Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

Nintendo managed to move over a million pieces of hardware to U.S. consumers in January, with 679,200 Wiis and 510,800 Nintendo DSs snapped up by gamers. via Console Wars: Nintendo Dominates US Hardware Sales Again With Big, Big January.


“If there was any doubt in your mind that the iPhone is the next disruptive viral platform, it is.” iMafia’s Charles Ju: How We Launched a Social Game on the iPhone.


[Thanks, Brian!]


Great op-ed over on The Escapist about the recent zombie invasion in World of Warcraft.


All of which makes total sense. I like to file this general trend under the heading “people like to do stuff.” Broadcast media had its day because it was technologically easier than providing a platform for interactivity — not because passive reception is something inherent in human nature. Human nature is inherently interactive, not passive. [...]



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