Games

Jason “@textfile” Scott and Ernest Cline We’re incredibly lucky to be the very first generation to play videogames. The first generation to have a computer at home. To program computers. Heck, we’re the first generation to have access to the internet! And play multi-player games, and see the creation of virtual reality environments. But history moves fast, and every day content is lost when services are shut down, or bits start to rot in some old and incompatible device (floppy disks, anyone? VHS? Betamax? Jazz and Zip disks?). Sony just announced they’re shutting down PlayStation Mobile this July. Maybe the games will stored in a vault somewhere, but that’s the exception and not the rule. ...

Glitch, the beautiful massive multiplayer game with a pixel-perfect design, announced that they’ll be closing doors soon. It’s sad to see so much work and love going nowhere. At least they were classy and wrote a candid and honest shutting-down post, and they’re even refunding users (!). That’s a level of integrity that you don’t see everyday in the startup world. If you’ve never played Glitch, it’s now too late. The game world is now restricted to existing users, and everything will shut down on December 9th 2012. Here’s some videos to give you an idea of what you missed. ...