Weekly News & Link Roundup: July 27 - August 2, 2008

Here is the latest news and stories having an affect on our industry over the last week. Our readers share bookmarks with the BandwidthCamp community by tagging them BandwidthCamp on del.icio.us (a social bookmarking tool). If you’d like to participate, sign-up for delicious and share articles you think the community might find interesting. Enjoy some light reading over the weekend.

Teen social network myYearbook is growing fast and it just raised $13M, but is it more than a teen site?

Ad Watch: Fuel Drives Dark Knight

And This is Why China is Every Internet Company’s Wet Dream

Weekly News & Link Roundup: July 20 - 26, 2008

Here is the latest news and stories having an affect on our industry over the last week. Our readers share bookmarks with the BandwidthCamp community by tagging them BandwidthCamp on del.icio.us (a social bookmarking tool). If you’d like to participate, sign-up for delicious and share articles you think the community might find interesting. Enjoy some light reading over the weekend.

Heatwave Interactive raises round to become a games incubator
Coke Zero and the NASCAR challenge

Hasbro sues Scrabulous makers, after EA Scrabble enters beta

Chevy Cobalt Labs - the GM Advergame

User-Created LittleBigPlanet Content To Launch Free

Weekly News & Link Roundup: July 6 - 12, 2008

Here is the latest news and stories having an affect on our industry over the last week. Our readers share bookmarks with the BandwidthCamp community by tagging them BandwidthCamp on del.icio.us (a social bookmarking tool). If you’d like to participate, sign-up for delicious and share articles you think the community might find interesting. Enjoy some light reading over the weekend. This week has really been about Google’s Lively.

Google and their launch of their virtual world Lively has been the major news this week. It wasn’t just the news but the different perspectives that everyone is taking on Lively. Also, how is advertising going to fit in?

Virtual Worlds Are So Hot Right Now: $345 Million Invested So Far This Year

Lively New Virtual World From Google

Lively launches, but is it relevant?

Lively: Google Launches Virtual World

Google Launches Virtual World Called Lively

10 things you need to know about Google Lively

In other news…

PS3’s Advertising Qore
I would love to track how Qore changes over time as consumers demand evolves for the PS3.

Rockstar Games ad escapes ban despite ‘glorifying violence’
This ad was UK based, but when it comes to Rockstar everyone in the industry tends to feel it.

Weekly News & Link Roundup: June 22 - 28, 2008

Here is the latest news and stories having an affect on our industry over the last week. Our readers share bookmarks with the BandwidthCamp community by tagging them BandwidthCamp on del.icio.us (a social bookmarking tool). If you’d like to participate, sign-up for delicious and share articles you think the community might find interesting. Enjoy some light reading over the weekend.

Is Facebook the Napster of the Games Industry?

Serious Games and Energy Costs Leverage Virtual World Events

Weekly News & Link Roundup: June 8 - 14, 2008

Here is the latest news and stories having an affect on our industry over the last week. Our readers share bookmarks with the BandwidthCamp community by tagging them BandwidthCamp on del.icio.us (a social bookmarking tool). If you’d like to participate, sign-up for delicious and share articles you think the community might find interesting. Enjoy some light reading over the weekend.

Guy Alex Bogusky Make Microsoft Cool?
CPB is trying to make Microsoft and all the products they own cool again. They did it for BK, Mini and Virgin Airlines.

From MySpace to Facebook to Flickr to LinkedIn, here’s looking at you
An interesting look at some of the top websites that people use to form communities and build networks of link minded people.

Become One With the Game
A look at using video games as a way to market your product to the world.