Jamison Selby

Can you innovate inside the box? Are regulatory constrictions an unavoidable barrier to true innovation? Or can a deep understanding of the rules of the road set your creativity free?

Distributed Development. Remote Operations. Working from Home. These were buzzwords with a small, but vibrant group of adherents preaching huge benefits. A much wider base of skeptics pictured lost productivity, untrustworthy employees and pretty people lounging beachside in the tropics with their laptops. The reality isn't so black and white. It's a challenge for many. But it can be done - and given the current state of the world, it must be done. So, if it must be done, let's do it right.

Successfully monetizing a game is becoming an ever-higher mountain to climb. When the cost of acquiring a player rises higher than that player's potential lifetime value, developers face a very difficult problem. Meanwhile real money play is expanding into the video game space at a rapid pace. Skill Games, eSports, Fantasy Sports, Online Gambling - players are spending money with the intention to win money. So just how do you make money by getting players to spend money trying to win money? What's legal and what's not? Where is it legal? Where do Apple and Google stand? What will happen in the next three years? Dig into a fast-paced primer on real money gaming.