Quantic Foundry is a "game analytics consulting practice" that makes a buck by blending data analytics with social science to uncover more meaningful insights about games, behaviours and everything in between.
In the last 24 hours the firm has just published some findings from a survey that functions like "a benchmarking tool for game titles". And there's some pretty quirky comparisons within that map.
For me, going into an RPG like Fallout always means spending hours agonizing over every single stat. Thanks to the wonders of the internet, however, I can now start that meticulous process before the game is actually in my hands.
According to the people at YouTube, they are...
According to a thread on Smash Boards, a Gamefaqs user has found all 437 available tracks in Smash Bros. Wii U. The full track list and the stage each song can be played on is listed below.
With over 600 pocket monsters to choose from, not all Pokémon are made equal. Some Pokémon are better than others. And if you're looking for the very best Pokémon you can own, your choices are limited.
PornHub released a bunch of graphs yesterday breaking down what platforms people are viewing their service on. Among other curiosities (there are humans in 2014 watching porn on Windows NT and Blackberry phones), the company showed what gaming systems are most commonly, um, used.
JackFrags plays a lot of Battlefield 4. As a result, he's got a lot of Battlepacks to open. So here are the results of what was contained within 100 Battlepacks.
That. That is a big number. I had to turn my phone sideways and everything to work that out. I don't even know how to say it. The staggering figure is the combined souls lost across both 360 and PS3, and the result of some 252, 163, 804 deaths overall.
The numbers may be shrinking a bit in recent years, but, when you look at it, the sheer aggregate of people who've made a toon, joined a raid or bought a pet in World of Warcraft is still mind-boggling.
This might seem obvious to some, but it's still kind of sad. As people grow older, they tend to care about video games less according to Facebook data. Do you think this will happen to you?
I often pick on Zynga's social games; that's what comes of being the biggest fish clumsily flopping through the pond. I poke at the company's financial troubles, bemoaning game closings. I've been known to revel mildly when their more popular games lose players to the underdogs (every other Facebook game developer).
They might have lost Kirk Hamilton and Stephen Totilo, but every day eight million other people still hop online to water their virtual crops in Zynga's social farming sequel, FarmVille 2. According to the first FarmVille 2 Almanac infographic, 17 of those players are playing from the Vatican. I suspect something more sinister afoot.
Despite recent efforts to revitalise the game with an element of progression, Ruby Blast Adventures digs itself a two-million-player hole in this week's Facebook winners and losers.
