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- Paperback Writer: The Emergence of Interactive Story Adventures in Casual Games
 With the explosive release of 2005’s Diner Dash, casual games graduated from bubble popping and jewelry swapping to a new world of characters and story. By 2006, the Mystery Case Files series invigorated the industry with the introduction of narrative-driven Hidden Object Games (HOGs) a genre that has been gradually morphing consumer expectations, showcasing puzzle adventure gameplay interwoven with richer story lines, and narrative themes borrowing largely from prime time television or paperback bestsellers. 2009 saw the release of Dire Grove, Drawn, Avenue Flo, Princess Isabella, and other casual blockbusters perplexingly comparable to the graphic adventure games of the mid 90s. In this talk, Kenny Shea Dinkin, Chief Creative Officer at PlayFirst explores this alluring trend: Why is this happening? What does it mean? Where will it take us over the coming year or two? If storytelling and popular character IP development are maturing in the downloadable arena with meaningful results, what implications does that have for other mass market game categories like online, iphone and social?
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JoeDeveloper.NET, a voice services application developer, and BroadSoft, Inc., a provider of VoIP application software, today announced the launch of the first-ever mashup of carrier-grade VoIP features with Facebook. JoeDeveloper.NET’s Facebook application, called Click2Message, integrates with BroadSoft’s award-winning BroadWorks VoIP application platform. With Click2Message, Facebook users can enable their friends and colleagues to call them via their Facebook profiles with just one click.
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The Click2Message application enables click-to-dial calling using any device — home phone, mobile or office desk phone. Facebook users can add the application to their profile pages, allowing their networks of friends and business connections to call them, without revealing their own phone numbers to the caller. The basic version of the Click2Message application is now available free of charge to any U.S.-based Facebook user.
"This is the first Facebook application to bring high-quality, carrier-grade VoIP to Facebook users," said Joseph Farrar, president of JoeDeveloper.NET, located in Las Vegas. "With this application, users not only get a handy feature that streamlines their communication with friends and colleagues — they get the caliber of service offered by the BroadWorks platform."
JoeDeveloper.NET is part of the new BroadSoft Xtended Developers Program, which gives developers access to APIs for the creation of new applications integrated with BroadSoft’s BroadWorks advanced voice features. The Click2Message Facebook application is available on both Facebook and BroadSoft’s Xtended Marketplace, an online portal where developers can promote their mashups to the millions of BroadSoft global end-users and its hundreds of service provider customers.
Telecom service providers use BroadSoft’s VoIP application software to deliver IP-based communications services to businesses and consumers. A sample of BroadSoft’s nearly 300 customers includes Tier 1 carriers Verizon, Etisalat (UAE) and Cable & Wireless Jamaica, and competitive operators SimpleSignal, XO Communications and Internode (Australia).
"JoeDeveloper’s Click2Message application exemplifies the spirit of the Xtended Developers Program," said Michael Lauricella, director of BroadSoft Xtended, the company’s Web 2.0 initiative. "It’s an example of an enterprising developer coming up with an application that can then be used by a potential audience of millions of end-users.
"Our Xtended Developers Program was built to help developers monetize their apps," continued Lauricella. "That’s what is happening with JoeDeveloper.NET, which has been contacted by some of our service provider customers about developing customized versions of his Facebook application for their consumer services subscribers."
JoeDeveloper.NET will soon release a premium version of Click2Message that will include the following advanced features:
 Low-cost outbound calling
Call forwarding
Do Not Disturb
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