budget
Massively Overthinking: What’s your monthly MMO budget?
Unless you are fabulously wealthy, you probably maintain some sort of budget for your discretionary expenses, and if MMOs had their way, they'd claim...
The Daily Grind: Do you game on a budget?
Last week, a friend of mine made an offhand comment about how much something dear to her cost, joking that it wouldn't seem like...
The Daily Grind: How much of your gaming budget is spent on MMOs?
There was a time in my life when my budget consisted of two basic line items - things I needed for survival and video...
Ashes of Creation’s Steven Sharif on his business history, $30M funding goal, and PvP
As I put this piece together Thursday morning, Ashes of Creation's Kickstarter has far exceeded its $750,000 goal, surging along toward stretch goals with...
The Daily Grind: Do low-budget imported MMOs have a place in the current market?
The sad news about Asta and ELOA's upcoming closure prompted a musing from longtime commenter GreaterDivinity regarding the import-run-close model that has long been...
The Daily Grind: Has a trailer ever convinced you to give an MMO a shot?
Companies pay a lot of money to make good trailers. We all know this. The latest World of Warcraft intro cinematic didn't cost $3.50...
Warcraft has become the most successful film adaptation of a video game
The strength of its success at the Chinese box office has led Warcraft to be the single most successful video game adaptation film to...
Ron Gilbert explains how video game budgets work
If you've never designed a game for money, you probably do not have a very clear picture of what video game budgets look like....
