Real Life Plus’s social game makes fashion into a battle (exclusive)
Sometimes crazy ideas for video games turn out to be hits. That must be the logic behind Real Life Plus, a startup game studio...
My Top Five Personal Picks of 2010
2010 was an interesting year. Some would project it to be a rather disappointing year while I myself would say it was full of...
Week in review: Skype outage affects tens of millions
Here’s our roundup of the of the week’s tech business news. (It’s shorter than usual, owing to the fact that there’s less going on...
FarmVille co-creator working on stealthy startup BetterWorks
Is your job about to get a lot more addictive? Maybe — Sizhao Yang, one of the original team members behind insanely popular Facebook...
Viacom ditches Rock Band, Dance Central after selling off music game developer Harmonix
When Viacom decided to sell music game developer Harmonix, it was a pretty good indication that it didn’t think Harmonix was doing a good...
Merry Christmas, Zynga: CityVille eclipses FarmVille as the world’s biggest game
In just 22 days, Zynga‘s CityVille has eclipsed FarmVille as the world’s biggest game. Today, CityVille added an astounding 6.9 users to end the...
Analyzations: BioShock and the morality of self-interest
The mechanic of Atlas' character plays with that trickery found in the story of Hercules' twelve labors, when Atlas tried to con Hercules' into taking the weight of the world off his shoulders. Atlas tricks the player into feeling a sense of comeradery, until you find out he is using you for personal gain.
When Tesla’s lockup expires Monday, will its stock drop? Short sellers think so
updated Tesla’s IPO has been one a few super-successful cleantech public offerings this year, if not the most successful. But will the good news continue...
Viacom won’t get fooled again, drops Rock Band developer as music game sales falter
Music game developer Harmonix might have started the fire for the music game industry. But it’s stopped burning, leading Viacom to sell the critically...
In danger of being an also-ran, Atari names a new CEO
Atari has named a new chief executive today, promoting Jim Wilson from within to the top job as part of a plan to resuscitate...