Comments on: MyTown – A Clever Game, but not (really) about Location http://www.locationmeme.com/2010/01/26/mytown-a-clever-game-but-not-really-about-location/ news & analysis of the social location graph Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: call center outsourcing http://www.locationmeme.com/2010/01/26/mytown-a-clever-game-but-not-really-about-location/comment-page-1/#comment-370 call center outsourcing Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:25:40 +0000 http://www.locationmeme.com/?p=241#comment-370 It might seem like a silly thing to want to do, but there are some real advantages to using backup games with your PS3. For a start the games are very expensive to replace if they get broken or damaged. A typical game costs $50 or more, and if it gets scratched then it just becomes a very expensive coaster. It might seem like a silly thing to want to do, but there are some real advantages to using backup games with your PS3. For a start the games are very expensive to replace if they get broken or damaged. A typical game costs $50 or more, and if it gets scratched then it just becomes a very expensive coaster.

]]> By: The Case for Cracking Down on Geo Cheating http://www.locationmeme.com/2010/01/26/mytown-a-clever-game-but-not-really-about-location/comment-page-1/#comment-359 The Case for Cracking Down on Geo Cheating Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:35:14 +0000 http://www.locationmeme.com/?p=241#comment-359 [...] I said in my post about [...] [...] I said in my post about [...]

]]> By: Lawrence Coburn http://www.locationmeme.com/2010/01/26/mytown-a-clever-game-but-not-really-about-location/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Lawrence Coburn Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:22:00 +0000 http://www.locationmeme.com/?p=241#comment-132 Eh, I don't really see it as that binary. I like games, and I like checking in to places in the real world. MyTown is a game, where the game elements happened to named after nearby businesses. Foursquare is a geo based service with gameplay. Eh, I don’t really see it as that binary. I like games, and I like checking in to places in the real world. MyTown is a game, where the game elements happened to named after nearby businesses. Foursquare is a geo based service with gameplay.

]]> By: Ben http://www.locationmeme.com/2010/01/26/mytown-a-clever-game-but-not-really-about-location/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Ben Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:39:17 +0000 http://www.locationmeme.com/?p=241#comment-131 Depends on whether you're more concerned with check-in accuracy vs. whether the app is actually fun to play and/or use. I think MyTown is proving that most people would rather play an entertaining geo based game than spend their time accurately geo-logging all of their daily activities. Depends on whether you’re more concerned with check-in accuracy vs. whether the app is actually fun to play and/or use.

I think MyTown is proving that most people would rather play an entertaining geo based game than spend their time accurately geo-logging all of their daily activities.

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