I love coming over and talk to the students at the Berlin Games Academy; I had the opportunity to come by again this semester and talk to the students about game mechanics for a while. The presentation was streamed live to the faculty in Frankfort at the same time and it was recorded in full. … Continue reading Lecture at Berlin Games Academy January 2018
2017 was a very eventful year for video games, with major new installments for many top franchises and a couple of new console releases to boot with the Nintendo Switch and the Xbox One X both coming out in 2017. There are games on this list that might surprise people from Japan as they have … Continue reading Fawzi Mesmar’s Top 15 Games of the Year 2017
I was really happy to be able to return to jordan after a long time aboard and participate in the 7th annual gaming summit. I was blown away by the number of attendees that exceeded 700 people; mostly young game developers that have been attending game development courses and volunteer at one of the several … Continue reading Jordan 7th Gaming summit – November 2017
King is a very special company; not only in the way it operates but in how it is constantly focused on making itself the best place to work, and provide avenues for growth for everyone working there. One of my favorite times is an annual King exclusive GDC like conference when all the employees of … Continue reading Kingfomarket Barcelona – May 2017
I forgot to add this a while back, did a presentation during the Berlin games week as part of Quo Vadis, the presentation i did was a personal one, as i went in depth on my experience managing design teams in different parts of the world, and how different cultures have their part in influencing … Continue reading Quo Vadis – April 2017 in Berlin
First time in Finland, and was an honor to share the stage with the guys from casual connect again to perform our panel on designing games for optimum IAP. It was also a great opportunity for me to visit Helsinki and catch up with industry friends in the city and see what they're up to. … Continue reading Pocket Gamer Helsinki 2017
Had the honor to share a panel with esteemed industry peers and veterans Alexandre Besenval (Social Point) and Reginaldo Valadares (Rovio) with Ted Verani (Scientific Revenue); the panel was titled Designing Mobile Games for Optimal IAP The brief of the panel: While the vast majority of mobile game revenue is earned through in-app purchases, designing games for optimal IAP remains … Continue reading Casual Connect Feb 2017 in Berlin
I've had the honor of taking part of MGF in London this January; I was part of a panel that spoke about the future of mobile games industry as we looked back at the biggest events of 2016 and our outlook towards 2017 Panel: Defining the Future of Mobile Gaming Questions that were discussed included: Is … Continue reading Mobile Games Forum 2017 – London
This is the time of the year when I take a step back to reflect on what a crazy ride 2016 has been for the world, for me personally and most importantly for gaming. There were a lot of good games out this year, so many in fact that I had 5 runner ups to my … Continue reading Fawzi Mesmar’s Top 15 Games of the Year 2016
One of the first things I did when I arrived to Berlin is to get in touch with the schools for games in the city, and since we had a bunch of graduates of the Games Academy already working in our studio I was put in touch with them fairly early on to which I … Continue reading A talk with Students at Games Academy Berlin, November 2016
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