{"id":45,"date":"2005-04-22T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-22T20:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/22\/still-awaiting-the-killer-app-game\/"},"modified":"2005-04-22T13:04:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-22T20:04:00","slug":"still-awaiting-the-killer-app-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"Still awaiting the \u2018killer app\u2019 game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The buzz about the casual game continues&#8230; Today from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefeature.com\/article?articleid=101570&amp;ref=6870061\">The Feature<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nHe also brings up the dreaded killer app argument, saying it&#8217;s something the market &#8220;still awaits,&#8221; adding that it won&#8217;t be a console port, but something that engages the mobile phone as a communication device, incorporating cameras and network connectivity. While it&#8217;s good to see a developer realizing the potential for immersive interactivity the mobile platform provides, this seems at odds with the success of casual games, based on simplicity and playability &#8212; the formula for success of Tetris, which is pretty close to being mobile gaming&#8217;s &#8220;killer app&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Simple. Interactive. Camera. Network. Fun.<\/p>\n<p>Anita<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The buzz about the casual game continues&#8230; Today from The Feature: He also brings up the dreaded killer app argument, saying it&#8217;s something the market &#8220;still awaits,&#8221; adding that it won&#8217;t be a console port, but something that engages the mobile phone as a communication device, incorporating cameras and network connectivity. While it&#8217;s good to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}