http://www.fastcompany.com/tag/social-gaming The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/gambit-lets-you-be-mechanical-turk-social-game-credits <!--paging_filter--><p>If you could earn virtual coin in exchange for doing simple real world tasks, would you do it? Now there's a way to find out: Gambit, a company that specializes in monetizing social gaming, has teamed with <a href="http://crowdflower.com/">Crowdflower</a>, which manages crowd-sourced tasks for clients to create a weirdly novel hybrid system. Players who complete tasks for Crowdflower companies can earn social gaming credits in exchange for their work.</p><p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/gambit-lets-you-be-mechanical-turk-social-game-credits">read more</a></p> crowdsourcing gambit crowdflower gaming social gaming credits mechanical turk repetitive tasks gambit tasks Innovation Technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:17:34 -0500 Kit Eaton 1441183 at http://www.fastcompany.com http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/clay-dillow/culture-buffet/zynga-adds-12-million-users-two-weeks-capping-50-growth-spurt <!--paging_filter--><p>Social gaming company <a href="http://zynga.com/">Zynga</a>, creator of several popular Facebook games including <em>FarmVille</em>, is growing at a pace that would make even its most productive virtual agrarians jealous, adding 12 million players in the last two weeks. The 20% boost in overall users can largely be attributed to <em>FarmVille</em>'s 5.3 million active users per day, the most on Facebook, though other Zynga titles like <em>Mafia Wars</em> and <em>Texas Hold 'Em</em> also contribute high traffic volumes.</p><p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/clay-dillow/culture-buffet/zynga-adds-12-million-users-two-weeks-capping-50-growth-spurt">read more</a></p> social gaming social network facebook FarmVille Zynga Innovation Technology Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:01:06 -0400 Clay Dillow 1324696 at http://www.fastcompany.com http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/127/the-challenge-of-spreading-a-new-idea.html <!--paging_filter--><p> <strong>1. Success:</strong><em> Cloverfield</em><br /> <strong>Breakthrough: </strong>Blockbuster event movie shot in digital video<br /> <strong>Message:</strong> Godzilla meets Blair Witch<br /> <strong>Upshot: </strong>The film has grossed about $168 million worldwide on a $25 million budget. </p><p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/127/the-challenge-of-spreading-a-new-idea.html">read more</a></p> Nintendo Wii Luddites Cloverfield social gaming Godzilla digital video Chumby motion-sensor-dection controller internet alarm clock Borders web widgets Borders Concept Stores Innovation Technology Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:35:20 -0400 Fast Company staff 898663 at http://www.fastcompany.com