2008

Most obsessive office pranks of all...

http://blog.jimmyr.com/Best_Office_Pranks_of_All_Time_26_2008.php

josh: michael jackson's new dance game...

http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=6100

nabeel: Jason Calacanis On How To Get PR For...

jesse: Guitar Hero 'census' stats

A friend of mine, who’s now a prof at Brown, is REALLY into GH/RB and actually has it as her...

fareed: Why People Pirate Stuff - A Game...

Lots in here about removing barriers to entry…...

nabeel: Online World Atlas: Ikariam -- Pt. 3,...

jesse: Unsurprisingly, MuxTape shut...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10019778-2.html

david: Report: Fees may sink Pandora soon -...

Behind the scenes at Facebook: Scaling...

Interesting article, but somewhat light on details.

josh: playing upbeat music makes...

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080818/BIZ/808180349/1001/BIZ

dan: ECMAScript 4.0 Is Dead

nabeel: SXSW last minute voting

nabeel: Presenting at 360Flex, Flash on the...

[SlideShare] nabeel has sent you a...

Hi nabeel shared a slideshow, ‘Megatrends in Video Gaming’ on SlideShare with this...

david: Oktapodi

nabeel: Twizzle - beautiful simple puzzle...

nabeel: Is The Tipping Point Toast? Music...

nabeel: The idea factory - The Boston Globe

Emotion Engineering: A Scientific...

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3738/emotion_engineering_a_scientific_.php

nabeel: When can paying people become...

nabeel: The Loudcrowd private alpha, and a...

News of the Loudcrowd private alpha

nabeel: Bubbling about Braid

Platforms are Driven By Hits -...

Here’s the history: Back in Feb/March 07, Kongregate has just launched. At the GDC 2007, CEO...

josh: apple removes I am rich from ipod

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/08/iphone-i-am-ric.html

dan: Flash on Tap : Boston

dan: The Hater: Minor Injuries Are The New...

damon: LittleBigPlanet Launches Little Big...

Warner Music says music video games must...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warner Music Group Corp, the world’s third-largest music company, said on...

nabeel: The problem with snacking.

david: Figure Drawing

josh: world of warcraft refer a friend...

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?SHOWARTICLE=11382&GAMEID=15&SETVIEW=news&bhcp=1

fareed: jamlegend

http://www.jamlegend.com/

dan: August Chapter Meeting - Featuring Ralph...

dan: Peek inside Larrabee

JavaScript Magix

Two recent “I can’t believe it’s JavaScript/Canvas” examples:...

nabeel: The Art of Visual Thinking

dan: Gamers rejoice: you can cancel easily...

jesse: Your browser history indicates...

http://www.mikeonads.com/2008/07/13/using-your-browser-url-history-estimate-gender/

jesse: Why do we not have groupies?!?

http://gawker.com/5031077/tech-boys-kryptonite-fine-julia-allison

fareed: Silicon Valley VC Disease vs....

http://vcmike.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/silicon-valley-vc-disease-vs-techcrunch-echochamber-disease/

nabeel: How to implement reporting and...

fareed: Techno chicken

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvZrhdy2UdY WE need a chicken. Now.

nabeel: Club Penguin Co-Founder Merrifield To...

Moondo

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/27/moondo-fuses-casual-gaming-with-massively-multiplayer-games/

nabeel: Q&A: Cartoon Network's Roche On...

david: GNARLS BARKLEY - Who's Gonna Save My...

josh: batman vs. ironman - who had the...

http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=129826

josh: hype machine profiled on...

http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/22/technology/hypemachine.fortune/

nabeel: FlowPlay Incorporates Diner Dash,...

nabeel: Virtual goods starting to pan out for...

nabeel: 75% of FB users are giggle, 25% are...

dan: #104 Unpaid Internships

nabeel: Mundanity in game design....

nabeel: What We Can Learn From Tap Tap...

hipsters in spaaaace

http://current.com/items/89066132_hipsters_in_space

dan: Transactions in Social Games - Launching...

nabeel: SGN’s Name It Shows Power of...

nabeel: Coobico is going 3D

Harmonix interview

Great interview with some Harmonix folk on the AV Club....

Max Levchin on Social Ad Revenues

http://maxlevchin.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/revenue-social-apps/

nabeel: Gaia Planning In-Game Olympics-Styled...

damon: What Microsoft does not want you to...

josh: addicting games trying to become...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9992791-93.html

nabeel: Runescape stats: 250k peak concurrent...

I wanna make love in this club

http://www.vimeo.com/1187654?pg=embed&sec=1187654

josh: camspace - Use your body and...

http://www.camspace.com/faqs/#question1

nabeel: Neopets creators enter the MMO world...

david: Double dutch

Jesse: Except I forget to actually link...

http://www.vimeo.com/1223566

Jesse: Bigger and Russianer

This is perhaps the best video I have ever seen.

dan: Take Oprah, for Instance

dan: Music game lawsuit chain

josh: white-label social gaming...

http://www.killerstartups.com/Web20/come2play-com-social-gaming-network-platform

david: The Ultimate Guide to iPhone Games...

josh: why ad supported music sites won't...

