i promise deep thinking. about digital media.
in all seriousness, they definitely need to implement video replay if the call in question is whether or not a GOAL is scored. i am all for tradition but this is pretty ludicrous, especially in events that occur once every four years, when every right and wrong call can be analyzed by millions around the world instantaneously.
the yogurt craze is here. in LA, it is primarily Pinkberry and Yogurtland, in nyc there are literally dozens of knock-offs lining every neighborhood. i think it has a little something to do with Americans wanting to be healthier, and these chains supposedly providing fat free sugar free frozen treats (that is, before you pile fat and sugar filled candies and fruits on your yogurt). in any case, this blog isn't about nutrition, it is about digital media. and there is much to learn from Pinkberry and Yogurtland when...
Not to be lost among the countless other big announcements on day 0 of the 2010 E3 Expo here in Los Angeles, Microsoft & ABC made a pretty big announcement. ESPN3 (ESPN's broadband sports network which streams thousands of live sporting events) will stream for free to all Xbox Live Gold subscribers ($50/month annual). That's right - the only remaining reason to pay a cableco (seriously, these have to be some of the most hated companies not named BP or AT&T), is about to come to a close for many people in a target...
just made the connection that the startup that placed runner-up at TC Disrupt last month in NYC is one and the same as the German startup founded by non other than Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer (yes THAT Hans Zimmer). super excited to see just how this platform develops.
posterous, please add footytube video embeds!!!
Two interesting articles were published today, first by Dean at VentureBeat titled Free to play games will grow, but not as fast as some believe, and the second on Gamasutra titled Farmville Sheds Another 9 Million Users in Latest Facebook Rankings. In the first article, Dean cites a report by DFC Intelligence and LiveGamer claiming that revenues from microtransactions based online games will grow, but that it is growing at a slower rate than competing research firms are suggesting. One interesting thing to note...
as i'm sure many of you have heard (AND SEEN) already - we almost had the 3rd perfect game in the past THREE WEEKS. but, as everyone now knows, it wasn't meant to be because an ump blew it (official video here http://bit.ly/cCe2Vj). The sad thing is, if this happened 5, 10 years ago, it would have hit on midnight sportscenter, or maybe the paper the following morning. and it would probably blow over (as egregious as it sounds). but because of the immediacy of the web, and the chatter on twitter (check http://search...
Hello. My name is Jason, and here you will find some thoughts on the all things digital media, but with a focus on a couple of things i love: movies, music and games. I used to be a VC at FirstMark Capital in NYC, and now lead the International Publishing efforts at online game publisher/developer Riot Games in LA. It goes without saying, but all opinions found on this site are not representative of opinions of either FirstMark Capital or Riot Games. They are my own personal random rants.
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