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Reality beats imagination
That’s right: reality beats imagination. At least, that’s happened at the dentist last Friday, while I was browsing an old issue of National Geographic magazine. I have been struggling to come up with...
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VRM vs RPG
When Doc Searls couldn’t explain what VRM is, he turned to RPGs. Wait, what’s VRM? VRM stands for Vendor Relationship Management. So, as I was explaining VRM to some people this morning, and how we...
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Expensive browser games
Ever since I first saw that $25 tractor in Farmville, I have been extra careful to judge before hand just how expensive a browser games will be. Now, tractors are NOT a necessity in Farmville. You can...
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Kindle RPGs
Have you “played” any of those fantasy RPG books back in the day? I know I did my fair share of them. Thanks to Bat in the Attic, I discovered a new way to enjoy Fighting Fantasy books – on Kindle!...
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Free MMOs, expensive web games
I recently complained that Facebook web games are too expensive. A tractor was going for $25 but it seems that even Zynga decided that’s too much. In their new game, you can get an F-35 Lightning for a...
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Google+ Board games
Google+ Board games could be pretty near, according to Bat in the Attic. So what kind of features do we need in order to play a roleplaying game like AD&D online? My list would be: Party Character...
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Monetizing like Zynga
Roger Dickey from “Money Talks” speaks about monetizing social games. He’s the creator of Mafia Wars and he also headed Fishville and advised the international product team while at Zynga. At 3:00...
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Zynga: the Clone Wars
As a follow-up to Stupid Money, an illustrated history of Zynga games and their origins. It is only fitting that these images were compiled by Forbes (albeit in two pages). Farm Town vs Farmville Mob...
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Everyone has a golden age
Paul Barnett is probably more famous with his “Bears, bears, bears” video circa 2006 when he was working on Warhammer Online. This is another gem from him: everyone has a golden age (of gaming). Start...
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