8 Reasons I Quit Playing Facebook Games
Two years ago, I ranted about the need for more challenge and chance in social games. Since then, the entire gaming industry has drastically changed. If I sound like a broken record on that note, it’s because in a fast-paced, high-tech market, it’s always true (and thus worth reiteration). It seems ...
How Not to Play Location-based Games like an Idiot
Welcome to the wonderful world of location-based games! I see you’ve just downloaded a copy of Traveler’s Quest, or Dokobots, or CodeRunner, or perhaps you’ve got yourself on foursquare for the first time. That’s great! You’re about to discover what geotagging and GPS-enabled mobile devices can add to gaming and ...
Abandoning Facebook: CrowdStar Joins OMGPOP, Kabam, Funzio in Mobile
CrowdStar, developer of popular Facebook games like Happy Aquarium and the "Girl" series (Modern Girl, Social Girl, Top Girl and It Girl), announced today that they will stop developing games for Facebook, according to an interview with All Things Digital. Peter Relan predicts that 90% of Crowdstar’s revenue will come ...
Don’t Be a Cheapskate: 4 Reasons Pay-What-You-Like Backfires
Pay-What-You-Like. You’ve sometimes seen it called Pay-What-You-Want. You’ve seen it while leaving your local museum or hippy café as a big box that says “Donations.” You’ve also seen it for Radiohead’s In Rainbows or with Humble Bundle, the collection of indie games offered for however much you’d like to pay ...
Cats Wearing GUNNARS: Zooey
Meet Zooey O'Leary. Zooey is sporting a pair of GUNNAR Optik's Attache Phenom glasses, and looking good doing it. If you've been following our Dogs Wearing GUNNARS series, you may notice something a bit off this week. Zooey is a frisky first - special edition feline! You can call her a "domestic ...
Hardcore and Back Again: Video Games in a Nutshell
The SNES was a young kid's dream (in the early 90's). Every game felt brand-spanking new, because it was. When video games first came along, "copycats" were neither a logical thing to consider, nor an option. Video games were casual. They were made for mainstream audiences. And back then, even the ...
5 Apps to Make You Smile
These are a few of my favorite digital things... This list is hardly comprehensive, nor is it in any particular order. Enjoy! 1. Timehop - This gets top billing because too few people know about it (and more should - it's neat). Basically, Timehop answers one question, every day, via email. "What did ...
The Time Has Come: Pokemon and Me 15 Years Later
Last year, when my mind was busy with summer vacation, I came home to an unsettling sight. Roxy's tumor had grown exponentially. Her arm was swelling up to a point where she couldn't even lift it. All attempts to remove the tumor would only make it grow back with a ...
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8 Reasons I Quit Playing Facebook Games
Two years ago, I ranted about the need for more challenge and chance in social games. Since then, the entire gaming industry has drastically changed. If I sound like a broken record on that note, it’s because in a fast-paced, high-tech market, it’s always true (and thus worth reiteration). It seems social media and video [...]
Continue reading...Cats Wearing GUNNARS: Zooey
19. April 2012
Meet Zooey O’Leary. Zooey is sporting a pair of GUNNAR Optik’s Attache Phenom glasses, and looking good doing it. If you’ve been following our Dogs Wearing GUNNARS series, you may notice something a bit off this week. Zooey is a frisky first – special edition feline! You can call her a “domestic shorthair” or just [...]
Continue reading...Hardcore and Back Again: Video Games in a Nutshell
18. April 2012
The SNES was a young kid’s dream (in the early 90′s). Every game felt brand-spanking new, because it was. When video games first came along, “copycats” were neither a logical thing to consider, nor an option. Video games were casual. They were made for mainstream audiences. And back then, even the games that dared deal [...]
Continue reading...SWOTR Introduces Explosion Disease, Population Freaks Out
17. April 2012
I recently logged into the newly patched Star Wars: The Old Republic and wandered over the densely populated fleet only to discover people with green wafting off their avatars. No matter, I thought, green is lovely in a giant metal spaceship. Then people started throwing up. And exploding. Turns out, Bioware had introduced the first [...]
Continue reading...Dogs Wearing GUNNARS: Tater
12. April 2012
Meet Tater Lollar. She’s sporting a pair of GUNNAR Optik’s MLG Legend glasses (in Onyx, to compliment her springtime sweater). Tater may be one of the world’s biggest hams, but she is not accustomed to accessories with such high-definition side effects. Currently residing in the sunny city of Santa Monica, Tater appreciates good tinted eyewear when she [...]
Continue reading...Dogs Wearing GUNNARS: Alphie
6. April 2012
Meet Alphie Wageman. He’s sporting a pair of GUNNAR Optik’s Anime glasses (in Onyx, to match his stylish fur coat). Alphie recently relocated from LA to San Francisco, but he still wears sunglasses indoors and at night whenever possible. And at the very least, you’ll find him in tinted computer eyewear whenever he’s supervising humans at work. Alphie [...]
Continue reading...Skyrim + Adele = Lady Game Lyric
23. March 2012
She’s back — and she’s got something to say. Or, sing, actually. Lady Game Lyric gets semi-political this week, and takes a good look at what it means to be the 99% when you live in Skyrim. Have a good long listen to her latest YouTube composition: “Age of Recession!” Age of Recession, by LadyGameLyric [...]
Continue reading...Mass Effect + Usher = Lady Game Lyric [VIDEO]
8. March 2012
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It’s true. Mass Effect 3 has Lady Game Lyric all up in arms this week (in a songfully perfect way, as usual). Set down your controller a minute and check out her latest YouTube release: “50,000 years are up! Reapers trying to blow us all up again…” Reapers Trying to Blow Us All Up, by [...]
Continue reading...Majora’s Mask + Ke$ha = Lady Game Lyric [VIDEO]
1. March 2012
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New week, new Lady Game Lyric video. Did someone say more Zelda? Majora’s Mask themed nerdcore awaits! “Link doesn’t have much time before the ominous moon destroys the world, and Saria can’t ignore that her song makes a cameo at the end of the game.” Tik Tok on the Clock Town, by LadyGameLyric Parody of “Tik [...]
Continue reading...Sonic and Amy + Adele = Lady Game Lyric [VIDEO]
24. February 2012
Sonic the Hedgehog: awesome. Adele: also awesome. Another week, another Lady Game Lyric gem, for the geese! This time, “Sonic and Amy grapple with their feelings or lack thereof for each other.” Someone Like Sonic and Amy, by LadyGameLyric Parody of “Someone Like You” by Adele I heard that your new game is “wow” That [...]
Continue reading...SoftKinetic is Not SoftSpoken
20. January 2012
Earlier this month, at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, many new advances were revealed in the field of gesture recognition technology. While engineers are still working on an automated system to cut you off after you drunkenly expose yourself to a slot machine, TriplePoint client SoftKinetic had some actual new tech to show [...]
Continue reading...What SOPA Means for Gaming PR
13. January 2012
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 weigh in too? Why [...]
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