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Great paper on in-game secrets (I think they used to be called Easter Eggs) and how and why they drive enjoyment and social community building around a game/character
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Second part of the paper, focusing on Animal Crossing and more game design
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Have we hit a tipping point with EU start-ups (or are they just getting more attension) – in the same week as Enterprising Games Week
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On patent trolls and changes to the US system
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I’d have been one to put money on most dot-doom companies having gone bust – lends further credence to the Y Combinator et al approach to larger numbers of smaller investments
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Great post on business failure and how the US start-up environment is benefitting from it
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Usual excellent round up of all things mobile
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Fantastic multi-sync everything with everything (nearly – Gmail contacts still not there)
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Fortnightly news letters going back to 1995 – huge resource, lots of reading
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Brilliant (as usual)
