The Age of the Dinosaurs

 

This was my lecture at the 2006 Austin Game Conference. It’s about the way in which the games business was changing from a business perspective, along with some speculations about what the future holds for those publishers and developers who adapt.

There is also a PDF of the presentation available, courtesy of Morgan Ramsay.

 

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