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AOL Tries Adding Games To IM Software

Posted by simoniker on from the playing-alongside-not-playing-with? dept.

Thanks to CNET News for their report that AOL is integrating games into its Instant Messenger software. The company has partnered with WildTangent so users can "...invite and play online games with others... [and] can also instant message with those they're playing with." According to the article, advergaming is also part of the mix, since "The two free games initially available will be sponsored by dnL, a soft drink produced by Dr Pepper/Seven Up, but the remainder of the games will require payments", and it should be noted that many of WildTangent's games are single-player only, but with online high-score tables.

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  1. ah yes... by recursiv · · Score: 4, Interesting

    wildtangent of spying on you fame. this should be good.

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  2. Better Options Out There by Servo5678 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wait a minute... why should I pay to play AOL's single player games in the AIM environment when I can go to Shockwave, Yahoo, or any of the other million free online game sites that support single and multiplayer gaming? I can understand AOL wanting to squeeze as much profit as they can from their IM service, but this seems like a foolish way to burn money from the consumer's point of view.

  3. Truly an exercise in irony by slashuzer · · Score: 4, Funny

    For many indivisuals consider AOL IM a game in itself...

  4. 7-up's last game by Fammy2000 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Lest we not forget Cool Spot.

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  5. Riddle within a puzzle by uplinkpriest · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, If a person IMs theirself, Does that mean that they can play with themselves?

  6. Gaim Games by sirmikester · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think gaim should add games too... I wonder how hard it would be to write a plugin that would add a game playing functionality, maybe it would require a rewrite of the core program itself.. in anycase I think that it would be a cool addition.

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  7. Good thing I use Apple's iChat... by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Informative

    iChat: all AIM talk, no AIM bloat.

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