Big Brother Africa is one of the larger “own productions” in the DStv product suite. It has a Facebook fan base of 650,000 people who are extremely committed about the show. Our brief was to add some interactivity through gaming to the show. What we did was create a suite of Big Brother themed games […]
I’ve been investigating the overlap between tv and games at the moment (more on the reasons behind that in the future). Nickolodeon and the BBC are doing some pretty interesting things. Mostly not to be monetised, but more as a supplementary service to their tv campaigns. For doctor who on the bbc they created four […]
the games site i have been working on for the last couple of months launched last week. it was a sterling effort by all involved, and i’m pretty happy with the first iteration. there is a lot of potential for what we can do further; personalisation, web-2-mobile, different content. but the numbers will tell us […]
So, I’m back in South Africa for 6 weeks now (it kinda feels like I never left), and creating a games strategy for 24.com. Its great powering through Powerpoint and meeting people and getting things up and running, but the one man army thing can only take you so far. Which is why I need […]
Games are big news in the entertainment industry. I know I have to say that because games pay my salary, but if you look at game they’re moving out of the preserve of geeky teenagers and into the family sphere. I think the wii has done a lot for making games accessible to people who […]
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New Comscore data has just come out about the casual games industry, and it’s interesting stuff… Growth of 10% year on year, and one in 4 users playing games, this isn’t a niche activity!
Brendan McNulty 