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The Future of PC Gaming

Posted by Joseph Kim | Dec 6, 2020 | Strategy, YouTube

Lilith’s Farlight 84 – New Mobile/PC F...

Posted by Joseph Kim | Dec 1, 2020 | Development, YouTube

Trip Hawkins on The New High Score | Past and Futu...

Posted by Joseph Kim | Sep 28, 2020 | Strategy

LiveOps – F2P Sales Best Practices 2020

Posted by Joseph Kim | Sep 3, 2020 | Product Management

An Epic Game of Chicken

Posted by Joseph Kim | Aug 18, 2020 | Strategy

Starting a New Game Studio | 3 CEOs Who Raised Mil...

Posted by Joseph Kim | Aug 3, 2020 | Strategy

The Economy of the Metaverse | Interview with Epic...

Posted by Joseph Kim | Jul 27, 2020 | Strategy

Mobile Marketing for Card Games | Growing Ultimate...

Posted by Joseph Kim | Jul 22, 2020 | Marketing

Investing in Game Startups | Venture Capital Panel

Posted by Joseph Kim | Jul 20, 2020 | Opinion

All About Battle Pass | Digital Conference

Posted by Joseph Kim | Jul 17, 2020 | Conference

Games Industry M&A Outlook 2020: Who’s ...

Posted by Joseph Kim | Jul 13, 2020 | Strategy, YouTube

Epic Games $18B Valuation: Too High or Too Low?

Posted by Joseph Kim | Jul 9, 2020 | Strategy

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Investing in Game Startups | Venture Capital Panel

by Joseph Kim | Jul 20, 2020 | Opinion

We’re here today to talk about the current investment environment for gaming studios. We’ll be...

Zynga vs. Supercell. The quest to be the world’s most valuable mobile gaming company!

by Joseph Kim | May 31, 2020 | Opinion, Strategy
Why Fortnite will fall, but Battle Royale will rise on mobile

by Joseph Kim | Apr 11, 2018 | Opinion, Strategy
Building a Successful Team through Determined Optimism: Winners vs. Whiners

by Joseph Kim | Feb 2, 2017 | Development, Opinion
An Open-source Mobile Gaming Taxonomy

by Joseph Kim | Jan 23, 2017 | Opinion, Strategy
Implications of “Alpha” and “Beta” in Mobile Gaming

by Joseph Kim | Dec 11, 2013 | Game Design, Opinion
Psychology & Perception: How Games are Like Wine

by Joseph Kim | Jul 16, 2013 | Game Design, Opinion
Silicon Valley Mobile Game Companies Can’t Compete

by Joseph Kim | Jun 5, 2013 | Opinion

LiveOps – F2P Sales Best Practices 2020

by Joseph Kim | Sep 3, 2020 | Product Management

One of the biggest drivers for increasing existing player monetization and LTV is through F2P...

Data Science at Games Studios

by Joseph Kim | May 18, 2020 | Product Management, YouTube
F2P Sales Best Practices

by Joseph Kim | Oct 14, 2019 | Product Management, YouTube
Product Management at Riot Games

by Joseph Kim | Jul 5, 2019 | Product Management, YouTube
Mobile Game Product Manager Victor Wang of NBCUniversal | Jurassic World Alive F2P PM Interview

by Joseph Kim | Mar 27, 2019 | Product Management, YouTube
“Key Risks” Based Game Pre-production

by Joseph Kim | Jan 11, 2017 | Game Design, Product Management
Destructive Executives and the “Giant Spider” Problem

by Joseph Kim | Mar 17, 2016 | Development, Product Management
The “Strange Attractor” in Video Game Design

by Joseph Kim | Apr 2, 2015 | Game Design, Product Management
Mobile Game Design: Iteration vs. Planning, MVP = Dangerous!

by Joseph Kim | Feb 16, 2015 | Game Design, Product Management
Mobile UI and Game Design: Screens vs. Flows

by Joseph Kim | Mar 23, 2014 | Game Design, Product Management

The Future of PC Gaming

by Joseph Kim | Dec 6, 2020 | Strategy, YouTube

We live in one of the most vibrant and exciting moments in history for gaming: The expansion of...

