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IGI 2010: The Future is Bright

Posted on by Ville Miettinen

… the game itself.

Instead of getting out a credit card to pay for a virtual cow, players of Farmville, for example, could perform tiny, game-like tasks. The tasks will not feel like work or detract from the gaming experience. Distributed work could also be used to enhance the Artificial Intelligence of non-player characters in MMO games. In this way a dozen Chinese Goldfarmers could control the end-of-the-level monsters.

IGI 2010: Truly unmissable

Unlike rotten shark meat, IGI …

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Nordic Tech Tour: Our journey gets going

Posted on by Harri Holopainen

… thought, our pitch was based on the question “Why outsource to China when you can outsource to Farmville?” It proved popular with the audience (luckily the Chinese trade minister did not attend), and stimulated some lively debate and a lot of subsequent interest (not to mention Microtask’s first trophy for the cabinet!)

Aside from our presentation, it was also fascinating to see other growth company’s pitches, and get a glimpse of what the future holds in a variety of areas. Did …

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