Android second in US
It looks like Android is second in the mobile marketplace, when it comes to mobile web requests. Android took over Windows Phone (the new brand fro Windows Mobile) and I guess it’s mostly because of HTC switching to Android. That means than Android Phones are selling better than iPhones? Given that more than 70% of iPhone owners doesn’t use their online features (AT&T) and that Android is a more flexible web-oriented phone, that point has yet to be deomnstrat

MMO Tourism
I’ve read a very insightful post at MMOSH about how MMOG gaming is deteriorating in what is Hawley called MMO Tourism. I completely find myself in the depiction of the modern, superficial and bored to life MMO gamer that switch title as soon the free trial is ended and still continue to buy and subscribe every major game coming out soon. Just yesterday, while in a gaming conversation with my girfriend Sara, I expressed my concern about that, and made a resolve to stop wasting time (a month playing a superficial game that you won’t be pla

E74 for me, too!
Well, figure this one: you are done playing COD:WAW and shut down the console to prepare some late-night coffee. Then you return to the desk, anticipating some quality time on Lost Odyssey, turn on the console again and you see that: I was a fool, I never, ever should’ve plan to play Lost Odyssey again. The poor console couldn’t cope with depression and emo drama like I do. That’s why I played it for the last time several months ago: that day my X360 was

AppStore hints, by the numbers
Apple did a very great result this trimester, and I’m pretty happy, too (read: stock trading was good). The iTunes store performed pretty well, reaching $1Billion (gross profit). This allows me to disclose some confidential numbers without breaking any NDA from other analysts and consulting firms. We’ll try to quantify the average income of an AppStore application to see if it’s convenient or not. It’s not a fair way to quantify things but at least helps to see things in perspective. We start with a great simplification: music and other medias has no influence in the iTunes store. That’

First play-through done!
Yesterday, despite a big headache I was able to finish Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. I was missing only Wakanda and the final Nanite relay tower, so I grimaced through it. What can I say? The end boss was a partial letdown, he doesn’t have the charisma of other super villains, despite the cinematic battle (I really love how the environment “feels” boss battles in MUA2). It won’t change my overly positive feeling about the game. After all, it’s not the first action RPG that fails to deliver a respectable endgame boss: Diablo 2, Divine Divinity and Dungeon Siege bosses are equally uninspired, compared to the overall game pace. After comp