November 17th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Trends | No Comments »
As I waited for a flight in the airport the other day, I pitted my trivia skills against an array of tough competitors, racing to answer sophisticated questions about movie director George Cukor, Vietnam’s Hamburger Hill and foie gras (goose liver).
I was staring not at a board game or a computer monitor, but rather at the Lilliputian face of a wireless phone, connected to an online game with invisible but real opponents.
According to many analysts, this kind of mobile gaming is playing an increasingly dominant role in cellphone use. There is a boom of interest in and sophisticated offerings of wireless games, with yet more dazzling graphics and complex play to come. More …
