Calling All Advatars: AdverGames Ahead!
July 14th, 2010
Courtesy of AdWeek, an interesting look at the increased integration of advertising into digital games: Imagine this. You’re on a cobblestone street. The sun is low and red between the high-rises, making you squint as you scan for clues. There, on a half-obscured flier on a wall, you see it: a picture of an anchor. […]
Read more »A Real World Gateway To Online Gambling And Skill Games
July 11th, 2010
With New Hampshire’s recent announcement of a new set of online games that are an advancement, not an introduction, of state-run online gambling, discussion has ensued as to how these online games may be controlled. To play these games, one has to purchase a special lottery ticket in person, then go to the lottery website […]
Read more »Log On, Ante Up
July 11th, 2010
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at online gambling: “WHEN George Bush, then America’s president, signed the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act into law in 2006, parts of America’s online-gambling market retired hurt. That was because attached to the port act was the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA), which prohibited financial institutions […]
Read more »Online Gaming: Virgin Territory
June 23rd, 2010
Two interesting articles about a new online gaming tournament business which recently received funding from Richard Branson. The first article gives an overview of the business and the second some careful analysis of this skill games oriented intitiave. First, courtesy of Games Beat, an upbeat view on the venture: Billionaire Richard Branson has had the […]
Read more »Avatarnomics: Facebook’s Virtual Currency Ambitions
June 13th, 2010
Via The Atlantic, an interesting look at Facebook’s virtual currency ambitions: “…Facebook’s expansion plans have moved into the realm once reserved for central banks and kings: creating its own currency. Details on Facebook Credits emerged at last week’s f8 Facebook developer conference, although the news was obscured by the network’s plans to extend its reach […]
Read more »A History of Social Games
June 3rd, 2010
As John Radoff so effectively summarized, social games aren’t new – in fact, they began about 5000 years ago and they’re just games you play with other people. That said, he provided a very nice graphical history of social games and his taxonomy separates current social games into Strategy, Sim, RPG, and “experiences” (music, pets, […]
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