Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world | Video on TED.com
Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world | Video on TED.com.
From Pong to Red Dead Redemption : The New Yorker
this blog post at the new yorker links off to several earlier articles about games in context and analysis of culture and current events: Back Issues: From Pong to Red Dead Redemption : The New Yorker. it is an added value post to accompany this recent piece by nicholson baker where he, as an established [...]
FarmVille, other online social games mean big business, and bonding
More than 200 million people play social games every month, and the numbers grow by the thousands every day. “Whereas the 19th century will be remembered for the creation of the modern novel, and the 20th century was dominated by movies and images on screens, I think we can now see that games will be [...]
Disney Buys Playdom in $763 Million Deal – NYTimes.com
As social games becomes a more crowded and difficult field — several hundred new games are introduced on Facebook weekly and most go nowhere — brands that can be used as the basis for titles are becoming more important. via Disney Buys Playdom in $763 Million Deal – NYTimes.com.
Why Marketers Should Pay Attention to Booming Gaming Trend – Advertising Age – DigitalNext
In 2002 a startling announcement was made: sales of video games had finally surpassed the movie box office in the U.S. Over the past two years, games have catapulted to an even more impressive level. Farmville, a game that allows players to tend to a virtual farm with their friends in Facebook, is currently played [...]
Star Wars Video Games: A Visual History – PCWorld
Star Wars Video Games: A Visual History – PCWorld.