[casual_games] MOG

[Chris Cowherd]

The site is visually appealing and pretty unique. I don't think I've 
seen someone do something quite like this.

I like the Gameology page with the stats, especially the "All time plays 
graph" and "Who Mogged this game?".  Should be interesting over time. 
It's definitely got an emphasis toward online games as you say. I wonder 
how it would fly if there was a standardized API / XML format that 
offline games could post to provide number of plays and other anonymous 
stats to MOG on a voluntary basis. Site visitors could then see 
someone's favorite games based on number of plays along side the online 
games. 

Obviously there are logistics to work out (security, integrity, 
anonyminity etc.) but nothing that hasn't been done before.

Congrats!  Wish I had thought of it.  :)

Chris Cowherd

Duncan Gough wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm pleased to announce the release of the first (to my knowledge)  
> casual games based tagging website, Millionsofgames.com (MOG).
>
> MOG is a community based bookmarking website for online and  
> downloadable games. We've attempted to add in a few features like  
> keywords and key categories to make things easier for new users.  
> Keywords are just free-text tags and key categories are suggested,  
> popular categories. We've also tried to build on the communal nature  
> of tags and tagging to make the most out of the metadata they  
> provide. For MOG, we're able to amalgamate tags and clicks to create  
> a 'score' for each game, which means that we're able to rank and sort  
> the data by popularity, giving us a good idea of what games are being  
> played the most.
>
> The site currently has a heavy bias towards online games but there's  
> no reason why downloadable games should be excluded. Ideally the site  
> will be come as relevant to game developers who want to find out how  
> popular their games are as it is to people who just want to find a  
> game to play during their lunchbreak.
>
> I'd love to see you all on MOG!
>
> All the best,
>
> Duncan
>
> http://www.millionsofgames.com/
> http://www.millionsofgames.com/members/suttree/        
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