6 things to bear in mind when localising video games The year is 1991. Your humble blogger sits cross-legged, resplendent in his Global Hypercolor tshirt and Reebok Pump trainers (sneakers, to my friends across the Atlantic – localisation, see?). I blow on the Bakelite-mounted copper connectors of my brand-new Zero Wing cartridge to ensure that …
These are strange times. No doubt about that. Not unprecedented; we’ve certainly faced and lived through situations in the past that changed our daily lives and our perspective, whether temporarily or permanently. We evolved in order to progress – COVID19 is no different in that respect. Global furloughing earlier this year resulted in a hiatus …
Peaks and troughs. Busy periods and not-so-busy periods. “Aaaaargh! I’m up to my eyeballs in projects” and “Have all of my clients been wiped out in a flash flood/gone off my work?” We’ve all had them. In fact, I bet somewhere out there there’s a reader saying to themselves, “Why, yes, Mark. I’m having one …
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