Another Web-Based Game Targeting Casual Gamers Launches

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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday March 24, 2008 @02:37PM from the irs-is-on-hold-to-tax-your-users dept.

News.com is reporting that Mytopia, another casual-gaming network, has launched into public-beta. More than just a regular game with virtual rewards, Mytopia encourages exchanging points for real-world prizes like iTunes or Amazon certificates. "Since Mytopia is centered on "classic games," the offering--Sudoku, chess, backgammon, hearts, spades, dominoes, bingo, and poker--is a bit of a yawn, though the company has said new games will be added on a monthly basis. On the flip side, the familiarity of those games may be a draw to players who don't want to learn a whole new set of rules. Indeed, Mytopia is targeting a thoroughly non-"gamer" demographic."

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So You Pay To Get Ads? (Score:5, Informative)

by ergo98 ( 9391 ) writes: on Monday March 24, 2008 @02:48PM (#22848388) Homepage Journal

but for a $5-per-month premium membership, players have access to an ad-supported version of the site

I presume they misstated, and you actually pay to get an ad-free version of the site.

Otherwise...is this a slashvertisement? Yet another of hundreds of online gaming sites...what's the news for nerds in this? No, seriously, I really want to know.

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by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Monday March 24, 2008 @02:52PM (#22848494)

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Sierra Network (Score:4, Informative)

by kaellinn18 ( 707759 ) writes: on Monday March 24, 2008 @02:58PM (#22848568) Homepage Journal

Jeff Atwood wrote a post [codinghorror.com] about this yesterday. Apparently, Mytopia is a lot like Sierra's ImagiNation Network from the late 80s/early 90s.

Is Slashdot getting paid (Score:5, Informative)

by Bromskloss ( 750445 ) writes: <auxiliary,address,for,privacy&gmail,com> on Monday March 24, 2008 @03:09PM (#22848738)

...for generating traffic for news.com or why on earth didn't you include the link to Mytopia [mytopia.com]?!!

this is a spam submission (Score:1, Informative)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday March 24, 2008 @03:28PM (#22848938)

the mytopia domain has 0 contact information and a whois on the domain produces a hidden registration if this was legit company/startup and all above board why would they hide their contact info behind a registration proxy ? perhaps we should look harder at them and see where they get their games from i wonder if evservers (their US based host) is aware what they are hosting the DMCA does still apply in the US

doesn't allow login (Score:1, Informative)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday March 24, 2008 @03:45PM (#22849130)

It doesn't even allow me to login...weird.

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