Author: Abel Tan

Working against cognitive biasAs a product manager, one of the most difficult challenges I’ve had to deal with is how to understand and prevent cognitive bias, within myself and while presenting or processing information from my team mates.Great Product Managers are often generalists, and need to have a broad but somewhat shallow understanding of

I often get asked what a typical day looks like for a Product Manager at Mighty Bear Games. That can be a tricky question, as different studios have different definitions for the role.“What does a PM do, anyway?” “What’s the difference between a product manager and a producer?” “Why do you have a Product

Avoiding common localisation pitfallsMost people are aware that developing any commercially successful game or software project requires quality localisation. Yet, localisation is frequently slapped on carelessly moments before release and teams are often overwhelmed by the amount of effort that goes into localising a game to a high standard.Localising well is hard. I