In this Metacast episode, Anil Das-Gupta and Matt Dion, join your host Maria Gillies to discuss:
#1 Sony’s Transmedia Announcements: Are we in the golden age for successful big screen adaptations of games?
#2 When Does Consolidation Mania End: Why are game giants interested in being acquired? What does consolidation mean to the creativity of game development?
#3 Some Players Don’t Want Fair Matchmaking: Popular FPS players and content creators are asking for easy PvP lobbies so they can entertain with crushing wins. Should games optimize their matchmaking design for retention instead of near-perfect skill matching? We dive into Ethan Davison’s ‘Video game developers want fair online games. Some players really don’t.’
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