Posts tagged “games”
Texas Hold’Em
It was back in October that I was introduced to the game of Texas Hold’em poker. Ever since, I’ve been pretty much hooked to the game. I love the simplicity, being a simple man, but also the challenge the simplicity creates. Tonight I was playing at Full Tilt for a quick 30 hands. I sat [...]
BF 2142 in-game-advertising
Slashdot writes about Battlefield 2142 in-game-advertising and how this is portrayed among users as spyware. This leaflet also explains what EA is after. I understand the frustration the consumers are going through. I believe the business model is the biggest problem here. When consumers pay for something they are taught that they don’t have to [...]
Businesses boom in SecondLife
CNET has an article on businesses in SecondLife. Ciroula, a business consultant, is starting a business in the virtual world consulting entrepreneurs on variety of things. According Ciroula’s research, there are about 3100 businesses looming in SecondLife and there are “only” about 300 000 to 400 000 active members in there. You do the math [...]
Women over 40 see games equally interesting as movies
I read an interesting article on digitoday about a Harris Interactive survey on how Americans see games as entertainment. Here’s a little summary: If people over 18 had an hour of spare time, 31% would rather play games online than watch television. Of females over 40, 67% play casual games at least four times a [...]
Fastest growing sector of the creative economy
…that is how today’s Ministry of Trade and Commerce -report describes the Finnish Game Industry. The press release titled, “Game Industry Has Makings of Future Export success”, further proves the view on the industry. I’m pretty new to the industry, I’ve been working at Apaja for only 3,5 months. However, I’ve been following the industry [...]