Edgar Strods from the Mail.Ru Group gave a quick rundown of the Russian social networks at the Intergame 2013 game conference. He also shared some stunning insights about the social games in Russia

Matteo Monari from BizUp gave a really nice presentation about the importance of SEO in game websites. Read the article to find out the

Malte Behrmann from EGDF gave us some highly interesting statistics about the European gaming industry and game development studios.

Cheap storage and a general lack of data often leads to less sophisticated statistical techniques when looking for insights while more data makes it easier to spot true trends and anomalies.

Lets talk about big data. Having a lot of different data points means you won`t have to normalize your findings and make any assumptions. Having less data will force youto make a lot of hard to verify assumptions.

Example - AB testing
 

Oleg Pridiuk from Unity shared some genius insights on what makes a good game a blazing success story and a perfect game.

The psychology of gamification explained in a simple way. Read more and you will also find some highly useful tips on game design. Come on, click me!

Julian Migura from BoaCompra shared us some interesting points about game mechanics at the Intergame 2013 game conference.

The evolution of Imperia Online can be divided into several different eras. Lets take a look at the key decisions which lead to it becoming the game it is today.

The benefits of crowdfunding in a nutshell
 

• Full control of the process and investor selection
• More time to develop the business
• Less red tape
• Motivated shareholders
• Direct feedback
• Opportunity to combine the marketing and fund raising processes

Hendrik Lesser gave one of the best presentations of the conference. Funny, cruel and worth the read. How to pitch 101. And not just to publishers

Lauri Antalainen from Gamefounders shared their experience at the Intergame 2013 game conference. He gave a short talk about how to make yourself attractive to an investor or a publisher.

Hi, UX enthusiasts! I have put together a list of the best user experience and information architecture blogs of and resources available on the web! Each and every one of them is worth visiting and some are real gems in the ever-changing world of UX.