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As the new heralds the old let us take a moment to ponder online video game interfaces

User interfaces are the root problem that holds back 3D MMOs from mass appeal – as in 300 million people playing them. Today’s interfaces were designed by 1st generation gamers who had limited research to support their designs and that have since been incrementally improved and expanded.

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Posted 08 December 2008 † Ron Williams § Development § Online Games § Virutal Worlds ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: MMO video games, Twitter, user interface

As Microsoft browser share falls below 70% video games need to adjust

TG Daily reports that Microsoft’s share of the Internet browser market has fallen below 70% after peaking at almost 97% share in 2003. This massive shift in browser share over just that last 4 years has huge implications for video game companies that have any kind of web presence.

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Posted 01 December 2008 † Ron Williams § Development § Free to Play Business Model § Game Companies § Marketing § Online Games § Reviews § Virutal Worlds ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Google Analytics, market share, online games, web browsers

Balsamiq offers cheap, quick, and easy user interface mock-ups from Adobe alumnus.

Built with state of the art thin client techniques Balsamiq brings powerful WYSIWYG design to browser based development of online game user interface mockups

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Posted 16 November 2008 † Ron Williams § Development § Reviews ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Development, user interface, Web 2.0

10 ways to bring your video game into the Web 2.0 world.

10 ways for developers to bring their video game and virtual world design into the Web 2.0 world

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Posted 13 November 2008 † Ron Williams § Development § Free to Play Business Model § Marketing § Online Games § Virutal Worlds ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: buzz generation, community management, free to play, Free to Play Business Model, Guitar Hero, iPhone, Marketing, MMO video games, Open Source, operations, Web 2.0