Hi5 stagnates, and so it does the predictable: bets the farm on games
The social networking company hi5 used to be a big player among networks. There was a time four years ago when it was in...
A Post-Apocalypse Story
Yet another of my blog entries hauled out of retirement from Sore Thumbs Blog, a repository of pre-Bitmob musings from Dan “Shoe” Hsu and...
Parkour and Gaming: When Virtual Experiences Aren’t Enough
Scenario 1: I sprint at top-speed toward the edge of a roof, a 10-foot gap, and a 15-foot drop to the roof on the...
A Worthy — and Awesome! — Cause
Editor’s note: Sounds like a very worthy cause (no pun intended). Bitmob will be donating a package full of video games to this organization....
Player One Podcast — Episode 155
There’s only one Player One Podcast. But there are a couple places whereabouts you can find this podcast. And one of them just so...
Donkey Kong Sells Soda: Oh, How the Mighty Have Fallen
So it’s come to this. Since the original Donkey Kong, the big ape’s starred in a few titles, most notably the first Donkey Kong...
Life of a Beta Tester: MAG First Impressions
Editor’s note: As a former tester for a large publisher and now an editor at Bitmob, I can tell you that playing games for...
The Perfect-Sized Arcade Cabinet — For Action Figures
We recently ran a story on Mini Sega Taikan cabinets that included some great-looking examples of Space Harrier, Out Run, After Burner, and several more Sega...
3rd annual Virtual Goods Summit brings together global leaders in the virtual goods ecosystem
Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by Virtual Goods Summit. The 3rd annual Virtual Goods Summit will take place in San Francisco, CA on...
Hit or Miss Weekend Recap – Oct. 11, 2009
This week on Hit or Miss: A nearly forgotten marsupial makes his triumphant return; nearly forgotten motorcycle hooliganism sadly doesn’t; Harmonix stuns the world...