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E Zachary Knight's Blog

Ephraim Knight is a web developer and an independent game developer dealing with Flash and Open Source Technologies. He is also the former Chapter President of the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Entertainment Consumers Association. Follow me on twitter: twitter.com/ezknight

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New Research Brings Much Needed Objectivity To Game Piracy Numbers  Featured Blogs
Posted by E Zachary Knight on Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:10:00 EDT in Business/Marketing, Console/PC
Researchers have found objective and quantifiable data on the piracy numbers of games through BitTorrent.
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Copying Mechanics is Not Theft, Nor is it Infringement  Featured Blogs
Posted by E Zachary Knight on Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:00:00 EDT in
Why what Gamenauts did to Vlambeer is ethical and expected in game design.
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Don't Hate Your Fans
Posted by E Zachary Knight on Sat, 06 Aug 2011 07:52:00 EDT in Business/Marketing, Console/PC
Why do so many companies treat their fans in such an adversarial manner?
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Linux+Eclipse+AXDT+Flixel
Posted by E Zachary Knight on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:00:00 EDT in Programming, Social/Online
Flash programming on Linux doesn't have to be done through the command line. Here is my IDE setup.
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Sega Has Been Hacked; Shows Up Sony
Posted by E Zachary Knight on Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:22:00 EDT in Business/Marketing, Console/PC
Sega was hacked and let users know within a day. Sony took 3 weeks. What's up with that?
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Gaming in the Future with Set Top Boxes  Featured Blogs
Posted by E Zachary Knight on Tue, 24 May 2011 12:00:00 EDT in Business/Marketing, Social/Online
In the future we will see a market shift to set top box gaming provided by Cable and Satellite television providers.
Read More... | 24 Comments

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E Zachary Knight's Comments

Comment In: Delta Force dev seeking damages over Modern Warfare 3 infringement [News - 05/18/2012 - 07:29]

John, r n r nThat ...

John, r n r nThat requires that people are buying the knockoff in lue of the original. How many people bought Modern Warfare 3 as a replacement for Delta Force

Comment In: When digital dies, where does that leave game preservation? [News - 05/18/2012 - 03:03]

This is why I have ...

This is why I have made the commitment to open source all my games after a certain period of time. I have not determined what that time will be as I am still working on my first release. However, It will probably be close to 5 years or so depending ...

Comment In: Ubisoft picks up Avengers license following canceled THQ game [News - 05/18/2012 - 12:15]

Apparently, Marvel Ultimate Alliance is ...

Apparently, Marvel Ultimate Alliance is about the closest you are going to get at the moment. Most people who have played it liked it and are recommending it as a good stop gap to a real Avengers game not this game Ubisoft is making .

Comment In: Boss Battles are Broken [Blog - 05/07/2012 - 03:43]

One thing I would like ...

One thing I would like to see with boss battles is more meaning beyond the big fight at the end. One game that I really liked for this was Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past. The levels and boss battles actually tied together. In the levels, you got a ...

Comment In: Understand the price you could pay for not owning the work in your game [News - 05/18/2012 - 09:59]

It is also to highlight ...

It is also to highlight a part of the feature article the editor finds most interesting.

Comment In: Opinion: How long before the Kickstarter bubble bursts? [News - 05/18/2012 - 05:05]

I think it is pretty ...

I think it is pretty clear that the money earned in a Kickstarter campaign is normal business revenue. You are selling a product to the people pitching in. Since it is a product being sold, it would fall under that line of taxation. Which means that typical business deductions are ...

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