February 8, 2012

French Style Gardens … A Gift to My People

French Style Gardens in Ngmoco We Rule Kingdom for iPad

I decided to spend through a lot of the accumulated gold in my treasury from Ngmoco's We Rule game on the iPad.  Following an extensive kingdom redesign, the citizens of my realm can now enjoy French styled gardens.  I said it before and I'll say it again ... my munificence knows no bounds ;) If you have the game on your iPhone or iPad, add Aaron and me.  His gamer tag is Gold Mage and mine is treasuryshares. … [Read more...]

Shocking Facts About Abortion In America (And the Drop In Christians as a Percentage of the Population)

Freakonomics Books

Instead of writing the next chapter of the book I'm working on, as I should be, I am playing We Rule and studying statistics and demographic data from various nations around the world. I'm not exactly sure how this began, but somehow or another, I ended up in databases and that started my research. What I found was fascinating. Apparently, the per capita and absolute abortion rate in the United States has been dropping like a stone for the past 20 years. In fact, as recent as 2008 (the … [Read more...]

We Rule by Ngmoco for iPad and iPhone Has a Really Cool Business Model

We Rule by Ngmoco for iPad and iPhone

I've been playing We Rule, the new video game by Ngmoco.  It is a freemium model, meaning you play the game for free by downloading it from the iTunes store.  But to level up faster, you can spend real money on something called Mojo.  It is the 21st century equivalent of an arcade game business model with the exception that you don't have to spend money to enjoy the experience if you are patient.  In fact, you could become the greatest ruler of all time without spending a … [Read more...]