Real-time Social Gaming With Habbo Hotel |Paul LaFONTAINE
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Channel: GameDaily Connect · 2011 · People & Blogs
The biggest challenge to browser and social games today lies in the fact that their play is almost entirely single-player and asynchronous. This completely negates the "social" in social games. In this session, Paul LaFontaine, former Vice President of International Operations for Playdom, and new CEO of Sulake, discusses the tremendous challenges and potential for synchronous, real-time social gaming through the lens of 11 years of success with Habbo Hotel, the world's largest social game and community for teens. Delivered at Casual Connect Kyiv, October 2011.
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