Thought Leadership

Today, We Lost Our Captain  Legendary actor Sir Patrick Stewart has passed away at 86 in Los Angeles.  In this deeply sad moment for his family and his millions of fans...

Gamers Today Mourn the Closing of BioWare Studios - But Wasn't It Gone Already? The legendary game studio BioWare is no more -- the developer of peerless Intellectual Properties such as:...

Elon Musk Once Again Challenges the World To Dream Big Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely already seen the news that another one of Elon Musk’s companies...

 Disappointing Game Sales Will Force New Industry Dynamic: Good, Cheap, AND Fast The Brutal Margin Math of Gears of War: E-Day The development cycle of modern AAA gaming has officially...

What Blizzard Can Learn from Google About Punishing Illicit Currency Buying On his YouTube Channel today, popular Twitch streamer Asmongold discussed in quite a lot of detail, the current Blizzard Entertainment...

Asmongold's Olympus Guild Size Compared: Insane WoW Forever Stats Olympus Guild Scale Interactive Calculator Olympus Scale Specify a future estimated guild size for Olympus, and choose a category of data...

Fear of Losing Your Job Is A Horrible Motivator I’ve been talking with a lot of gamer friends about the shake-ups hitting the industry, and I’m also seeing plenty of...

In A Shocking Announcement Bungie Commits to Making Games for Gamers Well - Bungie has finally announced the return of Destiny along with a curious continued focus on Marathon - their failed...

Sony PlayStation No Longer Supporting Physical Games - Causes A GTA 6 Level Meltdown  More unfortunate news coming from the Gaming Industry this week. Sony PlayStation recently announced a discontinuation...

Japanese Snack Maker Calbee Used Kintsugi To Solve A Supply Chain Crisis Kintsugi - the traditional Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer, treating the breakage...

Digital Distribution Did Not & Ad-Supported Tiers Won't Save Gamers Money As a Marketer and a Gamer, this pains me to say this, but the topic of ads & games...

Starbucks Japan For Sale - The New Owners Must Consider The Cost BREAKING NEWS | Word on the street is that coffee giant Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is seriously considering selling off...

Your Brand Is Worth Fighting For | The Challenging Ferrari Luce Launch ------* UPDATE: JUNE 24th, 2026 * Big changes have come to Ferrari after the disastrous launch of the Ferrari...

Changes to Corporate AI Budget Management Incoming I just watched a great interview on CNN by Madison Mills from Axios. Madison is reporting on the ballooning costs of AI at...

Perhaps the Most Inspiring Commencement Speech You'll Ever Hear I just made my first mistake of the day, I logged into LinkedIn.  My reward? I was shown a deluge of...

Being Good at Being Bad - The Best Way To Run A Business I just watched a great video by Kevin O’Leary (Mr. Wonderful) speaking about the concept of ”knowing...

New Google Penalty: Back-button Hijacking to be penalized starting June 15th, 2026 Breaking SEO News! There is a new upcoming penalty that Google will be implementing on June 15th, 2026 that...

Love What You Do - My Simple Advice On Doing What You Love THE QUESTION "Mark, I don't like my job, but I don't hate it either. Should I really...