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The puzzle game provides me with a great deal of
interest. For many years I have been putting jigsaws together on Sunday
afternoons and in some instances have actually taken days if not weeks
to complete the set.
Recently I was introduced to uVme online skill games and was intrigued
by the “Jigsaw Wars” game available. Never having been online to play
games before I tried the “ Play for free “ option – after several
attempts I then decided to pit my wits against real life contestants.
What great fun! I have won a few and certainly have lost a few making
some great friends in the meantime and thoroughly enjoying the
experience.
While being entertained by the uVme suite of free online arcade games I
did some research and was amazed by how the skill gaming and casual
gamer market has increased upon the internet. uVme being the latest
offering and from what I have seen so far could be said to be probably
one of the biggest players in this arena within the next two years.
Looking more closely at the concept I quickly realised that this in fact
could be a fantastic business opportunity. It has all the makings of a
vibrant user friendly platform where games can be played and tournaments
created. Without going in to too much detail each games promoter has the
potential to earn “ Game Rake “ from each player on his or her site. Do
the maths and you can see where this could go….Percentages can be as
high as 41%.
From a sheer playing point of view it commanded authority and provided a
very decorative array of games which included: free online darts, pool,
basket ball as well as the innovative Martian Ball and Bubble Trouble
and of course my favourite Jigsaw Wars. Again following my research I
have read that massively multiplayer games within the tournament concept
will provide a growth arena for skill games within the next twelve to
eighteen months. Speaking to my contacts within the organisation they
explained that the advent of Web 2.0 and social networking will have a
profound impact upon games played within and between community groups.
Increased broadband usage and higher speed connections in the developing
world will bring uVme type platforms to the entire international
community. There will be in the very near future millions of players and
it will rank in terms of competition closely with King.com and Pogo.com.
Online browser based games with their addictive nature will feature in
many different social environments such as Bingo forums, coffee mornings
etc. I dare say that eventually computer based games will be as well
known as my
traditional Sunday afternoon puzzle.
Summary
Playing jigsaw wars and puzzle games offer great entertainment
uVme has arrived!!!
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