Posted on July 28, 2008 by hillel on Interesting DC Universe Online MMO “Players will be given the option of creating a good or evil character in DCUO, each with a possible dozen unique characteristics, such as power type (ice, fire, mental, sonic), power source (ring, elemental), and movement type (flying, speed).”
Posted on by hillel on Interesting Internet Speculators “Most Internet entrepreneurs and their funders are identical to real-estate speculators…”
Posted on by hillel on Interesting Eisner still in the “hit” (and miss) business. “Without promotion, the shows are getting fewer than 10,000 views, no better than when we last checked in on the series, after nine episodes. Assuming that Cook’s publisher Penguin and the sponsor Dodge are paying the production costs for “Foreign Body,” which run $10,000 an episode, they’re paying a $400 CPM–pretty high, by anyone’s standard.”
Posted on by hillel on Interesting 1 in 4 GM Ad Dollars to be Spent Online “GM, historically among the nation’s top two advertisers, dropped to fourth last year with estimated measured and unmeasured ad spending of $3 billion, according to Ad Age estimates. Of that, $2 billion was measured media, including $197 million for online ads…”
Posted on July 25, 2008 by jenny on Interesting Awesome illustrated maps. Awesome illustrated maps from Katherine Baxter.