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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 | Events RSS feed for this section
East Coast Game Conference is Happening in April
Triangle Game, Triangle Game. Triangle Game hates Particle Game. They have a conference; Triangle wins, by hosting their own huge industry conference on the East Coast. And Particle Game isn’t invited. But you are, thankfully: Triangle Game Initiative, a TriplePoint client, today confirmed the dates for the 4th annual East Coast Game Conference, occurring in Raleigh, [...]
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 [...]
Yo Nyko Nyko!
10. January 2012
Normally, when you’re in Las Vegas and you wake up next to a strange, overly affectionate creature, it means you had a really interesting evening. Thankfully, TriplePoint client Nyko is in Las Vegas right now at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, helping to make your mornings a little less unsavory — and your gaming a [...]
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 [...]
Nintendo 3DS Launch Details & Games Revealed!
29. September 2010
Nintendo has finally opened the curtain on their latest invention, the Nintendo 3DS. First revealed back in March and shown extensively back in June at E3 2010, the 3DS has still remained a mystery in terms of real game content, pricing and availability. At a conference last night, Nintendo set the record straight by answering [...]
PopCap CEO Calls Out Zynga, IGC Deadline Coming Up – Industry News
28. September 2010
In the world of the internet, it’s sometimes easy to forget about the services that power just about everything we do, but also the audience that can use them. Today, we’re going to discuss the CEO of PopCap Games calling out Zynga on its strategies, along with the deadline of the Indie Game Challenge coming [...]
Zynga Reveals Growth Statistics, Acquires Gaming Company Dextrose
25. September 2010
This past week, Zynga has been very busy in not only updating their games, but discussing growth in them as well as expanding with their latest acquisition. At the Oracle OpenWorld Conference, Cadir Lee, CTO at Zynga revealed some interesting statistics concerning Zynga’s growth along with server sizes, employee numbers and data transfer levels from [...]
Dolphins Join Ultimate Fan on Facebook, GDC Online Awards Fan Voting – Social News
23. September 2010
In this week’s social news, two particularly interesting stories have caught our eye. First, the Miami Dolphins have joined with the New York Jets in their partnership with developer Arkadium on the Facebook app Ultimate Fan, and second, the First Annual Game Developers Choice Online Awards have released their list of official nominees, and have [...]
Google Instant Search Launches, Mozilla’s Browser Games –
8. September 2010
Whether it’s the launch of a new service, or simply the launch of a new feature or initiative, we’ve got you covered in the web gaming space. Today, we discuss the launch of Google’s Instant Search and the initiative from Mozilla for developers to focus on making games for the browser. Google Instant Search Goes [...]
LEGO Universe Gold! PAX Screenshots Gallery
3. September 2010
LEGO brick heads, listen up – Our frisky favorite in the upcoming MMOG category (and a TriplePoint client), LEGO Universe has officially gone gold! That’s developer speak to say that the game is definitely shipping to shelves this October 26th (and LEGO channels beginning October 8th), for PC and Mac. If I were you, I’d [...]
New iPods, Game Center, iOS 4.1: Apple September Event Round-Up
1. September 2010
Apple hosted their annual music event today in sunny San Francisco and they certainly brought out the big guns for this event, holding nothing back and unveiling a ton of new products and services. iOS 4.1 Releases Next Week, Includes Game Center The first new announcement of the day was when Apple CEO Steve Jobs [...]
From E3 to Casual Connect: When Hardcore Meets Social Gaming
31. August 2010
Are core and casual games at a crossroads? Gen Katz, industry veteran and editor of Games4Girls/Games4Women, seems to think so. She’s graciously given the ‘Goose permission to share her latest gaming newsletter, which discusses some new and old revelations from Casual Connect 2010. Bopping from E3 (in LA) to Casual Connect, July 20-24 in Seattle, [...]
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