Archive for the “Gaming” category
Gamers Not Addicted, Merely Disabled. Socially, That is.
by Tony Hung on November 25, 2008
Interesting article from the BBC today on the changing attitudes of a clinic in Europe which treats “gaming addictions”. The gist of things is that they’re changing the model with which they’re helping their clients, as they no longer view (…)
Would Digg Be Substantially Different Without The Digg Elite?
by Tony Hung on January 26, 2008
Well, now you can answer that for yourselves, thanks to some creative piping at Yahoo Pipes. There’s a mashup that alleges to remove some of the front page results of the Digging Elite (or Top Diggers, or Top X number (…)
Newsflash: People Are Using IM’s To Game Digg! (Wait — Is This 2006?)
by Tony Hung on December 18, 2007
Dave Cohn of NewsAssignment.net, Propeller Scout, sometime-contributor to Wired, AKA “DigiDave”, and all around Social News Dude has written an interesting post about Digg today, with respect to people gaming Digg. I have to admit I don’t really follow Digg (…)
StumbleRank Calculates Your StumbleUpon Ranking Even Better Than StumbleUpon Can
by Tony Hung on November 4, 2007
For people who use StumbleUpon — ever wonder what your StumbleUpon ranking is? Well, there isn’t a direct way of measuring that on StumbleUpon, and I suspect that part of the reason why there isn’t one list is to prevent (…)
Will I Also Be a Two-Faced Liar To My Son?
by Tony Hung on April 9, 2007
There’s a wonderful article over at Wired magazine, detailing how a generation who grew up with computer gaming (in all its forms; lo, where has the arcade gone?) now has to deal with challenges of parenting (and being The Parent) (…)
Sony’s “Playstation Home”: Charming, Desperate and Futile
by Tony Hung on March 7, 2007
Sony Playstation Home — what’s the point, really?
Next CBS Hit Builds in Web2.0 Mechanics
by Tony Hung on August 15, 2006
Mark Burnett, of Survivor fame, has a new show coming this fall to CBS, called Gold Rush. Wired gives a good review of the new show, but seems to have missed the boat: Gold Rush is less about game mechanics, (…)