Comments on: Attack of the Casual Gaming Sites

By: Attack of the Casual Game Sites, Part II - GigaOM

Attack of the Casual Game Sites, Part II - GigaOM — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:19:02 +0000

[...] Jane Pinckard, and I decided to start compiling them in ongoing, round-up posts. Last month, Jane tackled iWon, Kickplay, Moola, and Wipido. Here are three [...]

By: Arlen Ritchie

Arlen Ritchie — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:57:34 +0000

Re: Moola; "Cool — but how will we know that the system won’t cheat?"

You play against other real humans, not against the "system". Moola simply facilitates the gameplay, which in turn ensures fair play.

By: Eric-Paul Scholten

Eric-Paul Scholten — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:24:42 +0000

@Lance The difference with the 'old' concepts is that the user now has the control. He can create it's own matches for the game he likes and decides when he will play, against who he will play and for how much he wants to play. That keeps the fun in it..

By: peterduarte

peterduarte — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:11:28 +0000

wow, sad to say that kind of stuff exists, what happened to playing games for enjoyment?

By: Lance

Lance — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:53:15 +0000

Tough to keep these in line? iWon has been around for 7-8 years or so.

Nothing new here, just regurgitated from what many refer to as web 1.0.

New slants of course, same old thing. Moola looks fun.