There is more of 1 billion users virtual worlds, online communities where users have avatars and participate in various simulated environments. Even more impressive than this figure: about half of these virtual world users are under 15 years old. With a number of recent reports on children under 13 on Facebook (in violation of the […]
Month: June 2011
Social games: same meat, different sauce?
One of the biggest trends on the internet over the past 3 years has been the rise of social gaming. Much of Facebook’s growth has come from these games, and some of the largest and most valuable Internet companies are social game companies. But are social games really something new? And what kind of social […]