end of their game n… -
Micromanaging Games or Employees - Bad Idea Either Way
It's funny how bad ideas in the workplace also are bad ideas for games. Take micro-managing, for example. I like playing castle type strategy games. The web (and later mobile) strategy game genre… -
Bitcoin As Revenue Source for Free-to-Play
Bitcoin is a digital currency that uses P2P networking, cryptography and digital signatures to conduct transactions without relying on trust. It uses cryptography to generate a digital signature…