2008

post from Gaming Nexus on 12 February 2008 08:03:00 PM. © Gaming Nexus

by: Charles Husemann
NEWS - Here's the Digital Crack Report for this week. Joe and I talk about Professor Layton, I stumble through Lost Odyssey, and we wrap up with a short discussion of my anti-social habits and how they apply to Conflict Denied Ops. Feel free to mock me in the comments.

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Twofish unveils new micro transaction middleware
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post from Gaming Nexus on 12 February 2008 07:52:00 PM. © Gaming Nexus

by: Charles Husemann
NEWS - As anybody who's played games recently knows the big new trend for converting cash in your wallet to cash in game developers pockets is microtransactions. These small transactions allow you to play games for "free" and then pay for little upgrades a long the way. The folks at Twofish realize that not all developers have or want to have the expertise necessary to develop the software needed to handle these transactions so they have developed Twofish Elements, a middleware solution that will allow game developers to gorge themselves on the nickels, dimes, and five dollar bills that flow through this new revenue stream.

I'm always a bit wary of turnkey middleware solutions as they are usually jack of all trade and a master of none but this might be worth checking out if you're a small game developer who doesn't want to deal with the hassles of online transactions.
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Ballonius

post from Jay is Games on 12 February 2008 07:23:00 PM. © Jay is Games

Control a ship in a miniature-yet-epic battle against undulating bubbles and their mindless minions. Weave in and out of the bubbles in a race against the clock, dodging drones and collecting enough energy to move on to the next stage. Another excellent and original game design entered into our 4th Casual Gameplay Design Competition.

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