Essential linkage: GamerDNA promises a new way for gamers to socialise and find people just like them. And real girls in World of Warcraft.
Sorting the gamers you really want to know from the ones who'll just call you a ghey camper can be tough. Thankfully, though, a new service might be the answer to lonely gamers looking to make friends and find good new titles to sink their time into.
GamerDNA is the brainchild of Jon Radoff, and the good folks over at Ars Technica have just run a neat little feature on the service and an interview with its creator. GamerDNA is essentially a combination social networking tool for gamers, and a way of hooking up the right person with the right game:
It may sound like big brother, but Radoff is after community. The site pays attention to what you're playing, and uses that data to nudge you towards other players with similar playing habits, or perhaps towards joining a clan for the new game the system knows you picked up. Looking at what you're playing and cross-referencing it with what other gamers play and how they rate the games, the site can point you towards other games you may enjoy. GamerDNA is bringing gaming habits into the cloud, in other words, and using its large user base to help you find other gamers and games.
It sounds like a pretty neat service for those with a more social bent, or for people who know good games are out there but just need a way to find them. Check out the article for more info, or just go straight to the GamerDNA site.
Issue: 137 | June, 2012