Because of E3's idea to radically change itself, Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in late August will be the largest video game convention this year. I think (or hope, since I'm going to PAX) that there will be some things saved for the bigger and public convention later...
I attend the University of Michigan, and I can say that 98% of all students here, undergrad and grad alike, use Facebook. Maybe 40% of profs. Same is true for any Big 10 school (Iowa, Ohio State), as well as USC, Notre Dame, smaller schools like Western Michigan University, and private schools that nobody's heard about like Albion. The only schools that don't pass the 90% range are community colleges, mostly because they don't like to admit they're going to community college. Most of these people use Myspace.
Every person I ever met in high school that has ever been to a show (excluding the huge national sold-out stadium tours) had (has) a Myspace account. It's an obscenely large phenomenon.
In regards to the "nobodoy cares what you ate today," you're mistaking these sites for a (daily updated) blog... more specifically Livejournal. They aren't daily correspondences, they're friend networking sites. And... most people care who your friends are. Gossip is gossip, whether it's ex-girlfriends or buddies from high school, it provides a way to keep up with them. Throw in party invitations, pictures from said party with your best buddy shitfaced and licking a girl's face, and then finding said girl and posting a comment saying "dude looks like XXXXX was ALL OVER YOU! Get tested or somethign!" , it's a great way to supplement a social life, or replace one altogether.
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Yeah it's out... all 2 seconds of it. Kinda disappointing.
SHIT! I lost the game. Sigh... I never thought I'd see that in Slashdot of all places...
Big McLarge Huge! Concrete Slab-legs!
PAX hasn't happened this year actually... month and a half til it goes down.
It's worth noting that AT&T funded the study. They MAY have a vested interest.
Because of E3's idea to radically change itself, Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in late August will be the largest video game convention this year. I think (or hope, since I'm going to PAX) that there will be some things saved for the bigger and public convention later...
Puzzle Pirates was likewise a great game, and it added the social elements of a player (pirate) driven economy as well as crews and such.
I attend the University of Michigan, and I can say that 98% of all students here, undergrad and grad alike, use Facebook. Maybe 40% of profs. Same is true for any Big 10 school (Iowa, Ohio State), as well as USC, Notre Dame, smaller schools like Western Michigan University, and private schools that nobody's heard about like Albion. The only schools that don't pass the 90% range are community colleges, mostly because they don't like to admit they're going to community college. Most of these people use Myspace. Every person I ever met in high school that has ever been to a show (excluding the huge national sold-out stadium tours) had (has) a Myspace account. It's an obscenely large phenomenon. In regards to the "nobodoy cares what you ate today," you're mistaking these sites for a (daily updated) blog... more specifically Livejournal. They aren't daily correspondences, they're friend networking sites. And... most people care who your friends are. Gossip is gossip, whether it's ex-girlfriends or buddies from high school, it provides a way to keep up with them. Throw in party invitations, pictures from said party with your best buddy shitfaced and licking a girl's face, and then finding said girl and posting a comment saying "dude looks like XXXXX was ALL OVER YOU! Get tested or somethign!" , it's a great way to supplement a social life, or replace one altogether.