MySpace Makes Plans for Online Gaming Channel

News Corp's MySpace has announced a partnership with Oberon Media to bring casual games to their social network. MySpace Games will allow users to include diversions right on their web spaces. "MySpace is looking to tap into the fast-growing market for "casual gaming" -- five-minute distractions that appeal to audiences of all ages by letting them test their wits against other online players. MySpace Games is expected to launch in 2008, the companies said." Though almost certainly not as in-depth, this sounds like it has overtones of Metaplace.

cool

[deathtopaulw]

now I can play chess against 12 year olds and beat the hell out of them
this'll be great for my self esteem

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[EveryNickIsTaken]

That's what Yahoo! Games is for.

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[xbrain]

yeah, ya rite.. don't underestimate youngster now, they are more clever than us sometimes btw - it's a good moving for myspace - facebook did that first witht heir cool pokre game.

Not surprising...

[azuredrake]

I'm honestly astonished this didn't happen sooner. Casual game apps as an option for email accounts would be a huge draw to the much-vaunted 12-20 yo demographic.

They should probably

[slummy]

Fix their shitty code before adding more crap to that already bloated site.

They already have a game

[ILuvRamen]

I thought Myspace itself was just one big game called avoid the sex offender. It's a realtime strategy game

Re:They already have a game

[vux984]

I thought Myspace itself was just one big game called avoid the sex offender. It's a realtime strategy game

The only winning move is not to play.

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[netsavior]

they even have Television and real life Tie-ins! but unfortunatly the end-boss Chris Hansen is pretty tough.

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[kilo_foxtrot84]

My God, I hope they don't Zerg rush.

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[the_tsi]

*Avoid*??!? Shit, I read the instructions wrong.

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[ILuvRamen]

you must be a thirteen year old girl then rofl. They seem to all think that's the point. Cuz you know, there's SO MANY hot older guys to meet on Myspace ZOMGROFLCOPTER!

Two Thoughts

[snl2587]

I still don't quite feel the draw to integrate games on a personal page. To me, it's just as easy to open up a new tab (or window, for those who dislike tabbed browsing) and start playing. Same thing happened to Facebook. I don't know...I'm just not feeling it.

But thinking about it from the perspective of the days of Geocities when I was just beginning to really use the web, I can understand why those less involved with the internet would like this.

Gaming on MySpace?

[trdrstv]

I can only hope the game channel is as stable as the rest of MySpace.

Finally!

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

Thank god somebody's finally invented chat windows attached to web-based games.

I sure as hell hope they have 2-player chess and euchre in the works!

regarding yr sig

[ThirdPrize]

Try this [msdn.com].

And what's wrong with embedding flash games?

[fawzma]

Been doing this for a while on my page. It's cheesy, but fun. I can tell you now, people aren't going to be playing them as much as you think. If you can't convince your own friends to play, who else will. It's an ok idea, but it's not going to turn out the way they think it will.

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[British]

1. Spambot whack-a-mole: How many messages from "Hi! I'm Amber!" can you flag as spam before the account gets deleted?

2. Creative Cropping: Take a picture of a husky gal, and crop her face & angle to the way to make her look like a supermodel. Score is determined how high your picture is rated, and how many cheap pick-up lines you get.

3. The Tequila Challenge: Try to get as many friends on your friends list as possible. No, they won't pick you up at the airport, or go for a beer with you. Can you make i

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[HoshiToshi9000]

LOL, so true. Hehe. I bet you something along these lines will actually end up being a real game.

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