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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Social Gold Extends Reach Into Asia
TriplePoint client Social Gold has partnered with international payment networks GASH and MyCard, expanding its reach into Southeast Asia. Partnerships with GASH and MyCard allow the virtual goods monetization platform to support local currency payments from users in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Macau. Social Gold will now support more Asian currencies, including the [...]
Continue reading...Video Game Sales to Hit $70 Billion in Revenue by 2015
27. May 2010
Industry Gamers is reporting that DFC Intelligence announced the release of reports that covers the interactive entertainment industry as a whole. The DFC firm has forecasted that overall revenue for the entire video game industry is expected to hit $70.1 billion dollars by 2015. 2009 had a record breaking $60.4 billion in revenue across the [...]
Continue reading...Mother’s Day Was Payday for Social Game Publishers
15. May 2010
The Mother’s Day gift giving market is second only to the winter holiday market, and this year social game publishers decided to invest in the season. I’m sure you saw all of your social games receive some sort of attention; free gifts, new themes, new purchasable items all swamped games preceding and during the holiday. [...]
Continue reading...Students: Apply Now for the Official Penny Arcade Scholarship
8. May 2010
Going to school and need some extra cash? Headed into the game industry when you graduate? Apply now for the Official Penny Arcade Scholarship and you could get $10,000 to use on rent, food, books, tuition, you name it. The scholarship is good for the 2010-2011 academic school year and the winner will be announced [...]
Continue reading...Zong Raises $15 Million in Funding
28. April 2010
Zong, which provides mobile payments for many Facebook app developers and the partner for the upcoming Credits system has raised $15 million according to Inside Social Games. Echovox, the parent company has been supporting the venture for three years and this is the furst time the company has had investment funding. Zong’s rival, Boku raised [...]
Continue reading...Zynga Games Charity Donations Reach $3 Million
25. April 2010
Three months ago, players of Zynga’s social games raised $1.5 million for Haiti aid. Now, over the course of two five day events, Mafia Wars and Fishville players have raised $130,000 for Water.org and the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA). As reported by Mashable, Fishville players bought 70,000 limited edition virtual fish for the [...]
Continue reading...Offerpal Expands Payment Options
18. April 2010
Last year, Offerpal began to broaden its horizons, moving towards becoming a full-fledged payment platform offering multiple ways for users to send money to games and apps. This week, Offerpal announced its newest payment options, this time specifically targeting children and teens, and the overseas market. In the US, the payment company is partnering with [...]
Continue reading...Florida Raises Tax Breaks for Game Development
12. April 2010
The Florida House of Representatives passed a bill today which raises existing tax breaks involving the entertainment industries. If the bill makes it to law, it will raise tax breaks from 15% to 20% for companies that develop within the state. The vote passed unanimously with a vote of 112 to 0. Also reported is [...]
Continue reading...Kongregate CEO Expects Profitability in 2010
12. April 2010
Jim Greer, CEO of Kongregate has recently uncovered that he expects gis company to be profitable by the end of 2010. Kongregate, a web video game portal that launched in 2006, primarily makes its money on ads but has alo ventured into the digital currency world with ‘kreds.’ Greer stated: “8.5 million unique visitors per [...]
Continue reading...Report: Yahoo Buying Foursquare for $100 million
8. April 2010
VentureBeat has the story on a possible buyout of Foursquare by Yahoo for $100 million. The story may seem a little crazy considering that Foursquare is fairly new, doing well, and is about to land some big investors into the whole project. Why would Foursquare quit? Simple, they wouldn’t. According to VentureBeat, the whole buyout [...]
Continue reading...NearVerse Gains Funding for LoKast Social Network
6. April 2010
As reported by Mobile Marketing Watch, last week, NearVerse announced that it has secured $1 million in funding for its LoKast social networking iPhone app. NearVerse’s proximity-based architecture is included in LoKast, allowing users to transfer content between one another without even being connected to to a network. In LoKast, each user sets up a [...]
Continue reading...hi5 Expected to Raise More Dough for Games Platform
2. April 2010
The social network hi5 is expected to begin announcing plans to raise money for its efforts to become a social gaming platform. This news comes after late last year when hi5′s growth began declining and the company changed focus to become a social gaming company. The transformation would allow hi5 to generate revenue from virtual [...]
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