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Post by Jacob on Aug 29, 2014 12:20:59 GMT -5
dayan ... Say again? Hint: TB. Sent from my rooted Falcon
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mataeus
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Post by mataeus on Aug 29, 2014 12:28:23 GMT -5
If the product is free, the real product is YOU Apart from those rare exceptions, yes! What I can't understand is that a game with no substance that's not even fun or rewarding, yet packed with ads and the nickel-and-dime approach, can get over a billion downloads across all games and all platforms and all devices. Yet the TB non-Elite games get a few tens of thousand each, despite being ad free and actually, y'know, GAMES. As long as people keep feeding the greed of marketing and advertising companies masquerading as game developers (King! Rovio!) Then they will keep pushing that crap out. Why.... WHY do MILLIONS of people download that crap!? Casual games can be fun and wonderfully designed (Cut the Rope, Super Stickman Golf, Temple Run 2) but the big cash-whores that are pay-to-win - Clash of Clans, Angry Birds Seasons, effing Candy bastard Crush - I just don't know why people download them.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 12:53:32 GMT -5
dayan ... Say again? Hint: TB. Sent from my rooted Falcon Games and apps often collect market research data on you to sell. Sometimes through rewards for watching ads like fruit ninja. Others through monitoring your phone through permissions. Example. About an hour ago someone from the local Enterprise office called me to confirm a rental for tomorrow. About 5 minutes later my Iheart radio app pinged a message about "Going on a trip? Try these new exclusive stations to makeyour drive a happy one." I don't care for invasive marketing like that. There is far too many opportunities for abuse. Sorry for the soapbox hijacking. Im still fairly pissed.
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Post by Cg on Aug 29, 2014 13:24:31 GMT -5
It's a Federal Crime in the US to phone tap? So, excluding hypocritical governments, who say, "thou shalt not", and then do the exact opposite, in the name of, (place your own reason here), why is there no proper cover for mobile PHONES? What a farce.
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"I'm Max Mercer, more mental than mat". <errr. Something not quite right there?!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 14:09:28 GMT -5
This country has the best legal loopholes and corrupt interpretation money can buy.
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Post by ncaoa on Aug 29, 2014 15:21:45 GMT -5
mataeus Well said! Don't forget Pixel Dungeon.Still can't believe that freaking gem of a mobile game is completely free.
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mataeus
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Post by mataeus on Aug 29, 2014 17:10:05 GMT -5
Yep; make sure you donate to the Pixel Dungeon dev from the title screen
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Post by rabidbite on Aug 29, 2014 18:03:07 GMT -5
The PMS clan has been around for a looooong time (assuming I'm not confusing the clan). I remember researching them for a story 7-10 years ago. They were playing a Quake game at the time.
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Post by Officer Genious on Aug 29, 2014 18:15:10 GMT -5
It covers some interesting topics, but I meant the video game community as it interacts with itself, player to player, matchup by matchup. The ettiqute, rules of engagement and socially accepted phrases used (and expected) between at least two gamers entering a match or lobby of sorts. Basically, a focus on the micro-universe of social gaming rather than a macro-universe of game developers interacting with gamers (and themselves, really) on the Feminist Frequency. Thank you for the link however, I'll see if they bring any new viewpoints to the table I haven't heard of before.
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