Archive for April, 2009
ISG Column: Good ain’t always better
My latest column for ISG is up
Every time a new market opens up the first games to appear are built on traditional, time-tested play patterns. From the DS to the iPhone, from XBLA to browser games, it’s always rock-solid gameplay that shows up first, with the fancy stuff pulling up in a later bus. And [...]
What’s up with instant messaging?
Internet Messaging has always been a bit of a red-headed step child. Everybody has it, but no one really seemed to like it all that much. Even the term "chat" made it all seem so inconsequential.
And that makes sense. It’s a relatively "hot" medium for the Internet, demanding that you pay attention to an ongoing [...]
Latest post on ISG: Social Optimism
I’m still writing pieces for Inside Social Games, although you might not know it from reading this site…
My latest piece is on the bright future for Social Games. I’m currently working on something a little less optimistic.
Here’s the excerpt to whet your appetite:
I’m actually beginning to wonder if the future for social platform gaming may [...]
What the Newspapers gave away (and what they have left)
Scoble posts a nice rundown on why he thinks print news missed the boat (again) by letting Twitter own crowd-sourced news.
I’ve been pretending in my head that I’m a newspaper exec. When I do that I keep beating myself around the face. Why? Because the newspaper industry keeps giving the geeks free meals. Let’s study [...]