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[5 Nov 2009 | No Comments]
National Toy Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

The National Toy Hall of Fame announced this morning it’s 2009 inductees! They are:
The Ball, Big Wheel and the Nintendo Game Boy!

The announcement took place at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY and the items were chosen from twelve nominees which also included: Cabbage Patch Kids, Game of Life, Hot Wheels, Paper Airplane, Playing Cards, Rubik’s Cube, Sidewalk Chalk, Toy Tea Set, and Transformers. The Toy Hall of Fame accepts toy and game nominations all year and on November 5th they announced this year’s nominees biased on …

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[21 Sep 2009 | 2 Comments]
So You Want to Be a Game Inventor?

Periodically I get an email, a comment, a Facebook or LinkedIn message asking me if I can help a someone get a meeting with Hasbro’s inventor relations department.  Typically I say, “Sorry no, I would be seriously damaging my relationship with Hasbro if I did that” (which is the truth) and politely point them in the direction of the TIA’s (Toy Industry Association) website which talks about agents and other options.
What most beginning game inventors don’t realized is that there is a large group of professional inventors out there, commonly …