| Author |
Message |
GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
|
| Quote: |
| Rare opportunity to grow a brand-new business - Games at Google! We are looking for a strategic, technical and game-loving Product Manager to drive Google's gaming strategy. You will design strategies for game distribution and discovery, player identity, game mechanics, and more. In addition to designing a great user experience and building out key partnerships, you will be significantly influencing Google's social platform as you work directly with a critical set of early adopters, game developers. Interesting and impactful decisions involving social gaming, privacy, virality, business, and technical APIs await you and the strong, passionate team of gamers you will work with. |
http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view/product/product-manager-games-mountain-view/index.html
Google is going to have a games department?
|
|
|
   |
|
|
Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 3112
|
I'm guessing simple, addictive flash games.
|
 So here's to you Mrs. Robinson. People love you more- oh, nevermind. |
|
|
|
|
GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
|
I don't think that Google would even consider looking in Flash's direction.
Their OS is written in Java, and their interface is a browser (HTML/CSS/Javascript). They have legal troubles with Oracle at the moment so Java might not be worth it.
Additionally Google has been investing in its own language and might consider using that:
http://golang.org/
|
|
|
|
|
|
Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 3112
|
Sorry, I guess I just use "flash" as a cover-all term for simple 2D games like Angry Birds and such. What with cheap games like Pop Cap's stuff and Angry Birds all being downloaded like nuts, it seems likely to me that Google will go there next. With how serious they are about hiring talent and encouraging creativity, I'm interested in seeing what they do with it.
|
So here's to you Mrs. Robinson. People love you more- oh, nevermind. |
|
|
|
|
username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16135
|
|
   |
|
|
Fighter_McWarrior
Title: Gun of Brixton
Joined: Jun 05 2011
Location: Down by the River
Posts: 1087
|
Guys, Google is going to take over the world. It's just a fact we need to accept Now I know that sounds scary, but trust them. Sooner or later they'll come out with Google Government and it'll blow its competitor Democracy out of the water.
|
|
|
|
|
|
sidewaydriver
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Title: ( ͡� 
Joined: May 11 2008
Posts: 6160
|
Watch Google announce their own console at the next E3.
|
Shake it, Quake it, Space Kaboom. |
|
|
|
|
Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 3112
|
| Fighter_McWarrior wrote: |
| Guys, Google is going to take over the world. It's just a fact we need to accept Now I know that sounds scary, but trust them. Sooner or later they'll come out with Google Government and it'll blow its competitor Democracy out of the water. |
ooh, ooh, guys! I know how World War 3 is gonna start, now.
|
So here's to you Mrs. Robinson. People love you more- oh, nevermind. |
|
|
|
|
GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
|
| sidewaydriver wrote: |
| Watch Google announce their own console at the next E3. |
They did that last year.
http://www.google.com/tv/
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
