The Ephemeral Notebook

• The Rise of the "Game Mechanic in a Box" – - And the dystopian achievement future begins

• Who’s Using Facebook Around the World? The Demographics of Facebook’s Top 15 Country Markets –
• Investment Opportunities in Social Apps – Not Just Publishers and Not Just in the US –
• Zynga Readies for Major International Expansion With $147M SoftBank Investment –
• Apple Opens Game Center for Developer Signups –
• Zynga Runs Virtual Goods Charity Campaign to Aid Gulf Coast Oil Spill Victims –
• Facebook Expands at the Cost of Local Social Networks –

• Gamasutra – Features – Targeted Focus, Broad Audience? –
• Viximo launches social gaming platform for smaller social networks | VentureBeat –
• Pinkelstar makes it easy to integrate social networks into mobile apps | VentureBeat –
• Sometrics launches Game Coins virtual goods market for games (exclusive) | VentureBeat –

• Woozworld Raises $3 Million To Spin Off Tribal Nova –

• Thin List Of Strategies For Fat Princess –
• Teens Don't Tweet… Or Do They? –
• Challenge: The Automyth, Or Automated Monomyth –
• Interview: Sidhe’s Wynands Talks PSN, Details Shatter Sales –
• Best Of Indie Games: Falling Head Over Heels For Art Games –
• In-Depth: Wright Talks Perception And ‘Entertaining The Hive Mind’ –
• Zynga Acquires MyMiniLife –

• Best Of Indie Games: Red Herrings and Yellow Post-it Notes –
• Column: The Amateur – ‘The Game Design Lessons Of Permadeath’ –
• Develop 2009: David Perry: ‘Gaming Should Be More Convenient’ –
• User-generated-content, business models and funding –
• Chillingo Announces Open Social Gaming Platform for iPhone –
• Interview: David Perry’s Gaikai –
• Online Gaming Audience Grew 22 Percent In May –
• Best Of Indie Games: Rescuing the Princess from Armageddon –
• Online Gaming Sees Significant US Growth –
• The Daily Grind: Procedurally-generated MMOs –
• Da Chip: Daft Punk Chiptune Cover Album –
• PopCap Connects Zuma To Facebook For Social Elements –
• Even our brain is a small world network –
• King.com Brings New Skill Games To Facebook –

• Two great Flash-related posts –
• Analysis: Asynchronicity In Game Design –

• COLUMN: ‘Chewing Pixels’: Downgrade Complete –

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• Column: 'Homer In Silicon': Sub-Façade – - wonderful article – we need more design discussions of this level
• Zynga Sees 10 Million Active Social Gamers – - le sigh
• Mondo21 Airing Shoot'em Up Show – - Wow this is superkakkoi. I will definitely watch this
• Create LittleLittlePlanets With Made in Ore – - My single most anticipated game right now