Trip Hawkins on The New High Score | Past and Future of Video Games

by Joseph Kim | Sep 28, 2020 | Strategy
An Epic Game of Chicken

by Joseph Kim | Aug 18, 2020 | Strategy
Starting a New Game Studio | 3 CEOs Who Raised Millions!

by Joseph Kim | Aug 3, 2020 | Strategy
The Economy of the Metaverse | Interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney

by Joseph Kim | Jul 27, 2020 | Strategy
Games Industry M&A Outlook 2020: Who’s Getting Acquired Next?

by Joseph Kim | Jul 13, 2020 | Strategy, YouTube
Epic Games $18B Valuation: Too High or Too Low?

by Joseph Kim | Jul 9, 2020 | Strategy
How to Build the Amazon of Game Companies

by Joseph Kim | Jun 11, 2020 | Strategy
Zynga vs. Supercell. The quest to be the world’s most valuable mobile gaming company!

by Joseph Kim | May 31, 2020 | Opinion, Strategy
Social Casino: Genre Outlook 2020

by Joseph Kim | Apr 24, 2020 | Strategy, YouTube

How Idle Heroes made $100M

by Joseph Kim | Feb 27, 2018 | Game Design

In June of 2016, little known Chinese publisher DroidHang Games (aka “DH Games”) launched...

F2P Game Design: Gameplay vs. Systems vs. Social

by Joseph Kim | Oct 26, 2017 | Game Design
“Key Risks” Based Game Pre-production

by Joseph Kim | Jan 11, 2017 | Game Design, Product Management
The “Strange Attractor” in Video Game Design

by Joseph Kim | Apr 2, 2015 | Game Design, Product Management
Mobile Game Design: Iteration vs. Planning, MVP = Dangerous!

by Joseph Kim | Feb 16, 2015 | Game Design, Product Management
+1 Game Design: A Problem-centric Framework

by Joseph Kim | Apr 26, 2014 | Game Design
Mobile UI and Game Design: Screens vs. Flows

by Joseph Kim | Mar 23, 2014 | Game Design, Product Management
The Compulsion Loop in Game Design Explained

by Joseph Kim | Mar 16, 2014 | Game Design, Strategy
Implications of “Alpha” and “Beta” in Mobile Gaming

by Joseph Kim | Dec 11, 2013 | Game Design, Opinion
Why Mobile Games Need a Strong “Heartbeat”

by Joseph Kim | Oct 14, 2013 | Game Design, Product Management

Mobile Marketing for Card Games | Growing Ultimate Cribbage

by Joseph Kim | Jul 22, 2020 | Marketing

INTRODUCTION Indie mobile game developer WildCard Games has been developing mobile card games for...

Death of Performance Marketing: End of a Career in UA?

by Joseph Kim | Jun 11, 2020 | Marketing, YouTube
How to Prepare for the Future of Mobile Marketing!

by Joseph Kim | May 26, 2020 | Marketing, YouTube
User Acquisition Under Crisis

by Joseph Kim | May 20, 2020 | Marketing, YouTube
The Death of Performance Marketing: The Secret Interview

by Joseph Kim | May 7, 2020 | Marketing
How to get 40M installs? Marketing for Mobile Games | Brian Sapp VP User Acquisition at Jam City

by Joseph Kim | Apr 5, 2019 | Marketing, YouTube

The Future of PC Gaming

by Joseph Kim | Dec 6, 2020 | Strategy, YouTube

We live in one of the most vibrant and exciting moments in history for gaming: The expansion of...

