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Nrc.next article on player trading
They don’t call themselves “player realtors”, but that is essentially what they do. Companies like Chartboost are in the business of moving mobile game players around. Via advertising technology in...
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Article for inGovernment on data driven campaigning
For inGovernment’s september issue I wrote an editorial about data-driven campaigning. InGovernment is an ICT & government focused Dutch outlet, you can get a free subscription here. My article...
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Radio & TV interview on Dutch game industry
The New York Times published a very good piece on the state of the game console segment, specifically focusing on Battlefield 4 and the Swedish studio DICE. I’ve been to DICE several times for...
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Nrc.next column on freemium games
Behold, my last column for Nrc.next. It will be my last for nrc.next, sadly. But, the good news is that my game column will return to NRC Handelsblad, but longer and more bad-ass. So stay tuned for...
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Three Red Dot Awards for Speeljetoekomst.nu!
A year ago I posted here about the relaunch of SpeelJeToekomst.nu (PlayYourFuture.now). The website is a free educational tool by Aegon that teaches (Dutch) users about their financial future and...
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Book chapter on Dutch Game Industry
After publishing a chapter for the Maven Publishing on winning, I contributed to a new book series called “Netherlands in ideas” (Nederland in ideeën), also known by its tagline “Inspirerende,...
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Op-ed on GTA5 for the New Scientist
The Dutch edition of the New Scientist asked me to write an op-ed for their November edition about the recent discussion surrounding Grand Theft Auto 5. The opinion piece became a synthesis of my...
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Book chapter on social politics
This spring I did a series of keynotes on social media and politics in Amsterdam for local politicians and education professionals. A result of those engagements is the new book “Sociale gemeenten, de...
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Profiled in Limburgs Dagblad
Sitting down and talking extensively about “your career” might be something that will always be a bit weird to me. I’m not that old (my birthday is coming up… so… yeah). Yet, Paul Gageldonk, one of...
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Talk at Kinetic Futures – November 28, 2013
Out of Home (outdoor advertising) expert Kinetic will hold their annual “Interactivity event”. Speakers include Layar’s Raimo van der Klein, Harry Glotzbach and yours truly. I will talk about...
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Articles and appearances in november and december
Th last months of 2013 were somewhat busy, so here’s a belated roundup of my last articles for NRC Handelsblad and NRC.next. I did some media appearances as well and those are included below. -...
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16-page dossier on games for the New Scientist
Last year fellow game-journalist Niels ‘t Hooft and I worked on a series of articles on games, the Dutch game industry, game development, and game studies for a dossier in the New Scientist. The...
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NRC article on streaming of games
The announcement by Sony of Playstation Now, a to be rolled out game streaming service, lead to a flurry of speculation. And, two articles by yours truly on the ins and outs of cloud gaming, game...
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NRC articles on King, Amazon and data driven design
Below are the three most recent NRC articles from February, March and April discussing topical issues such as Amazon’s plans for developing and distributing games, King’s IPO, and the pro’s and con’s...
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Fellow at MIT
As you might have noticed, things have been a bit quiet both here on gamespace.nl, as well as in terms of doing talks and media appearances. It might have to do with my renewed affiliation with the...
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Radio 1 live interview on Twitch, Google and esports
The fine folks from WNL asked me to offer some commentary on the recent rumors concerning Google’s interest in the increasingly popular streaming platform Twitch.tv. I happen to be in the epicenter of...
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NRC articles on Twitch, E3 and a game on slavery
Below are the three most recent NRC articles from May, June and July. I wrote while working at MIT’s Game Lab, which might have influenced the choice of subject matter (I did), as well as the...
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Hosting a panel at MIT’s Platform Strategy Summit
At MIT’s annual platform strategy event I will host a panel titled “Winning! Platform Strategies in the Digital Games Industry” on platform strategies in the game industry. With me are panelists Joost...
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NRC column on the state of the game industry
The coming weeks hundreds, if not thousands of Dutch students will start their new studies focused on game design, programming, or related fields such as multimedia design. Many of them seem to...
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NOSop3 (TV) interview on Twitch
The recent acquisition of Twitch.tv by Amazon made some headlines, if only for the fact that so many people (including me) thought Google was in the lead of taking over Twitch. Here is a good New York...
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