The FarmVille People Just Bought the Draw Something People For a Reported $200 Million [Blip]
A conference call with Zynga's David Ko today confirmed rumors that the social game development company has acquired OMGPOP, the creators of mobile pictionary game Draw Something. Dan Porter, CEO of OMGPOP, will now be the Vice President and General Manager at Zynga NY. Zynga would not comment on the monetary value of the [..]
Famous People Sell Games Better Than Game Reviewers [Beautiful People] Publishers should recognize that the televised appearance of celebrities in their underwear hyping Guitar Hero is helping that series beat its better-reviewed competition, according to a gaming analyst. There are many ways that star game reviewer and Giant Bomb honcho J [..]
SXSW 2009: Games By the People, For the People
So you enjoy playing video games, right? That's what probably brought you to Joystiq in the first place. But have you ever thought about making your own? Right now you're probably thinking, "But, Kevin... doesn't that take millions of doll [..]
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Some People Use The PS3 For Web Browsing, Less People Use The Wii [PS3] Business Research firm Market Share have released statistics outlining global internet browser share. Internet Explorer and Firefox are obviously the two largest, but what about the PlayStation consoles and Wii? Surprisingly, enough "PlayStation" owne [..]
What Do People REALLY Think Of 3D TV? Will people actually watch 3D TV in the comfort of their own homes? What about those silly-looking glasses?
Here is what people really think of 3D TV:
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The Right Way To Lay People Off Shortly after we sold Opsware to Hewlett-Packard, I had a conversation with the legendary venture capitalist Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital. He wanted to hear the story of how we went from doomed in the eyes of the world to a $1.6B outcome with [..]
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GTA IV: A FAQ for Old People [Faq] So, Brian's 70-year-old dad took on GTA IV and took quite a liking to it. Others his age are not as enlightened or ? shocker ? willing to try new things, and so the series might require further explication.
Helpfully, here is a FAQ (a FAQ? an F-A-Q? how do I do this) from 23/6 to break down the cho [..]