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Here is the demo we showed at PAX Prime back in August: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj4aa9dhKdo

The most important part of this post is the github repository: http://github.com/proletariatgames/HUGS "This library includes Haxe externs for Unity and .NET frameworks, generated …

The organic install part of this calculation seems pretty suspect. In order to get the organic lift mentioned in the article the app would need to be pretty highly ranked _and_ lik…

This is so incredibly wrong in so many ways. Many developers were seduced into social games because people loved them and it seemed like a new frontier and a new market with shorte…

From the headline you would think this is about talent being drained away from VCs, but it is just an interview with Danielle Morrill about her Zombie VC post.

I recently ran into an issue with D&B misspelling our company name. This was a massive hassle and I made over 6 phone calls to them and they kept on saying there was one more thing…

It can be, and there is nothing wrong with that. But if you focus only on academics you foster students that are only good at one thing. I might be cynical, but getting good grades…

I think it is awesome that Cal Tech is so singularly focused on academics, it shows serious devotion. However, I think most people would agree that academics are not the only thing…

What is the "usual metric bar with which games are critiqued"? I am pretty sure that is your opinion because there is no metric bar that all games are measured against. Game review…

You are just not the target audience. If Zynga games were not fun to everyone, no one would play them. Just because you do not find them amusing does not make them bad games. I don…

I tried this, and I could only make it work when the phone was without a case. When I touched the metal directly I could make the signal go from 5 bars to 2 bars. With the case on …

There is a traveling exhibit about Jim Henson that has plenty of content like this. Recently there was a movie showing of his commercial work and other experimental films that were…

I suppose, but many of my friends completing their MBA's at the time had the exact same experience going into executive positions. I guess those people would still be "young execut…

I think this really depends on your situation. I was able to get a job in Boston during my final semester at CMU, mostly because it was clear I planned to move by a deadline no mat…

Is it just me or does that thing look like a headcrab: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Headcrab.jpg

To be fair, they are allowing customers to grandfather their pricing for a year: https://support.zendesk.com/entries/173169-new-grandfatherin... However: > "As a result, the new pr…