Don Daglow, whose company Stormfront Studios lasted 20 years, reminded us that keeping a studio running is about balancing unpredictable revenue and predictable expenses.

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The running theme of the night was the duality of games and the difficult balancing act Facebook is playing.

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We were able as a nation to consume more than we produced by running deficits in our trade balance that the world was willing to finance by lending to us through the balancing capital accounts.

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