What’s that game mechanic called? Two places on BGG to find out:

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/764516/game-mechanics-names

Pitching your game to a publisher:

http://www.purplepawn.com/2012/02/pitching-a-game-to-a-potential-licensee/

Is crowdsourcing good for gaming? A variety of views in this Opinionated Gamers roundtable:

http://opinionatedgamers.com/2012/02/06/opinionated-gamers-roundtable-is-crowdsourcing-good-for-our-hobby/

Marketing 101 for first-time game publishers:

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/769977/marketing-101-for-game-publishing

“How does a game designer learn how to design games … by playing games!”

http://bgd.lariennalibrary.com/index.php?n=DesignArticle.Article-GamingCulture