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Ed Fries discusses the evolution of gaming as a reflection of his career Ed Fries discusses his career through the evolution of gaming (photo courtesy of Casual Connect) They say reflection is appreciation. For most of Ed Fries career, like a lot of us, we have been working on projects, products or businesses which may not have been in the sweet spot of our passion but we were able to reap rewards of timing and good fortune. Ed Fries' career started in gaming at a young age but when hired by Microsoft in the 80's, he was put mostly on popular projects like Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word. But in the end,  he left the cash cow business of Microsoft Office and went to run the Microsoft Game Studio where  he was put in his passion sweet spot - gaming.  We were at the 2016  Casual Connect USA's Industry Insight track to see Ed's talk where he takes you from the first game in 1962 to the current uptick of mobile gaming. Check out the abridged version and the f...

Casual Connect USA Starts Today Casual Connect USA Starts Today The 2016 Casual Connect USA opens today in San Francisco.  Casual Connect USA is about matching the creativity of the games industry with new media innovation and investment. There will be many talented speakers at Casual Connect USA 2016, and today we’re highlighting some of the  Industry Insights track speakers . The Nerd Stalker team will be learning the inner workings and current trends of the games industry from those who know it best and will be reporting on this later. The Industry Insights track is designed to help people in all aspects of the gaming industry create more potent strategies with global and region-specific insights. Check them out below!