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You’re the (Nexus) One That I Want: Confessions of an iPhone Lover Gone Astray
To protect the innocent, names have been changed. In this publication, a once-faithful iPhone lover will be referred to with a fictional Twitter name: @madluv4iPhn. A recent tweet: @madluv4iPhn Dear iPhone - I've met someone new named the Nexus One. I'm strangely attracted to her and need a few days to figure ...)
What SOPA Means for Gaming PR
SOPA. It's much ado about pirates. Not the cool kind of pirates who wear eye patches, sail ships, bury treasure and say stuff like yo-ho-ho. No, SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act) is about the kind of pirates that suck. SOPA what? If all the cool kids weighed in, would you ...)
Casual Connect 2011: Games Industry Fishbowl?
With Casual Connect, the fish analogy is easy. You're gathered in Seattle, surrounded by the sea, partying in aquariums, and hell, I even roomed with a finned friend this year. Our hotel pet (affectionately and temporarily named Sarah) stayed in her fishbowl out of necessity. But will the casual gaming ...)
Foursquare Badge Fun, from Super Bowl to Subtle Snark
Beginning at kickoff today (6:30pm ET on FOX), Foursquare will open up a special edition check-in point globally to all users - look for the promoted trending venue, "Super Bowl Sunday". If you missed out on the "PA Groundhog Day" badge earlier this week (when Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early ...)
Angry Birds Super Bowl Ad's Got Game
Angry Bird players are set for a special bonus this Super Bowl Sunday. The iPhone game's upcoming 30-second commercial is all the buzz today - apparently, it will feature an embedded code to unlock a secret new level. According to AdAge, "the spot will be the first Super Bowl ad ...)
Refunding a Free Admission: Taking Care of Customers in F2P
Last week, on the TriplePoint blog, I wrote a short piece about taking care of angry customers when the service has been poor. I advised providers to be forthright, humble, and to make an immediate reparatory gesture for best results. Karma, it seems, is a real kick in the teeth ...)
Snarky Facebook RPG Fantasy University Now Open to All
Fantasy University, the pop-culture referencing, snarktastic, Facebook-based roleplaying game from TriplePoint client Simutronics (which we previewed), entered open beta today - meaning, unlike before, anyone with a Facebook account can get in on the Harry-Potter-on-acid antics. Here's the press release: ELANTHIA - October 20, 2010 Fantasy University, the premier fallback institution for ...Archive | MMOG RSS feed for this section
Conquer Online Gets in the Zone
So you say you’ve gone online and conquered all there is to conquer online in Conquer Online. Well, the conquering heroes at NetDragon, a TriplePoint client, have added a bunch of new stuff that nobody has conquered quite yet. That’s right — there are new things in the game that are not yet firmly under your [...]
Piracy Runs Rampant in Conquer Online
12. January 2012
When you get as popular and successful as Conquer Online has, you’re bound to start attracting pirates. Things are so bad for the iPad MMO from TriplePoint client NetDragon, that the pirates are actually showing up inside the game itself, utterly dominating the new expansion that launched today. Players can even make characters in an all-new [...]
Conquer Online Conquers Online
5. January 2012
When you call your game Conquer, you’re giving it a lot to live up to. If the game doesn’t crush everything in its path, the irony-based taunting comes easily to its detractors. So, it’s both impressive and fortunate that TriplePoint client NetDragon is seeing a great deal of success with Conquer Online, the iPad-based MMO [...]
A Careful Census of Hell
4. January 2012
Hell is a real place, and TriplePoint client Redbana has taken a thorough tally of its residents. Well, technically, this data tracks the folks living just outside of Hell — in an incorporated suburb, perhaps, in the gentrified neighborhood of Limbo, or Heck. In slightly less ridiculous terms, Redbana has spent 2011 analyzing the player [...]
Russia Enters Golden Age
4. January 2012
Technically, Russia is just gaining access for its gamers to play Golden Age, a browser-based MMO developed by Giant and published by TriplePoint client Syncopate. But, that’s still kind of like a glorious, unprecedented stage of advancement for the country’s art, culture, and technology, right? That’s a completely fair comparison. Stop looking at me like [...]
Casual Connect 2011: Games Industry Fishbowl?
24. July 2011
With Casual Connect, the fish analogy is easy. You’re gathered in Seattle, surrounded by the sea, partying in aquariums, and hell, I even roomed with a finned friend this year. Our hotel pet (affectionately and temporarily named Sarah) stayed in her fishbowl out of necessity. But will the casual gaming industry do the same? Are [...]
What Kind of Location Gamer are You?
9. February 2011
With gamification having consumed every aspect of our lives, there is no reason for you not to transform your surroundings into a realm of competition and adventure. There’s a very good chance, in fact, that several games are being played right under your nose – on your commute, at your workplace, in your haunts and [...]
Foursquare Badge Fun, from Super Bowl to Subtle Snark
6. February 2011
Beginning at kickoff today (6:30pm ET on FOX), Foursquare will open up a special edition check-in point globally to all users – look for the promoted trending venue, “Super Bowl Sunday”. If you missed out on the “PA Groundhog Day” badge earlier this week (when Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring), now’s your shot at [...]
Refunding a Free Admission: Taking Care of Customers in F2P
3. February 2011
Last week, on the TriplePoint blog, I wrote a short piece about taking care of angry customers when the service has been poor. I advised providers to be forthright, humble, and to make an immediate reparatory gesture for best results. Karma, it seems, is a real kick in the teeth sometimes. Yesterday, a free-to-play MMORPG [...]
Empire Online: Expanding My Gaming Empire
2. February 2011
Before I began working in the gaming industry, video games occupied a very traditional space in my brain. I would go home, sit down in front of the TV with a cup of tea or hot chocolate, pick up that controller and lose myself in a fantasy world. Zelda, Final Fantasy, and Kingdom Hearts never [...]
Snarky Facebook RPG Fantasy University Now Open to All
21. October 2010
Fantasy University, the pop-culture referencing, snarktastic, Facebook-based roleplaying game from TriplePoint client Simutronics (which we previewed), entered open beta today – meaning, unlike before, anyone with a Facebook account can get in on the Harry-Potter-on-acid antics. Here’s the press release: ELANTHIA – October 20, 2010 Fantasy University, the premier fallback institution for students rejected by [...]
Céiron Wars Open Beta Launch Date Announced
24. September 2010
Céidot Game Studios is happy to announce an official open beta launch date with a mini-movie for Céiron Wars, which is an RPG-Strategy game based on a dark atmosphere of Céiron universe. Before the open beta, players whose commanders are created via our pre-registration tool will be able start the game with special bonuses. We [...]
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