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...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...Nintendo Announces New Party Game for Wii
8. May 2010
We haven’t seen a party game from Nintendo since 2007′s release of Mario Party 8, but Nintendo CEO Iwata has broken the dry spell and announced ‘Wii Party’. The title will be the newest in the ‘Wii’ software line, companion to ‘Wii Sports’ and ‘Wii Fit’. As reported by Joystiq, Nintendo has high hopes for [...]
Continue reading...World of Warcraft Mount Selling at a Rate of $2.5 Million / Hour
20. April 2010
As reported by Industry Gamers, the newest premium item to be released in the marketplaces of Blizzard’s World of Warcraft is a Celestial Mount, that is available for purchase for… wait for it… $25. Before you scoff and predict the item’s failure, know that the exact opposite is happening. The unofficial World of Warcraft blog [...]
Continue reading...Here’s Our First In-Game Facebook Integration on the PS3
29. March 2010
Last fall, Sony launched Facebook integration on the Playstation 3, allowing users to connect their PSN accounts with their Facebook accounts, to share news about earned trophies, store purchases and so on. The above was accomplished outside of any games, via the console’s main interface. Now, thanks to an announcement on the Official Playstation Blog [...]
Continue reading...PlayStation Home Hits 12 Million
17. March 2010
Jack Buser of Sony has reported that Sony’s PlayStation Home on the PlayStation 3 has hit 12 million users. Buser also noted that the total population of the virtual world has increased by 2 million since 2009 and has overall doubled since June 2009. Also of note is that apparently 85% of Home users have [...]
Continue reading...Rock Band Network Now Serving You
5. March 2010
The most social aspect of Rock Band which was revealed last year known as Rock Band Network is now officially ready for primetime. MTV is promoting it by saying that it is designed to allow independent or unknown musicians to get their music in the game. The program allows these independent musicians the chance to [...]
Continue reading...Blindfolded Man Finishes The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Using Skype
4. March 2010
Social gaming and networking have been showing dominance with communication, sharing and competition, but rarely do we see a group of people team up to collectively prove a point or for a cause. Jordan Verner from Ontario Canada was told at a young age that he would go blind. Despite that actually not happening, he [...]
Continue reading...LittleBigPlanet is now Two Million Levels Strong
3. March 2010
Edge Online is reporting on Sony’s announcement that LittleBigPlanet now features over two million user created levels. Mike Perona of SCEA had this to say about the significant milestone: “Congratulations to all of the LittleBigPlanet community, as we hit another big user-generated milestone with over two million levels created and posted on the Share Planet,” LittleBigPlanet [...]
Continue reading...N Squared: Netflix & Nintendo’s Wii Team Up
28. January 2010
Netflix and Nintendo recently announced plans to bring a little more joy into the world. To the delight of twenty-six million US Wii owners, Netflix’s online streaming video service will soon be available through Nintendo’s Wii gaming console. Netflix, based in the Bay Area, boasts eleven million subscribers to its DVD-by-mail business. Fifty percent of [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Reveals Social Console Arcade Service: Xbox 360 Game Room
12. January 2010
Microsoft’s newly announced Xbox Game Room is coming. Get ready to relive your coin-op glory days with 1000+ classic arcade titles headed to Xbox 360 over the next three years. The retro gaming service is slated to launch this Spring and will also be available for Windows Live on PC. The Xbox Game Room will [...]
Continue reading...Sorta Social: Xbox LIVE Arcade Sales Analysis for November 2009
8. December 2009
November saw 9 new game releases on Xbox LIVE Arcade (XBLA), and Gamasutra sister-site, GamerBytes just posted some interesting analysis of the console’s social section. For all those gamers willing to set Modern Warfare 2 aside long enough to play anything else, XBLA had some quality new titles to offer last month. On the casual [...]
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