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Ga.me – new 'online game console' now in open beta

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Re: Ga.me – new 'online game console' now in open beta

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Post by mildtrepidation »

I opened this and stared at it like an idiot for a minute. Am I behind the times to expect something on the main page of a site that says what it actually is?

Clicking through the tiny About link I found at the bottom of the page, this appears to be a platform for monetizing web-based games, at least some of which are WebGL-based (which I found out after clicking through one of them and being told, once again, that Chromium isn't interested).

So... new Newgrounds. Except with microtransactions. Unless I missed something?

Re: Ga.me – new 'online game console' now in open beta

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Post by hahla »

mildtrepidation wrote: post #3

I opened this and stared at it like an idiot for a minute. Am I behind the times to expect something on the main page of a site that says what it actually is? Clicking through the tiny About link I found at the bottom of the page, this appears to be a platform for monetizing web-based games, at least some of which are WebGL-based (which I found out after clicking through one of them and being told, once again, that C…

I think your just used to browsing one too many SaaS startup websites. Not every website needs a introduction and breakdown of features, especially for a game site where its target audience already knows what they are looking at.
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