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EA Buys Out Playfish, Lays Off Other Employees
.Today brings both interesting news and bad news out of Electric Arts. It was announced that EA has sank $300 million into purchasing Playfish, a casual game studio that’s made a splash on Facebook. While casual web games are certainly no new thing for EA, there is no doubt in my mind that they’ll be [...]
What's With All the Social Networking Posts?
The blog of late has gone in what might seem to be a rather weird place. While I’ve had a number of posts directly related to game development and the game industry, I’ve also talked a lot about things that seem unrelated to game development. Yet, there is a reason for this, and I would [...]
What's With All the Social Networking Posts?
The blog of late has gone in what might seem to be a rather weird place. While I’ve had a number of posts directly related to game development and the game industry, I’ve also talked a lot about things that seem unrelated to game development. Yet, there is a reason for this, and I would [...]
Facebook Users Hate Redesign – As Usual
After popping on Facebook the other day, I noticed there was a poll asking if users liked the redesign or not. apparently 94% said “no.” My first reaction to this news was “great, Facebook really is looking for feedback on their changes now,” followed by “and the result is exactly as expected.”
The result was expected, [...]
New Facebook: Twitterbook or Facebook?
I finally was able to get the “new Facebook” today, which I was pretty hyped about seeing. There has certainly been quite a bit of hype built up about the new home page and how it would be a great challenge to Twitter and the like. It certainly looked like Facebook was taking a lot [...]
