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Incredible Businessweek story about an organization scamming aspiring authors out of millions of dollars. Worth reading until the very end when it turns into a real-life crime thriller www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
‘Our Goal Is to Get Their Money’: Inside a Firm Charged With Scamming Writers for Millions
Author services company PageTurner used promises of mainstream success and Netflix deals to prey on more than 800 aspiring authors, according to DOJ.
www.bloomberg.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Incredible Businessweek story about an organization scamming aspiring authors out of millions of dollars. Worth reading until the very end when it turns into a real-life crime thriller www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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It’s pretty much all mismanagement. Adopting new tech prematurely? Mismanagement. Changing creative direction in production? Mismanagement. Iterating on content 3+ times? Mismanagement. Adding major features in production? Mismanagement.
Poor planning, failure to follow plans - all mismanagement.
Poor planning, failure to follow plans - all mismanagement.
Why do video games cost so much to make these days? A recent NYT article pinned bloated budgets on the graphical arms race, but that's only a small part of the equation. The real problem? Rampant mismanagement.
This week's column is a spicy one: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This week's column is a spicy one: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Why So Many Video Games Cost So Much to Make
Graphical fidelity is only part of the reason that game budgets have swelled to hundreds of millions of dollars
www.bloomberg.com
January 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It’s pretty much all mismanagement. Adopting new tech prematurely? Mismanagement. Changing creative direction in production? Mismanagement. Iterating on content 3+ times? Mismanagement. Adding major features in production? Mismanagement.
Poor planning, failure to follow plans - all mismanagement.
Poor planning, failure to follow plans - all mismanagement.
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This is out today on Steam and I can't recommend it highly enough. What a game! If you liked Return of the Obra Dinn, you'll love The Roottrees Are Dead.
Seven days into 2025 and I've already played what I suspect will be one of my favorite games of the year: The Roottrees Are Dead, a narrative logic deduction game (à la Obra Dinn) that has you searching for clues to unravel the dramatic story of a rich family store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
The Roottrees are Dead on Steam
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
store.steampowered.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is out today on Steam and I can't recommend it highly enough. What a game! If you liked Return of the Obra Dinn, you'll love The Roottrees Are Dead.