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THE TYRANNY OF BACKLOGS
J. Isaac Gadient Goodreads officially launched in January 2007. This was a social media database website allowing users to catalogue their libraries, marking books as read, TBR (to be read), or DNF (did not finish). You’ve probably never heard of Flixster from ‘06 or iCheckMovies from ‘09, but you’re likely familiar with Letterboxed, which launched…
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EVERY 7 MINUTES
Franco E. Pacho If you scroll through Twitter Gamedev, you can find a new unique indie games you have never heard of every 7 minutes, or at least that’s what Dave Oshry, micro-celebrity and CEO of New Blood Interactive—publisher of indie titles like Gloomwood, Dusk, and ULTRAKILL—held as a motto before he left social media…
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THE BEAUTY OF A DEV DECK
Babette N. So, you’re on your game development journey! That’s awesome! A very common process in creating games is a development deck, or a dev deck, which helps you and your team track progress and stay organized. A lot of people mistake their function, so we’re going to go over what a dev deck actually…
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XP SUMMIT TORONTO 26!
Babette Norton Hey gang! Long time no chat! This week, I had the pleasure of visiting the XP Summit Toronto again for 2026, located once more at the Hyatt in Toronto. The venue is a great size, and although it can be a bit tough at times to navigate to the corners to find some…
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GDC PREP NOTES FROM THE PHONE OF J. ISAAC GADIENT
J. Isaac Gadient GDC PREPSaturday, March 7, 20269:06 AMI have put off:◦ Packing◦ Doing Laundry to even have clothes to pack◦ Trying on outfits to see if i even own anything fancy enough for the awards shows that still fit on my fluctuating-in-size body◦ Doing Dishes (cannot leave the sink full for my spouse while…
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MDEV 2025
J. Isaac Gadient Madison, Wisconsin: An hour west of Milwaukee and half its size; two hours west of Chicago and a tenth its size. But Madison does boast one feature (in addition to the best cheese curds in the world): A robust local game development scene. To name a few studios: Raven Software, Respawn, PUBG, Filament Games,…
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XP VANCOUVER
Babette Norton Vancouver is one of Canada’s great media hubs; home to a majority of the animation and film industry, Vancouver also boasts a massive chunk of the games industry as well. This weekend was the XP Biz & SIGNALS joint event in the heart of the city. In two different downtown venues, October 3rd and 4th…
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THINK OF GAMES AS YOU TRY TO GET INTO THE GAMES INDUSTRY
Franco E. Pacho Recently, I’ve been thinking about portfolios, more specifically on how we build one. Since I am in the process of updating my writing portfolio. By now, if you are aiming to work at the gaming industry you must have heard (and read, even here at ENTRY LVL) some advice to build your…