Oh dear. Oops. Addicted. Again.
I'm afraid after 14 years of cold turkey on computer games, I've been sucked back in. Damn you, Michael.
The real culprit? Desktop Tower Defense. Don't say I didn't warn you. It's the speedball of entertainment -- instant gratification mixed with long-term dependence.
Plus, as an added bonus, it's all in 2D for those of us 8 bit boys who get motion sickness playing any PC game written since Doom.
Anyhow, here's the meat. New technology is always seen in the light of the old at first, from horseless carriages to making digital music behave like physical CDs.
Here's a YouTube video of the game in action to illustrate these tips.
What's interesting about this "long tail" content is that it isn't home videos or snippets of TV shows. It's something fundamentally new and different.
Given the struggles of the first wave of VoIP players, all of whom extend or interface with the PSTN, you have to wonder if the same applies: the purpose of VoIP is to push voice into places and situations where a telephone isn't appropriate. Door entry systems, monitoring, security, art, online gaming. And the business model isn't trying a game of chicken -- who can sail closest to zero on pricing minutes without going under.
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