by Joe Osborne Apr 9th, 2012 4:50 PM
Is the key to achieving the definition of "social game" real-time play between friends? Jeff Hyman, CCO of Idle Games and one of the main minds ...
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by Joe Osborne Nov 25th, 2011 4:40 PM
Let's face it, people: Things are getting a tad stale around here. (At least when it comes to popular Facebook games.) Facebook has said it, the ...
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Tags: design, developers, facebook games, facebook games hack event, facebook hack event, facebook social games hack event, game design, hack, hack events, hacker, hacking, social games, social games hack event
by Joe Osborne Nov 18th, 2011 1:40 PM
Better prepare your last words, CityVille. Alright, so the top Facebook game might have longer than that in it, but Glitch developer and Tiny ...
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Tags: energy, Facebook games, facebook games energy, flickr, game design, Gamesindustry.biz, glitch, quote of the moment, social games, social games energy, Stewart Butterfield, tiny speck
by Joe Osborne Nov 15th, 2011 5:50 PM
Wait, so this is the analogy behind making a multi-billion dollar game franchise? When asked what makes a great game by The Times of India during ...
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Tags: cityville creator, cityville maker, Facebook games, farmville creator, farmville maker, game design, india, mark skaggs, social games, The Times of India, times of india, zynga, zynga mark skaggs
by Joe Osborne Oct 25th, 2011 10:05 AM
Look, nobody gets hooked on FarmVille by accident--there's always that friend. Zynga studio VP Bill Mooney (pictured) recently spoke to students ...
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Tags: bill mooney, Facebook games, game design, industrygamers, social games, zynga, zynga bill mooney design talk, zynga game design, zynga studio vp bill mooney