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/7/why-ad-supported-music-won-t-work-blame-the-labels

dan: Glow stick voting system!

david: Riot Games Get a $7M Launch [News]

josh: challenge games raises $4.5M

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9987053-93.html?hhTest=1

nabeel: Ludacris' digital music play - Jul....

nabeel: Web Form Design Patterns: Sign-Up...

nabeel: 30+ Awesome Sites for Streaming...

josh: 30 sites for streaming music

http://mashable.com/2008/07/09/streaming-music-sites/

josh: bust a groove game for playstation...

http://www.gamespot.com/ps/puzzle/bustagroove/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs...

damon: Bend Over Dude, You’re Getting A Dell

damon: Wall-E mod gives Gamecube new life,...

josh: musicians are partnering with and...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/business/media/07music.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&adxnnl=1&...

josh: more specifics on highstreet 5's...

http://www.highstreet5.com.ph/guide/more_dance.aspx

josh: new online dance game/social...

http://blogs.inquirer.net/hackenslash/2008/07/04/highstreet-5-starts-countdown-to-virtual-street-part...

nabeel: Thinking About Groups (A VC)

damon: Hey, You've Got Starbuck In My...

nabeel: Hype Machine user survey

nabeel: MySpace Takes A Step Toward Facebook...

Watch Christopher Hitchens get...

Christopher Hitchens, famous pundit/drunk who until recently had defended the Bush...

damon: 50 Songs To Make You Dance

Massive web 2.0 logo dump

Massive pile of web 2.0 logos. Amazing how similar the logos and names start to feel....

Josh: top web browser games based on...

http://www.bretterrill.com/2008/07/whos-most-engaging-top-gaming-sites.html

Finally a web 2.0 app that I can... get...

http://bedposted.com/

damon: Google, Yahoo spiders can now crawl...

Now, Google can search SWFs

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/30/once-nearly-invisible-to-search-engines-flash-files-can-now-be-f...

I Love My Chicken Wire Mommy

> > I will below provide the story of Consumating’s ill-fated point system as a >...

nabeel: The Paper Version of the Web at...

david: The Diablo III Announcement, Game...

david: Natalie Portman's Fear of Turtles...

josh: more free analytics tools

http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/06/23/two-alternative-solutions-for-site-analytics/#more-2625

david: The 10 Worst Top-Shelf CG Cartoon...

damon: Wii Castlevania Revealed! It's A...

damon: Halo-Inspired Anti-Smoking Ad [Video...

damon: 'Rock Band'/ 'Guitar Hero' Rivalry...

How to be Emo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGLv3IEL0VI

nabeel: Interesting IMVU stats

david: Left4Dead: Shakeycam Bonanza

nabeel: Thinking about message boards

nabeel: Industry Leaders: In-Depth Interview...

wiki: WikiHome [Updated on 06/23/2008

nabeel: Harvard panel on non-competes and the...

damon: Funny FAIL Pictures

nabeel: How to nap - Boston.com

nabeel: Human Pets Expands From Facebook To...

david: The 10 Most Punishingly Hard...

nabeel: How casual MMOs benefit from hardcore...

nabeel: SGS Panel: What Makes Social Gaming...

nabeel: Mass market perspective

david: Resistance 2 Gameplay Vids [Resistance...

Half Life on Gamasutra

Quick history of Half-Life, aka the game that almost sucked because of pressure to rush it:...

nabeel: Social Gaming Summit: Recap and...

nabeel: Lives Notes from “Asynchronous Games...

damon: The iPhone Price Drop is a Lie

nabeel: EA Confirms Acquisition of Social...

josh: top 20 networks and communities...

http://multichannelthinking.blogspot.com/2008/06/social-gaming-20-social-networks-and.html

nabeel: Facestat will either kill or boost...

nabeel: "When we launched, we launched with...

nabeel: Social Gaming Pwns The Industry

david: Loudcrowd Site Wallpaper

damon: The 6 Most Ill-Conceived Video Game...

new search engine in public beta

http://beta.searchme.com/

google analytics time on site may not be...

http://www.roirevolution.com/blog/2008/05/time_on_page_and_time_on_site_how_confident_are_yo.html

Orisinal

be soothed with your games:http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/

david: Liberty City Citizens Demand Tougher...

Mike Cassidy: Speed as THE primary...

http://venturehacks.com/articles/speed -f

Socialbomb is a game about social...

http://www.socialbomb.com/

nabeel: Implications of “Convenience Beats...

nabeel: Interesting Numbers - Audition Items...

nabeel: Startup Tips: How I grew a waiting...

doof: addictive gaming with social...

http://www.doof.com/blog/about-doof

damon: How Do They Do That? 9 Mind Blowing...

nabeel: rainwave

nabeel: Learning Viral: What my Brita taught...

damon: Top 15 Websites To Feed Your Music...

nabeel: How social games can retain their...

Konami has big multiplayer ambitions for...

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Mobile/DanceDanceRevolution/news.asp?c=7005

Cubism Bug

Game payment options

this company has established payment ties with many online games, including Runescape, Age of Conan,...

nabeel: Intense Debate on TWiT

nabeel: MicroHoo: corporate penis envy? -...

nabeel: OpenCoffee for founders tomorrow in...

nabeel: Wii Fit - 1st Day’s Take

dan: Adobe Pixel Bender in Flash Player 10...