- Social Media - Social Games with Thom Kozik and Alex Pham -TWiSM #08

In this episode, Robert brings in game industry veteran Thom Kozik, formerly of Atari, and Alex Pham who covers video games for the Los Angeles Times, to discuss social gaming. Zynga's mysterious business model is explained, and Thom discusses how the social gaming industry is learning quickly, both from traditional gaming and Vegas! -=-=-=-=-=-=-= Timecode Notes =-=-=-=-=-=-=- 0:00 Intro 00:40 Social Games, introductions to Alex and Thom Kozik 1:15 How old is social gaming? 1:45 Gaming as a social lubricant 2:15 Alex, how big is social gaming? 4:04 How profitable is social gaming? 5:50 Eve…