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Digital Cardboard and Electric Dice

A couple of times a year, my friend and colleague Julian Murdoch crams his house full of friends, beer, and board games. The ...
By Rob Zacny Legacy AuthorJuly 27, 2010
Massively Casual

The Man Who Would be Zynga

There’s a revolution happening in gaming. It’s been happening so swiftly and so subtly you may not have noticed until now, when it’s ...
By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJuly 27, 2010
Massively Casual

How Social Games Ate Our Lunch

The hardest thing in the world is being something new. Ask any disenfranchised minority who has ever wanted to vote, own property, or ...
By Erin Hoffman Legacy AuthorJuly 27, 2010
Massively Casual

Falling Into a Happy Aquarium

I am a reluctant Facebook user in the first place. When I started to see notices about cows in Bermuda shorts wandering onto ...
By Wendy Despain Legacy AuthorJuly 27, 2010
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