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Garrett Eastman

The Geeks Who Saved Prince of Persia' s Source Code From Digital Death - 0 views

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    "Wired correspondent Gus Mastrapa was on the scene in Los Angeles to witness the recovery of a piece of gaming history. LOS ANGELES - Jordan Mechner saved everything. He saved all the videotape he took in October 1985 of his brother running and jumping around their old neighborhood, footage that he rotoscoped into the animations for his Apple II game Prince of Persia ."
Garrett Eastman

Findings from a comparison between European cities in the gaming industry 'How can Utre... - 0 views

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    Abstract: "The main goal of this research is to understand how Utrecht's business environment must be developed in order to increase the region's international competiveness in the gaming industry. Utrecht's aim is to specialize in the gaming industry. In this research it is estimated that Utrecht is focused on small digital development game companies. The results indicate that Utrecht's competitive advantages are in its policy intervention, low labor wages and real estate costs, well developed demographical factors and infrastructure compared to the other investigated European cities. However, Utrecht scores below average on the categories of investments, quality of life and human resources. Once Utrecht has a stronger promotional effort in the gaming industry, it enlarges its attraction to draw game companies and to better its international position."
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