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  • The many adventures of Gamebook Adventures [interview]
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    The many adventures of Gamebook Adventures [interview]

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    Everyone loves to snuggle up with a good book. The only real downside is that books, by their very nature, are terribly one-sided experience. Wouldn't a story be much more engaging if it were interactive? If, instead of passively reading about someone else's adventure, you could actually play a part in your own?
  • Brave New World: Imangi Studios, Disney, and the branding of Temple Run [interview]
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    Brave New World: Imangi Studios, Disney, and the branding of Temple Run [interview]

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    The number of games on mobile devices now numbers in the hundreds of thousands. But break that down to the games that really matter - the games that everybody plays and that never seem to wear out their welcome - and that list gets considerably smaller. Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, Jetpack Joyride - they'd all make the cut. And yet, it's the endless running of adventurer Guy Dangerous that has seemed on the tip of everybody's tongue for the last six months.
  • Girls just want to have guns: Ghost Recon Commander and the art of helping Facebook games grow up
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    Girls just want to have guns: Ghost Recon Commander and the art of helping Facebook games grow up

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    Just last month, a new Ghost Recon game came out. Not only did it take the most risky approach yet to the long-standing stealth-action franchise, but it managed - against a deluge of other releases - to stand out as something totally unique. In some respects, you could argue that it charted a new course for its platform. Oh, and I forgot to mention: I'm talking about the one for Facebook
  • No expiration date: how Hidden Variable kept an app about groceries fresh [interview]
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    No expiration date: how Hidden Variable kept an app about groceries fresh [interview]

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    Bagging up groceries can be hard work - and nobody knows this fact better than Hidden Variable Studios. The studio released Bag It! in the Fall of 2011; a puzzle game about the delicate balancing act we all face when trying not to squish the bread or break the eggs in the checkout line. But unlike most mobile developers, whose games' popularity can expire quicker than a carton of milk, Hidden Variable has employed strategies that have helped them find new fans as time went on.
  • Lost and Found: Matthew Hall and the long road to Little Things Forever
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    Lost and Found: Matthew Hall and the long road to Little Things Forever

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    One of my favourite memories is of a recent summer I spent back home. While visiting a good friend, I took a day trip downtown, and stumbled with her into a gorgeous bookstore nestled at the corner of one of Vancouver's busiest streets. Straight away, we made a beeline for the top of the three story building - itself shaped like a massive glass novel - to our Shangri La: the children's section.
  • Dropping in on Drop Out developer Digital Poke [interview]
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    Dropping in on Drop Out developer Digital Poke [interview]

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    It's always nice to see a strong team of indie developers hitting the App Store out of nowhere, which is why we were pleasantly surprised when the three-man Digital Poke released their addicting physics puzzler, The Drop Out. When we heard that Digital Poke was rolling out a huge update for their first iOS title, we thought we'd catch up with the crew and get a glimpse at their plans for the future.