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In today's main feature story, Alex Handy talks to GameTap's Blake Lewin, discussing the forthcoming 'syndicated game network', which may be of interest to game professio...

Simon Carless, Blogger

June 22, 2005

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In today's main feature story, Alex Handy talks to GameTap's Blake Lewin, discussing the forthcoming 'syndicated game network', which may be of interest to game professionals because of the possibilities available from resurrecting classic game titles in emulated form as a paid subscription service. Handy's introduction explains the background of the founder: "Blake Lewin's business card, upon first glance, does not telegraph Lewin's involvement in the games industry. At the top, an embossed ovoid "Turner" logo stretches across some black pinstripes, and underneath that are listed some of the company's most popular offerings: CNN, TNT, TBS, TCM, Cartoon Network, and the Atlanta Braves. But if this vice president of new product development and innovations has his way, the Braves will not be the only seemingly incongruous product on Turner business cards. This fall, Lewin and Turner will be launching GameTap, the world's first gaming syndication network. But Lewin hopes that the service will change more than just Turner's business cards. A successful GameTap, Lewin says, will change the way publishers and developers do business. Grandiose claims, for sure, but to hear Blake tell it, it's something that had to happen eventually." You can now read the full Gamasutra feature on the subject (no registration required, please feel free to link to the article from external websites).

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Simon Carless

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Simon Carless is the founder of the GameDiscoverCo agency and creator of the popular GameDiscoverCo game discoverability newsletter. He consults with a number of PC/console publishers and developers, and was previously most known for his role helping to shape the Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Conference for many years.

He is also an investor and advisor to UK indie game publisher No More Robots (Descenders, Hypnospace Outlaw), a previous publisher and editor-in-chief at both Gamasutra and Game Developer magazine, and sits on the board of the Video Game History Foundation.

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