Codename Journeys

We will be attending “Virtual Worlds 2008”

We would love to see you there. If you’d like to set a meeting please send an e mail to yael@codename-journeys.com .

In additional, we welcome you to join us and receive a 10% discount by using JRYS as your discount code.

See you !

Guy and Assaf are going to GDC this week with an upgraded version and additional fun secrets up their sleeve.

They have a packed agenda but always happy to catch up. If you’d like to set a meeting, contact them here or through this post.

Matt Vella met with us a couple of weeks a go and god a first glimpse at the main features we will introduce in Journeys.

He did a wonderful piece on Journeys in Business Week’s great Games Inc blog.

Thanks Matt ! 

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/gamesinc/archives/2008/02/journeys_the_vi.html

A wonderful tribute here for a great explorer. He was an inspiration for us all.

 Photograph by Dean Purcell/Getty Images

We are very excited and proud to announce that Journeys was chosen to be one of 15 other great Israeli companies to participate in this year’s Israel Web Tour. We are planning to show an alpha version of Journeys behind closed doors.

See you in the bay area Feb 3rd to 9th.

We will also be in Munich for DLD starting January 20th

Coming up: GDC !

Once again NORAD tracks Santa, as he flying over our Earth, brining joy and gifts to everyone. This year their “Google Earth” layer is better, check it out !

It is a great way to connect geo, fun and content.

http://www.noradsanta.org/

From all of us at Journeys, have a great Holiday season and a remarkable 2008 !

Benchmark Capital partner Bill Gurley said the real problem is simply that “We’re all getting old.” Addressing a group of investors, .”…..A number of people past the age of 37 are completely like your grandparents who got offended when they saw Elvis on TV shaking his hips.”

See

http://www.techconfidential.com/vc-ratings/vc-ratings/alwayson-too-old-to-have-an-av.php

We got a mention (a big one) at Media Week !

http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/departments/features/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003679920

Lightspeed with a new article on asynchronous play. http://lsvp.wordpress.com/2007/11/29/games-20-asynchronous-gaming/

I liked this quote:

Part of the appeal of MMOGs (whether World of Warcraft or Puzzle Pirates) is knowing that you’re “in game” with thousands of other people at the same time, each of them interacting with the same universe that you are.

How can we make you “feel” that you are part of something big, without spending all that time playing online ?

We are working hard to do just that.