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Online Games Are Bigger Than Online Videos
That's the word from a new Parks Associates study, summarized in this Next-Gen story. Only 29% of the survey respondents said that they watched short video clips online, while 34% of adults surveyed said that they played online games. No doubt casual gaming makes up a huge bulk of that traffic. For comparison, only 19% of the people surveyed said they frequent social networking sites like MySpace.So games are big! And online gaming is growing even bigger, up 79% year-over-year. But online video is growing faster: leaping up by 123% in the same timeframe. Maybe it's me, but I think this whole 'Internet' thing is catching on.
Watching these numbers, I could come to only one conclusion: The perfect project is a video game you play on YouTube. The only problem is that someone beat me to the punch. In case you haven't seen it, allow me to introduce you to Line Rider, a crazy little flash game where you draw a line to be traversed by a teeny-tiny tobogganer.
Go ahead and try it. If you're like me, your first attempts will be either pretty dull or spectacularly violent. A game like this doesn't have a winning condition ... or does it? The unofficial official way the game is scored is by how many hits you get on YouTube. Check out the video above, set to music. Hell, just do a YouTube Search for Line Rider. It's almost hypnotic. I had to pick up my jaw after watching this one. This one is just silly. This one is epic. And you gotta love this.
I'm working on my own Line Rider short film, tentatively titled: "Dude falls off a loop-the-loop and then slams into a wall like he was shot from a rocket." It's still got a few kinks to work out (the beginning, middle, and end) but I'm seeing big things in my future. Have a great weekend!
-Fargo
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