Videogame Visionary - Game industry, game studies, game culture. Making sense of it all. http://www.vgvisionary.com Videogame Visionary is an initiative to shed more light on the true visionaries from the video game industry, video game related research and the general gaming scene. Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:57:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Masters Thesis Approved! http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=646 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=646#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:53:27 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=646 Front

Hell, it’s about time I finished college and got on the job market. My Masters thesis on EULAs and digital distribution platforms has officially been approved and I’m getting my degree in New Media and Digital Culture! I’m now officially on the jobhunt for a position that allows me to contribute to the game industry on innovative gameplay, strategic marketing, management and/or new business models. If you know anything that fits my profile, do get in touch with me!

If you’re interested in my thesis, you can download it here.

no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=646 0 Monthly article wrap-up http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=638 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=638#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:39:03 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=638 Wrap

Boy, I haven’t been updating this website for ages! So here’s a new plan: monthly updates of things I’ve done and articles I’ve written. July was kind of quiet, but here’s what I still managed to produce!

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Button Scott Pilgrim confirmed on XBLA.

Button Review: Blacklight: Tango Down.

Bashers.nl (all in Dutch)

Button Digitale distributie van Hollandse bodem: de aanpak van Free Record Shop

- July 19th, 2010.
no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=638 0 Down and about at E3 2010 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=620 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=620#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:54:18 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=620 e3_20100617_8577v
This year’s E3 was back to its former glory, including the necessary schedule chaos and stressed out PR people. We made it home safe with tons of stories to go around for different outlets and be sure to check out Jonathan’s photo coverage over here!

no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=620 0 Proud dad moment: Pulse out on Appstore http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=614 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=614#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:17:59 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=614 It’s been more than a year since I worked on my very first videogame during the Global Game Jam 2009. I’m proud to announce that Pulse: The Game has finally made it to the Apple Appstore thanks to our publishing deal with Virtual Fairground. The game even includes a soundtrack by DJ Ferry Korsten. Check out this new trailer!

Feel free to try out the free trial version featuring 1 track from the game.

no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=614 0 GDC 2010 Round-up: Injecting inspiration http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=600 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=600#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:47:48 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=600 IMG_6245The Game Developers Conference once again injected the minds of all the attendees with new ideas, lessons learned and a lot of inspiration. Here’s a round-up of all the articles I actually finished writing before the conference ended. More should be coming up soon!

Button GDC 2010: De stuiterende staat van social games

Button GDC 2010: De oorlogsverklaring van Jesse Schell

Button GDC 2010: “Oops, my bad…” De geleerde lessen van Sid Meier

Button GDC 2010: Wat vlugge tips van Playfish

Button GDC Beeld: Marketing buiten de doos

Button GDC 2010: Big Sister was niet altijd briljant

Button GDC 2010: Epic-producer stuurde zelfs zijn baas naar huis

Button GDC 2010: Veteranen in social games – Wat hebben ze te bieden?

Button GDC 2010: Geniet van je eigen game, verwaarloos de speler

no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=600 0 GDC 2010 Coverage coming up! http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=594 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=594#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:21:59 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=594 I just landed in San Francisco to once again cover this year’s Game Developers Conference. Be sure to check out Bashers.nl for the quick on site coverage the next couple of days!

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no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=594 0 Thank you for voting http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=589 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=589#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:01:40 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=589 I just got a call from Nyenrode University to inform me that I’m one of the 50 finalists for the FD Career Challenge. I’ll be visiting the university for a mini-MBA and try my luck at the main prize. Hurrah!
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If you voted for me, you now officially have the right to approach me at any time for a drink. Save it up untill summer time if you want a margerita!
Update: The MBA went to a lady this time. It was a very inspiring weekend! Here are the pics.

no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=589 0 Covering Casual Connect 2010 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=568 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=568#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:22:31 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=568 I’ve alwasy wanted to expand and explore the casual and social game market. Luckily, I’ve been spent  a couple of days in Hamburgy to cover the Casual Connect Conference.

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Be sure to check out Bashers.nl in the upcoming days for coverage by both Ellen and myself!

no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=568 0 My top five retrospective of 2009 at Bashers.nl http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=557 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=557#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:35:58 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=557 This is my second year writing for Bashers.nl and what a fun time it has been! It put me in touch with a couple of very ambitious young people, inspired me to write some great stuff and always involved some heated game related debates!

Team Bashers

So here’s my top 5 retrospective of 2009 (in Dutch), with a surprise on #1, just like last year!

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Hope you have a good one!

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