What Did Google Learn from Dodgeball?

December 27, 2009

Short honk: Google tried to interest Yahoo in a game tie up four or five years ago I heard. Then Google bought Dodgeball and watched the deal get lost in MOMA’s big tummy. So what did Google learn from its dalliances? Time to invest in SCVNGR? Will this play work out? It is an arm’s length deal. It uses geolocation? It seems to mesh with the broader Android apps play. More information appears in “SCVNGR Raises $4 Million from Google Ventures.” Games is one area where Google has not had much success. The Google keeps trying. If you want to see some of Google’s game thinking, read US7460863.

Stephen E. Arnold, December 27, 2009

Oyez, oyez, no one paid me to write about Google’s game missteps. I must report this to the Bureau of Reclamation. Just keep reclaiming old land. Something may grow or develop… like Google games.

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Financial, Google, News, Online (general)

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