Posts Tagged ‘Casual Gaming’

Casual Gaming Can Help you Achieve your Life Goals

mindbloom1 The alarm’s shrill screech is piercing your ears while the clock flashes 5AM, but instead of going for that 2 mile jog you were determined to start incorporating into your morning routine, you hit the snooze for another hour. Getting out of bed to exercise before you start your day is no easy feat, but Mindbloom hopes to make it possible by giving you your very own virtual life tree to grow, nurture and care for in a creative mashup of social gaming, networking and media sharing. Infusing each individual’s quest for personal wellbeing with fun and interactive tracking, goal-setting and casual gaming, Mindbloom is a service that’s on the cutting edge of new media in a new age.
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Casual vs Flash vs Social Gaming: The Differences

LostGarden: diagram, casual/social gaming

Do you remember when gaming just used to be called gaming, instead of being fragmented into a number of terms: casual gaming, social gaming, flash gaming? What do all these terms mean, and why care?

Well if you didn’t already know, this has been an important week in game development. The FGS 2010 Flash Gaming Summit took place on Mon Mar 8, and GDC 2010 Game Developers Conference started the day after and wraps up Sat Mar 13. Both conferences have looked at various aspects of game development, including coding, design, audio, legal and more. Naturally, during conference sessions, these types of gaming get brought up regularly, and if you’re not familiar with them, if might be worthwhile learning the differences. They are in fact distinct terms and loosely defined below: Read more

Bloody Twitter in 140 Characters or Less

How many Twitter messages have you received in the past few weeks, inviting you to play one of those mafia games? You may be getting more messages from friends inviting you to join their squad on World of Blood’s Twitter version of its existing games already available on Facebook and MySpace.

The new Twitter-based version is called 140Blood, and this particular adaptation leverages the microblogging platform to make the game social for players. Find friends, invite members to your squad, and share your adventure online via Twitter updates.
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