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11/09/09
With the new advertising restrictions that the founder just announced (in regards to their new game Fishville but applying to all of their other games as well), they stand to lose over a third of their $250 million revenue per year.
Plus, they haven't been working towards acquisition, the company is clearly positioning itself for an IPO. Playfish, Playdom, and others were great targets for acquisition.
Mark Pincus has a right to be nervous about this. Playfish was Zynga's primary competitor, and by using some of the resources that EA has at its disposal, they can very quickly overtake a lot of the momentum that Zynga has. Now if Zynga suffers due to this deal, THEN they may well find themselves on the buyer's block and not going the IPO route. #playfish
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Whatever EA. I'm not resting until you make a Sim City for the network. #playfish
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I'm not sure about the amount of money they seem to be spending, but what seems ridiculous at the time has a way of working out in the end. Getting access to these 150 million "installs" is a tad nebulous at the moment, but if they can turn that into 10 million people that form the equation EA = fun Facebook game makers in their minds, then they win. #playfish
11/09/09
Seems like a smart purchase for EA. Sorta makes me wonder why Activision hasn't done anything in this area... #playfish
11/09/09
Just 18 months of ridiculous work in the hopes that somebody like EA (who showed some mild interest but never followed through) would buy the smallish company I was working for.
Working with them, and seeing/meeting their internal teams responsible for this type of entertainment really highlighted how many resources they were putting behind these efforts, though. They committed to this path a few years ago, and they've been plowing ahead since then trying to gobble up as much of the casual and community market as they can. #playfish
11/09/09
Despite what typical gamers may think, casual is something a lot people are looking at now. If you thought the Wii was disruptive to the gaming world, you haven't seen anything yet. #playfish
10/05/09
10/05/09
"God, mom! Go away!"
"Open this door right now, young man!"
"Go away mom, I'm busy!"
"Right this minute, or I'm taking away your PSP and telling your gather"
*door opens*
"Billy! Have you been Beaterating in here?!?!?!?!"
10/05/09
I'm not sure how you resisted, Fahey.
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Think we should set up a live streaming channel so people can watch?
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The answer is, good puns swallow.
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Man, I'm really reaching around for puns now.
07/24/09
Because EVERYONE KNOWS THAT TWITTER IS WHERE IT'S AT! (And MiXi too -- If You're In Japan!) (^_^)
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Farmville is like crack. Just like Bejewled where you play for 4 hours straight, then look around and go, "Why the fuck am I playing this again?"
07/24/09
Oh yes, World of Warcraft. "MOAR DOTS!"
07/24/09
That remides me i need to harest my starwberries :p
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I really don't see this ever coming to fruition in a meaningful way.
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Am i really the only person here who likes Facebook? o.O
07/24/09
Facebook can be a tool that when used properly is actually helpful...
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Anytime something is cool, you're suppose to hate it if you want hipster cred. (However shopping at american apparel is still required!)
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That said, the underlying thought of mass emailing, planning stuff and desperately trying to stay in touch via small notes or sporadic birthday related greetings seems lost on me. If i can't find the time to phone, meet or otherwise interact with friends/family/loved ones they're probably none of the three, therefore not worthy of my time. However i feel i must add i'm not much of a social butterfly, but 250 friends for the average facebooker just seems ridiculous to me.
07/24/09
Actually io disaprove of this comment, though clarification of this fact might not have been necassary...douche
07/24/09
Facebook is a marvelous tool, like Youtube, its great for invigorating memories of yesteryear, arranging parties, advertising (yes, a social network should be praised if it can offer a medium for personal and corporate interests alike), and most of all: meeting up with old acquaintances/friends. I recently attended a school reunion shindig which never would have happened if not for the accessibilty of facebook. Your suggestion of the phone is a retarded one since in the nine years since our departure many of us relocated and changed contact details.
Its also a great way to kick off conversations with people who you may have conversed with little in the past and in doing so, become closer to the said individual. I will though call out Twitter, now that is an example of a celebrity-pandering nonsense if ever saw it.
07/24/09
My main grievance is getting messages, notes or invitations of people who know me indirectly, people who invite 1500 people to some club or social thing or people who share my fondness of a tv-show and insist i join their "elite" club.
The whole mass-interaction part of Facebook is what smells of poserism. That's what i feel is advocated with the whole false sense of belonging. Also i don't feel phoning actual friends is a retarded notion and i don't consider people i haven't seen in 9 years friends, but hey.. definition is up for grabs on this one
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And that's the problem. You act like this is some either/or situation. It's not. I use Facebook to keep in touch with people from far away to communicate on a large scale where it would be, literally, too time consuming to call. I can have a conversation with 8 people at once instead of having to call each one of them and say the same damn thing.
Phones are great. Calendars are great. Meeting people face-to-face in the real world is essential. However, none of that means that using a social interaction tool, like Facebook, is somehow inferior. It's a tool, just like a phone, that can be used to make communication easier. Yes, some take it too far and use it as a social crutch or other tripe. Some people do the same with phones, video games, TV, etc.
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Linkz r broken lol tits or gtfo.
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