Got Game?

With the convergence of the “social graph” onto much interaction on the web, it’s of little surprise that online gaming and MMO’s are dominating netizens’ online consumption, outpacing participation in social networks, news browsing and all other activities, according to a recent Parks Associates study. From nano-customization a la EA’s upcoming Spore to the continual [...]

Social Media in India

I found this really interesting news article in the Business Standard about social media sites and India. Apparently “Facebook, Orkut, MySpace becoming a part of the daily routine for the 38.5 million Internet users in India.”
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Will Wheaton Likes the Social Gaming Aspect of Games…

I love Will Wheaton’s blog. I stumbled across this post in the Seattle Post Intelligencer about Will Wheaton’s stance on gaming and being a gamer. The actor was speaking at a the Penny Arcade Expo video-game conference in downtown Seattle.
I found this expert particularly enlightening:
“Arcades were to my generation what Xbox Live and World of [...]

Link: Funding Tap Opens for Social Gaming

This is a great article on Red Herring about how popular social gaming is becoming.
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Game Search Engines; another Great Debate!

Debate topic is Games search engines, and our participants really know their stuff – alternative search engines Wazap! (J. P. Sherman) and GameSkoot (Philippe Corrot)read more | digg story
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Google News testing out Comments

I read this story today over at ZDNet Blogs. Very cool. I like that the comments can only be made by people related to the story (the writer or people featured in the story). It’s got a very cool Web 3.0 type feel to it (and by Web 3.0 I mean smarter user-generated content). Now [...]

A great blog post on the Google Phone leak

Are you as confused about the latest Google press leak as I am? I just read this great blog article, “The Google phone: myth or reality?” on the Futurelab’s blog and it seems possible that my suspicions were correct – the Gphone might be a myth. But it’s entirely possible it’ll be a reality and [...]

Disney buys Club Penguin virtual world

One of my favorite online worlds for kids (Club Penguin) was recently bought by Disney for “$350m in cash plus up to $350m more depending on the website’s profits in 2008 and 2009,” according to a recent article.
I think safe enviroments like this for kids is a growing need. Especially with concerns over stalkers and [...]

10 Reasons to Get Rid of Your Cellphone

I had to chuckle when my friend twittered the link to this blog entry from Rob Beschizza at Wired Blogs. My dad said this awhile ago when he got his first pager (well other than the thing about ringtones). It’s funny but also something to think about. That being said, I’m not giving up my [...]