'casual gaming' Tag

• Portfolio company opportunities: BoosterMedia

  August 5, 2010

  If you’re interested in joining a dynamic, young company in the domain of social and casual gaming for mobile, these job openings may be of interest. All positions are based in Utrecht, Netherlands, though there may be some partial flexibility on working location. Sales Manager Mobile Advertising and Partnerships Software Engineer Freelance casual game developer […]

  posted in technology, venture capital by mark

• A game for the ages (literally)

  June 8, 2010

  I’ve written in the past about the perennity of casual games like Bejeweled and BubbleShooter, and their inevitable shift toward mobile. Then about two weeks, Google featured a Pac-man applet on its home page, which resulted in an estimated $120 million of lost productivity, but gave me a boatload of enjoyment while I was waiting […]

  posted in technology by mark

• Casual gaming going mobile

  February 11, 2010

  Wandering the floor of Casual Connect in Hamburg today has me marvelling at how quickly casual gaming is shifting to mobile. Every serious web-based casual and skill gaming firm now seems to be placing mobile smack on their road map. This was not the case a year ago. The interest is understandable. Content consumption via […]

  posted in venture capital by mark