OK. That’s it. I’m going to bite next time I hear the expression Social something. First we had Social Networks services which kind of make sense to differentiate from computers networks. Then it was Social Media which we all enjoy as part of the Social Web movement. Since joining Geewa and the casual gaming industry last month, I’ve been bombarded with the expression “Social Games” (in opposition to Antisocial Games I suppose) but today I came across the astonishing “Social Multiplayer Game” and I’m not sure if I want to laugh, cry or bite!
By definition, ‘social’ is an adjective meaning it’s related to a group (of people). Likewise, by definition, Multiplayer means, hmmm, let me get this one right, multiple players (people) so a Social Multiplayer Game is a game of multiple people as part of a group of people. I’m glad someone thought about adding Social to Multiplayer Games otherwise we would all have been confused obviously. What was wrong with Cooperative Multiplayer Games?
So since we’re at it and it's Friday, let’s look at what else we got here. Obviously Antisocial Multiplayer Game is a good category for all the deathmatches mode in 1st person shooter games. A Social Singleplayer Game would be a group of people playing Tetris next to each other and having a good time and finally we have the long awaited Antisocial Singleplayer Game which would be a group of people playing Tetris and insulting each other at the same time.
Anything else? Did I miss one combination? Oh no! Wait! There’s more! What about Multiplayer Social Games? Is that the same thing as Social Multiplayer Games? Is it the games or the players which are social? I guess it could apply to both.
Oh well, I don't know. The only thing I know for sure is that at Geewa, we’re better than that because we have Social Multiplayer Social Games. Beat that!
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