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 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...
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...
Exponential Entertainment launches movie-star game for iPhone
With the release of its first iPhone app, Ask the Stars, Exponential Entertainment has extended its Hollywood-focused casual game experience from the web to...
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...
How many free games are in your future? Nexon’s Min Kim has answers
Slowly but surely, Asian online games with “freemium” business models are migrating westward. With each new title, the Asian companies are breaking into the...
Open Entertainment Network creates parent-friendly prepaid game cards
Prepaid game cards sold at stores are a great way to make the online game market accessible to kids who don’t have credit cards....