Seniors flocking to social networks: Are they playing games?

The image of social networks as a place just for teens and college kids continues to fall away thanks to a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project showing older Americans using social networks in larger numbers than ever before. Over 40 percent of American Internet users 50 and older now use social networking sites, according to the study, nearly doubling their proportion from only a year ago. While young people are still the most active social networkers (86% of 18-29 year olds are on a social network), older Americans represent the fastest growing demographic for the sites

Quote of the Moment: The race to take over Europe

“I think [social game monetization in Europe] is going be even better for us than it is in North America, because there is less competition.

Quote of the Moment: The race to take over Europe

“I think [social game monetization in Europe] is going be even better for us than it is in North America, because there is less competition. One of the reasons why Playdom is expanding to European social networks now is that we were the major player on Myspace for a very long time same as Zynga had Facebook all to themselves

Quote of the Moment: The race to take over Europe

“I think [social game monetization in Europe] is going be even better for us than it is in North America, because there is less competition. One of the reasons why Playdom is expanding to European social networks now is that we were the major player on Myspace for a very long time same as Zynga had Facebook all to themselves.

Is FarmVille changing everything? Games biz bigwigs speak out

To say the game industry is undergoing a transformation would be an understatement. The entire playing-games-on-one-system paradigm is rapidly shifting, as more people play games on multiple devices — consoles, PCs, and increasingly the iPhone, iPad, or even the favorite medium of the Games.com – The Blog! crew, Facebook (along with other social networks)

Is FarmVille changing everything? Games biz bigwigs speak out

To say the game industry is undergoing a transformation would be an understatement. The entire playing-games-on-one-system paradigm is rapidly shifting, as more people play games on multiple devices — consoles, PCs, and increasingly the iPhone, iPad, or even the favorite medium of the Games.com – The Blog! crew, Facebook (along with other social networks).

Nielsen: Online games now more popular than e-mail

Look out e-mail… there’s a new No

Playdom Buys Green Patch and Trippert Labs

The company behind social network gaming hits like Mobsters 2 and Sorority Life announced late on Thursday that it had purchased two companies that specialize in social and iPhone games. The first of the two, Green Patch, is best known for its one million user strong (Lil) Farm Life, a game that competes with other social networking resource management games like FarmVille

Quote of the Moment: Generosity is its own reward

“It’s unintuitive to think that games where you actually do not ever directly interact with another person could have a community, but what social games do is generate an asynchronous cloud of persistent community formed by the constant exchange of gifts, tools, and requests sent by other players. It’s generosity-driven, but transactional – if I send you a gift, I’m feeling happy because I helped you out (especially if I’m responding to a request you’ve put out), but I’m also hoping you’ll send me something back.

Cow Clicker breaks down social games, misses the point

Filed under: Farmville , Mafia Wars “You get a cow. You can click on it.

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