April 19-20, 2013 – Continuing the global expansion of gaming and game development, we visited the Digital Dragons 2013 European Games Festival held in Krakow, Poland. The electronic games market is the fastest growing sector in the entertainment industry and is expected to reach 60 billion euro in 2015 (IDATE prediction). Poland has been getting [...]
In the Eighties, the entire world was talking about the phenomena of Polish Cinema and audiences knew the names of directors such as Krzysztof Kieslowski, Andrzej Wajda or Roman Polanski. Do the creators of “Witcher 2“ or “Dead Island”, the most successful games made in Poland, have a chance today to become equally recognizable in [...]
For the people in industry, Stan Winston was an icon and legend of visual effects. For over 30 years, Stan Winston and his team of artists and technicians had been creating characters, creatures and monsters for the silver screen, from The Terminator and the extraterrestrial monsters of Alien, to the amazing dinosaurs of Jurassic Park. [...]
David Sanger from New Deal Studio stated that the best creature art coming from the studios today are a hybrid between physical and digital technologies. “Now with puppets and CGI, the sky is the limit.” New Deal Studio located in Sylmar, in Southern California started in 1995 by Matthew Gratzner, Ian Hutner and Shannon Blake [...]
At GDC2013, the focus was on the globalization of the gaming industry and the resulting tools and development successes that drive this system. As a result, many foreign governments were promoting the “pro gaming” culture and economic strengths in their region, to help bring new jobs and economic growth. Some of these exhibit areas were [...]
“Real Boxing is our biggest success, the most valued brand for Vivid Games so far” – said Remigiusz Koscielny, CEO of the company during GDC 2013 in San Francisco. He added that even though the company developed over 150 games over the years, their recent strategy is to design one big hit game as a core [...]
When he was kid, he was dreaming that one day he would become an architect. But one day something unexpected happened. When he was 14 years old, he heard a loud orchestra in his neighborhood. He climbed the wall and looked for the orchestra but could not find any. Suddenly a guy came out the [...]
When I sat with Henry Januszkiewicz for his short interview, Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys made their appearance at Gibson Guitar booth on January 27. But there is no better time for a busy CEO and I felt lucky to steal a few minutes of his time. Wilson started his concert with an acoustic [...]
“You’re not going to ruin your image in old age?” – asked Anne. “What image?” – replied George. “You know you are a monster sometimes” – she said. George and Anne are in their eighties. Both are retired music teachers and are highly intellectual, living a quiet and comfortable life together. Their only daughter, also [...]
You may have heard that Yamaha Corporation celebrates its 125th anniversary this year. During the NAMM trade show, we had a chance to talk to the president of Yamaha Corporation in America, Takuya “Tak” Nakata. Surprisingly, we found out that he plays a number of instruments. Yamaha America President Tak Nakata Q: We know traditionally [...]