Lilith’s Farlight 84 – New Mobile/PC FPS Shooter in 2021 | LILA Reaction

by Joseph Kim | Dec 1, 2020 | Development, YouTube
Games Industry M&A Outlook 2020: Who’s Getting Acquired Next?

by Joseph Kim | Jul 13, 2020 | Strategy, YouTube
Online Game Services for Multiplayer PVP Games

by Joseph Kim | Jun 22, 2020 | Development, YouTube
Death of Performance Marketing: End of a Career in UA?

by Joseph Kim | Jun 11, 2020 | Marketing, YouTube
How to Prepare for the Future of Mobile Marketing!

by Joseph Kim | May 26, 2020 | Marketing, YouTube
User Acquisition Under Crisis

by Joseph Kim | May 20, 2020 | Marketing, YouTube
Data Science at Games Studios

by Joseph Kim | May 18, 2020 | Product Management, YouTube
Social Casino: Genre Outlook 2020

by Joseph Kim | Apr 24, 2020 | Strategy, YouTube
How to Operate in a Brave New World | How Companies and Employees Must Change

by Joseph Kim | Apr 15, 2020 | Strategy, YouTube

The Future of PC Gaming

by Joseph Kim | Dec 6, 2020 | Strategy, YouTube

We live in one of the most vibrant and exciting moments in history for gaming: The expansion of...

Lilith’s Farlight 84 – New Mobile/PC FPS Shooter in 2021 | LILA Reaction

by Joseph Kim | Dec 1, 2020 | Development, YouTube
Trip Hawkins on The New High Score | Past and Future of Video Games

by Joseph Kim | Sep 28, 2020 | Strategy
LiveOps – F2P Sales Best Practices 2020

by Joseph Kim | Sep 3, 2020 | Product Management
An Epic Game of Chicken

by Joseph Kim | Aug 18, 2020 | Strategy
Starting a New Game Studio | 3 CEOs Who Raised Millions!

by Joseph Kim | Aug 3, 2020 | Strategy
The Economy of the Metaverse | Interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney

by Joseph Kim | Jul 27, 2020 | Strategy
Mobile Marketing for Card Games | Growing Ultimate Cribbage

by Joseph Kim | Jul 22, 2020 | Marketing
Investing in Game Startups | Venture Capital Panel

by Joseph Kim | Jul 20, 2020 | Opinion
All About Battle Pass | Digital Conference

by Joseph Kim | Jul 17, 2020 | Conference

12 Critical Mobile Monetization Concepts (Part 1 of 3)

by Joseph Kim | Aug 15, 2013 | Game Design

Are you ready to level up your mobile app monetization? Context: In October of 2011, an article...

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Introduction to Mobile Analytics & Reporting

by Joseph Kim | Jun 1, 2013 | Product Management

I recently spoke as a panelist at the MG West conference on mobile game analytics and...

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Silicon Valley Mobile Game Companies Can’t Compete

by Joseph Kim | Jun 5, 2013 | Opinion

It’s too difficult to build an A-class mobile game development company here in Silicon...

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Micro vs. Macro Gameplay

by Joseph Kim | Oct 10, 2013 | Game Design

Micro vs. Macro Context: Surprisingly, a large number of people in the video games industry...

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The “Strange Attractor” in Video Game Design

by Joseph Kim | Apr 2, 2015 | Game Design, Product Management

Context Before gameplay, mechanics, monetization, or any other key design consideration, a new...

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The “+1” Mobile Game Design Strategy (Gamasutra)

by Joseph Kim | Jun 2, 2013 | Game Design, Strategy

History and Context: In the winter of 2008, I launched my first game: it was a social game on...

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Monetization-based Game Design: ARPDAU Contribution

by Joseph Kim | Jun 6, 2013 | Game Design, Product Management

Context: In today’s mobile game market, the most successful games must have extremely high...

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Implications of “Alpha” and “Beta” in Mobile Gaming

by Joseph Kim | Dec 11, 2013 | Game Design, Opinion

Bear with me on this post. There will be some financial jargon and a bit of math but the...

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