Tag Archives: Trends

Top Facebook Applications: What Are Their Common Traits

Last week I sent out a tweet about the Top Facebook Applications website. I spent the last week going over the top 10 and seeing what the traditional games all have in common. There are only two traditional games in the top 10… Scrabulous & Texas HoldEm Poker. I find this interesting when you see [...]
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Online Gaming 2007: The Virtual Landscape

Once the Domain of Cellar-Dwelling Teenage Boys, Video Games Hook Fans From All Walks of Life Ad Age has a mini break down of a new report from NPD about gamers and our demographic traits. Thought not a marketing/communication piece, it does play into demographics and maybe even phsycographics, which is important when you are marketing [...]
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Top Five Trends In Video Games

Just a quick post for today. JoyStiq has a piece from the Game Development Conference and where our industry is heading in 2007 and beyond. The top five trends in gaming are the following: Games are going to be used to build brands The rise of user generated game experiences The definition of games and gamers widens broadly Ads [...]
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