Which social ploys do you employ in trying to generate discovery for your game? Here are a few of the usual suspects: The Persistent Pesky Pop-Up “Hey, you just set a high score! Want to share it? Oh, you’ve leveled up, that’s awesome; you ought to post about that! Did you know this game is …
Social gamer, hardcore gamer, or both? TriplePoint at the MIT BIG Business in Gaming conference in Boston. Video game industry thoughts and opinions.
It’s soapbox time again over at the ‘Goose – enjoy (and add your 2 cents in the comments below)! Know why I prefer writing on the weekends? Because all the noise dies down around me – our unrelenting 24/7 news cycle doesn’t stop, but it slows down long enough for a person to clear their …
This weekend over at Frisky Mongoose, I rambled off a lengthy list of reasons why people play social games, and I think its fair to say that Facebook game developers are doing a lot of things right. Now can they change their click-only interfaces to feed players who are hungry for more? People will click …
Zynga announced today they are launching another Sweet Seeds for Haiti campaign in FarmVille, the enormously popular Facebook farming game, and some other Zynga favorites like Mafia Wars and Zynga Poker.
The success of a virtual goods market relies greatly on people’s insecurities and capitalizes on an individual’s desire to be distinguished in a vast virtual world. Nobody wants to feel inferior or lost among a crowd, including in the online realm. VGS 2009 had a stellar turnout as social media professionals and enthusiasts flocked to …
Unless you have been living under a social media rock for the past few months, you (or if you are not willing to admit it, “someone you know”) have most likely participated in the latest sensation to hit the games industry – social gaming. Redefining the market and shifting demographics of those traditionally associated with …