EssayFlipping the Chip: How AI Will Make Games Gorgeous and GPUs UnrecognizableEssay
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EssayFlipping the Chip: How AI Will Make Games Gorgeous and GPUs Unrecognizable
EssayAnnouncing the Most Important Game I’ve Ever LaunchedEssay
Apr 22, 2025Diabetes Onboarding Is The Worst – So We Fixed It Level One launches April
EssayAnnouncing: The “Worst. Game. Ever.” BlogEssay
Mar 31, 2025Confession: My primary job isn’t running video game companies. That’s actually my second job. My primary job? I’m a full-time pancreas. My middle daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabet...
Essay10 Controversial Panel-Hosting Rules *Uncensored*Essay
Feb 3, 2025How to host an effective and entertaining conference panel
Essay3D Printing in Unlimited Colors – with a Single FilamentEssay
Jan 21, 2025The article explores a novel 3D printing technique called “Render to Filament,” which applies GPU rendering methods to create multi-colored filaments. By producing custom filaments for sp...
EssayBeautiful Teardowns of TeardownEssay
Jan 9, 2025Teardown is my new game obsession. I put it on my Steam wishlist before
EssayIt Runs on the Computer in My BasementEssay
Dec 12, 2024And That’s Just Crazy Exactly 21 years ago, as a final project for a
EssayThe Fly in the MachineEssay
Nov 27, 2024A few weeks ago one of the most groundbreaking papers in computational intelligence of the 21st century was published. It’s comparable in impact to that of the attention mechanism – the p...
EssayThe Neuroscience of Angry BirdsEssay
Oct 22, 2024WPP Stream Europe 2024 IGNITE Talk Last week, I returned from WPP Stream in
EssayThe Level Ex Life Science Division Has Been Acquired by Relevate Health!Essay
Sep 16, 2024Big News! Level Ex has been acquired! …Again! I’ll explain: Continuing to grow rapidly
EssayThe “Philadelphi Flip” PlanEssay
Sep 3, 2024Breaking the Impasse in Gaza Ceasefire Negotiations Proposed is a tactical diplomatic (and surreptitious)
EssayWhich LLM is best at writing AI code? Surprise!Essay
Aug 13, 2024Which LLM Chatbot is best at writing AI code? Surprise! Using AI to Make
EssayChatGPT Coding Cheat Codes: 7 Hard-Won Tips for Writing Code with ChatGPTEssay
Apr 22, 2024I’ve been doing a lot of coding with ChatGPT over the past year, and
EssayGDC 2024: Dealing with Antisemitism in the Games IndustryEssay
Apr 4, 2024The IGDA (International Game Developers Association) Jewish Special Interest Group was founded in 2013…. Read More
EssayThe Doozles are Dozing (Full Text)Essay
Jun 29, 2023Brought to you by Sam Glassenberg and ChatGPT4 In Pixar’s The Incredibles 2, Mr…. Read More
EssayThe Most Mindblowing Realization About ChatGPTEssay
Jan 27, 2023My ongoing exploration into the inner workings of ChatGPT has brought me to a
EssayUnderstanding GPT3’s Inner Workings: A Technical Interview with ChatGPTEssay
Jan 22, 2023(Full Interview follows below) I had a fascinating “interview” with ChatGPT last night, exploring
EssayLevel Ex and Brainlab Join Forces to Accelerate the Future of HealthcareEssay
Jun 29, 2020I couldn’t be more thrilled to announce that Brainlab has successfully acquired Level Ex…. Read More
EssayBehind the Scenes of SIGGRAPH Real-Time Live! 2019Essay
Oct 24, 2019You’re on stage demoing experimental technology live in front of 2,500 people. You have
EssayTeaching Internet Safety to a 6-year-old with a Video GameEssay
Aug 20, 2019As a parent, it’s tough to achieve the right balance between making kids awareApr 20, 2019Throughout my career, especially while working in Hollywood and raising capital, I’ve had the… Read More
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The Pig in the Box
Mar 3, 2019When Level Ex decides to unleash a squad of veteran video game developers on… Read More
Jan 15, 2019Recently, I was in a local hospital doing playtests with some anesthesiologists, when someone… Read More
Jul 31, 2016“Internet Cowboys” is an interesting name for a retreat. If you’re unfamiliar with the… Read More
Jan 6, 2016With offices in 3 cities and development partners around the world, Funtactix often finds… Read More
Oct 27, 2015WPP: “Sam, can you design and print a 3D model of Sir Martin Sorrell?”… Read More
Aug 27, 2015My daughters are growing up in a world where you can create almost any object you… Read More
Aug 19, 2015We’ve entered the e-mail client twilight zone! …WTF just happened? Outlook has just been… Read More
Aug 2, 2015In 2001 I was hired, out of university, as an animator at LucasArts (RIP)…. Read More
Jun 25, 2015We recently installed a 30-panel solar array on our roof. It was a long… Read More
Mar 31, 2015I recently gave a lighthearted presentation at the Intel Visual Computing Architecture Review Board…. Read More
Feb 25, 2015A few weeks ago I devised a new genomic search algorithm to search for some… Read More
Jan 25, 2015What movies lend themselves to great free-to-play games? At Funtactix, we are in continuous… Read More
Jan 17, 2015When’s the last time you saw Chevy Chase on a game icon? FTX Games… Read More
Jan 17, 2015We lost our label maker a few weeks ago. I was going through my… Read More
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Go Go Power Rangers!
Jan 6, 2015FTX Games just announced another game in development! Power Rangers Unite!
Sep 20, 2014Funtactix just announced the release of The League on iOS and Android. The game is… Read More
Jun 25, 2014One of the most rewarding aspects of working at Funtactix has been taking the… Read More
Feb 17, 2014With Funtactix game studios stretching from Tel Aviv to Los Angeles, and a network… Read More
Jan 3, 2014The Israeli Video Games Industry, Then and Now I recently came back from GameIS… Read More
Nov 17, 2013…Bringing film characters into games and back out again… At Funtactix, all of our… Read More
Jul 23, 2013Rango was Funtactix’ first movie-based game. The success of Rango would eventually open up… Read More
May 2, 2013Double Webby winner! The Hunger Games Adventures took home The People’s Voice Award and The… Read More
Apr 25, 2013This year GDC was unfortunately scheduled over the same week as the Passover Seders…. Read More
Jan 4, 2013“We are changing the way Hollywood does business” I did an interview the other… Read More
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Israel 21c Interview
Oct 18, 2012My interview with Israeli21c was recently written up: http://www.israel21c.org/culture/israeli-game-developer-teams-with-hollywood/ “Now if you’re a Hollywood… Read More
Jun 1, 2012The other day I stopped by the New York Com.vention conference to participate in… Read More