Archive for March, 2009
March 30th Release Notes
Hi everyone,
Another small build this week with a few enhancements:
You can now browse/view/edit all of your activity from the mini-calendar on your member homepage.
Pictures and videos on game pages have their own filters
We imported over 14,000 images from our friends at Crispy Gamer to populate screen shots and game content.
Check out the full list of changes.
March 23rd Release Notes
Hi everyone,
We are hard at work planning out the next three months of development which involves some pretty large and sweeping changes to many key sections of the site. This week was a little lighter than normal because of all the brain power spent on this endeavor… but we did get a few fun things in:
New filters
We are now offering a more inteligent default filter on game pages called "highlights" which offers up the most recently popular and active content.
Video content from Crispy Gamer
Our friends at Crispy gamer are sending over video content for your favorite games. We will make a few changes this week to make it easier to see this content as well. The Pics and Vids link brings them up.
Play games at gamerDNA
There is a filter on the game directory now for seeing all games you can play immediately. We will be adding hundreds of new games you can play this week. We will of course announce this when they go in.
The full list of changes after the jump!
gamerDNA Member Newsletter #3
Hello gamerDNA nation! We’re back with another member newsletter and we’ve got new shiny stuff to show off! Winter is turning into Spring here in Boston..the sky is sunny again, we’re not getting a foot of snow in a day anymore, and spirits are high in the gamerDNA offices.
Over the past few months we’ve been working really hard to put out some great features for the gamerDNA community and it has really been awesome to see how everyone has been using these new features. You should expect more features in the near future, we’re not stopping!
March 16th Release Notes
Hey Everyone,
Sorry for the delay on the release notes. Busy times around the office! This release gives us the ability to connect our users with game content. Sure there is the standard "buy" and "rent" options… but we are also addingin "PLAY NOW" options with an array of game providers. As you explore games and come across games that are similar to ones you currently enjoy, there will be opportunities to start playing some of those games immediately either through a demo, trial, or free version.
As gamers, we definitely have one thing in common… that we are always looking for new games to play. Working at gamerDNA that is one thing I have enjoyed is exposure to so many new types of games that I never considered I would like.
We are also working on content partnerships so we can start offering gaming content right along side all of the great conversations and user reviews that are happening.
Here are some of the highlights… the full list of changes after the jump:
Buy.Rent.Play Options:
External Reviews:
Free Ventrilo Hosting for Groups:
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March 10 Release Notes
Hi everyone,
Another solid upgrade to our game pages this week, introducing the ability to APPLY your gamerDNA to a game and see how you match against it. It takes into account all the traits you have used, similar games you have played, and what your friends who have played that game think. We also added mini-reviews and images to the gameCURRENT feeds for your viewing pleasure. Here are some shots:
Matching against a game:
New filters on the game current:
Mini-reviews (250 characters or less) in the gameCURRENT:
Pictures in the gameCURRENT:
More after the jump!
Kicking… Tail, In Fighting Games
You know what was fun, back before there were MMO games (or the Wii) to make an essentially solitary hobby a social event? Street Fighter tournaments. A bunch of people would pile into a den or a basement, throw on Street Fighter, and duke it out. There were lots of different kinds of players at one of these events. There were the Game Masters, who bragged about being able to kick your ass with any of the available characters. There were the Specialists, who studied one particular character and its associated moves, mastering the most complex and thumb-spraining sequences. There were Strategists, who analyzed every fight to develop “if/then” patterns and plans.
Then there was me. The most feared archetype of all. I was… the Button Masher. I had no idea what I was doing, and I utterly lacked the dexterity required to execute the fancy moves. Well, intentionally anyway. I could pull off the most astounding routines by crushing every button on the controller at the same time. I also got really excited and shrieked like a cross between a hyena and a banshee, which could throw off anyone’s concentration. Finally, I was subconsciously convinced that if I lifted the controller up very high, my character could jump, and if I lunged to the right, so too would the avatar. You couldn’t predict me, plan against me, or even think while you were fighting me. I was undefeated for weeks.
So it is with much nostalgic joy that I note that fighter games seem to be enjoying a bit of a renaissance. At the end of last July, we saw the release of Soulcalibur IV. Mortal Combat vs. D.C. Universe came out in November. And Street Fighter IV released last month. (The old 2D Street Fighters are now on the Xbox Live Arcade.) Today, we at GamerDNA are going to take a brief look at how that niche is performing.
A Tale of Traits, Live @ Gamasutra
Hey, guys, just a little something to hold you while I finish tonight’s serving of data fun: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=22486
March 2nd 2009 Release Notes
Hi Everyone!
Another big release for gamerDNA… new game pages have landed! This week is the first of a few releases targeted at new and improved game pages. This week we were focusing on getting the new layouts and gadgets running. Next week will be more fun features around matching, followed by some abilities to play games directly from gamerDNA! Look for that in the coming weeks!
Here are some of the new features of the game pages:
