This is my speech from a Shared Gems seminar held at Helsinki June 2012. I talked to game students about how hard it is to know where the industry is going and tried to break their possible gamer-bubble. The slides are kinda toned, even though my speech was pretty harsh.

1. WTF... is HAPPENING?
Annakaisa Kultima

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5. Science
and Design

6. “Game design
is second order
design.”

7. Iteration.

8. Game industry is
still very personal.

9. But it’s kinda
hard...

10. What is
happening?

11. Casual turn

12. Everybody plays.

13. Social turn

14. Metrics are
here.

15. Games are big.

16. Triple-A ??

17. We attract kids
that love games.

18. “We don’t need
another you.”

19. Girls have to
wait in line too.

20. What to learn
and what to
teach?

21. Prepare!

22. Hybrid
experiences.

23. More players.

24. Design is a bitch.

25. “If you love what
you do, you will
preserve.”

26. You are not the
audience.

27. Don’t stand at
the crossroads
waiting.

28. Make brave
games.

29. Don’t be afraid
to stand out.

30. Prepare to fail.

31. And do it again.

32. Now let’s go
cupcakes.
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