In early March, I am going to publish the first volume in my GAMESbrief Unplugged series. During the past two years, I have written 200,000 words on GAMESbrief. I’ve gathered, edited and tidied up some of the...

I am not a fan of special pleading for an industry. I would prefer a government to work to make Britain a more favourable environment for all entrepreneurs, not just games ones. I’ve written my arguments on...

This week, we have a guest post by Andy Moseby of law firm Kemp Little. He argues that thinking about legal issues early can save massive financial headaches later. $400m for ngMoco; $400m for Playfish; over $760m...

Last week, I received a letter saying that a House of Commons Select Committee had appropriated the copyright to my written submission to the enquiry into the government’s decision not to enact tax relief for the games...

I was reading a GamaSutra article on how the UK is losing out to Canada due to tax breaks. This comment from developer Rob Bridgett leaped out at me: I just don’t buy that the migration of...

If you’re interested in tax breaks, 3D, the Edinburgh Interactive Festival and Duke Nukem, you should listen to the Guardian podcast. Hosted by Dr Aleks Krotoski, with guests Keith Stuart and me, we cover a lot of...

GamesIndustry.biz is reporting on a speech by Ed Balls, the Labour leader candidate, linking the refusal of the coalition government to implement games tax credits with the demise of RealTime Worlds. This is so wrong-headed I don’t...