ijji – Live Games Online is NHN’s try at cracking the casual gamer market in the US. Of course, we’ve already got Shockwave.com and Pogo and any others — but what NHN brings to the table is the fact that their portal is #1 in most of the Pacific Rim. It’ll be interesting to see how it does here.
Here’s a great example: someone who has more than mastered Tetris.
I know it’s hugely long, but you do need to stick with it to get to the double-sized blocks, the invisible segment, and so on.
The billboards along the road, dry,
Sandblasted pink and pale,
Aren’t even markers of distance yet.
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As just about everybody has noted, Greg Costikyan’s grand experiment to bring indie gaming to the center of the gaming world has launched: ManifestoGames.com. A lot of old indie game faves are here, from Crimsonland to DROD, plus a bunch I have never heard of before. Check it out.
