Observations on games by Robin Clarke

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Morpheme 1999 - 2008
Posted at 20:00 on 8th September 2008

On June 30th 2008, after nine eventful years, London-based games developer Morpheme Game Studios officially ceased to exist.
You’ve probably not heard of Morpheme. Like dozens (perhaps hundreds) of other small developers in the UK, they quietly went about their business for years without ever being thrust into the limelight by a blockbuster hit or groundbreaking [...]

 

Ad-funded mobile games: a bad idea
Posted at 19:53 on 11th June 2008

I should forewarn you that this post is going to contain marketing speak, and stuff that is probably only of interest to people who follow the business side of mobile games. I’ll get back to talking about less deathly dull subjects in the next update.
On mobile games industry news sites (like Pocket Gamer and Mobile [...]

 

Mobile games have come of age
Posted at 18:04 on 28th August 2007

The topic of mobile games (by which I mean the more commonly understood definition of games played on mobile phones, rather than the whole spectrum of portable handheld devices) is one that I’ve become closely familiar with over the past few years, having been involved for an extended period in mobile publishing and development. I’ve [...]

 

Prism: Light The Way
Posted at 18:39 on 11th January 2007

In the interest of full disclosure, I should point out that I was connected to the development of this game, and although I do not stand to gain commercially from its success, my views are inevitably going to be subjective. Don’t consider this a review, just a gentle prod that this game exists.
PRISM: Light The [...]

 

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