Last October I took part of the first ever game developers conference to take place in Morocco or the entirety of North Africa for that matter; it was a key event for a community that has suffered a great loss with the closure of Ubisoft Casablanca earlier that year. It was my first time to … Continue reading Morocco Game Developers conference 2016
On April 7th till 8th 2016, MEGA 2016 game conference took place in Beirut, Lebanon. I was proud to a speaker at this event where I met tons of very talented individuals from all over the region, I did a presentation for professionals as well as a workshop for aspiring game designers and young developers, … Continue reading MENA gaming expo in Beirut
Not too late I hope, but here's my list to the top games of 2015, as usual I played most of the new releases and made a list of the games that made the most positive impression on me. This year however there's something different, there are three titles that I am yet to play … Continue reading Game of the Year 2015
I just arrived back to Tokyo last night after a phenomenal week at Dubai, where I was a speaker in the Dubai World Gaming Expo, I had two presentations as well as moderated one panel during the event. I had an absolute great time in the city catching up with old friends and making new ones, It … Continue reading Dubai World Gaming Expo 2015
I was asked to be the Keynote Speaker of GameZanga - a MENA wide game Jam that's taking place this weekend. The keynote should include an introduction and advice for people going into the industry, for that I made this video, It's a bit cheesy and self serving, but it's also straight from the heart. … Continue reading GameZanga 2015
I've been warned that once I move to Japan I wouldn't have as much time on my hands as I had before, everyone was right. I've been really busy, and terrible at updating this blog, but a lot of stuff happened, and seems like a lot of stuff are on their way as well. So … Continue reading 2015 highlights so far
2014 wasn't exactly a good year for games, and in the scope of the upcoming massive year of 2015 it will probably be a very forgettable year in terms of releases, it will be remembered however for buggy releases and games that didn't work half the time. That said, there are gems to be dug up … Continue reading Top 10 games of 2014
Game development is one of those careers in which you'd be forever traveling for the job, and believe me I'm not complaining. Having started in my hometown of Amman and through the wonderful world of game development I have traveled the world, most recently I have lived in beautiful New Zealand for over three years where … Continue reading Welcome to Tokyo
I thought I'll write this post while I have the time and while it's still current, Today I had a presentation in NZGDC14 regarding my points of view on free to play monetization game design. As usual I'd like to share the slides so that if someone wanted notes, or just the gist of what … Continue reading NZGDC 2014
Outside of my hotel in Union Square San Francisco preparing for the first day of GDC 2014 GDC is by far my favorite game show/convention. Unlike E3, TGS and PAX which are media and marketing focused, this is an event dedicated specifically to the game developers themselves, all though announcements are made at GDC … Continue reading GDC 2014
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