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Plus ca Change, Social Edition

March 15, 2010 – 10:02 am

A few weeks ago, I posted how FarmVille is the most widely-played videogame ever. Interestingly, despite the fact that this makes it one of those “disruptive” changes to the entire videogaming genre that folks speak of in hushed, reverent whispers, it seems to share some of the same high-level issues and questions of most [...]

By Tachevert | Posted in social games | Also tagged , , | Comments (2)

Island Life

January 20, 2010 – 4:21 pm

Taymar has a very nice post up about Island Life, a new game on Facebook, developed by the great folks at Metaplace (and our very own Tachevert too!). Congratulations on a successful launch!

By Tuebit | Posted in Chatter | Also tagged , | Comments (2)

Money For Games

January 19, 2010 – 10:10 am

Old news, but I ran across the website for fbFund, apparently an incubator for social Facebook games. Selected items from the fbFund About page:
fbFund is a $10M seed fund and joint venture run by Facebook, Founders Fund, and Accel Partners. Investment capital for the fund is provided by both Accel and Founders Fund. [...]

By Tuebit | Posted in Chatter, Indy Focus | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Really Tiny Adventures

September 2, 2008 – 10:07 pm

I think I like D&D Tiny Adventures on Facebook. It seems really neat — low involvement, simulated dice rolls, vaguely amusing stories of fantasy, and I can manage my own inventory for casual interaction! Sounds fun! But as of now, I wouldn’t really know. I mean, I rolled a Human Cleric [...]

By Tachevert | Posted in Chatter, Rants | Also tagged , | Comments (2)

I need to shut my motor mouth more often.

July 2, 2008 – 2:02 pm

It was less than 2 weeks ago when Tachevert and I were discussing gaming now – in the beautifully animated and kill your graphics card time of the online MMORPG – versus text based MUD style from the time before I gamed. I made an unfortunate statement that I knew I’d regret down the [...]

By Emi | Posted in Chatter, MMO Discussion, Personal | Also tagged , , | Comments (1)