BadMoPho

I’ve seen the future of mobile gaming and, well, sorry to say it has nothing to do with mobile games.  Oh sure, while mobile games will always have a place in the mobile gaming world, they will not be the primary revenue driver.  Not by a long shot.  In fact, in the not-too-distant future the primary revenue drivers in mobile gaming will actually be console, online, and PC games.  Not console, online and PC games repurposed and redeveloped for mobile devices, but actual console, online and PC games played on Xboxes and Alienware laptops.  Before the incredulous among you begin to write nasty comments, let me give you the play-by-play on how the time is fast approaching when mobile games take a backseat in the Read More

In the mid-19th century, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world traveled great distances and endured unimaginable hardships to get to California and Alaska after hearing about “gold nuggets lying around on the ground for the taking.” Last week, while browsing Barnes & Noble, (the actual store, not the website….that’s right, no Nook) I saw a book entitled “Make Millions Developing iPhone Apps!” Subtitles told me that “very little cost and no programming skills or technical experience” were required for me to embark on this sure path to app wealth. Is developing apps the latest version of the Gold Rush? As I recall from elementary school history, when the world’s masses flooded to Sutter’s Mill and the Klondike, very few ever actually found Read More