Blizzard has nixed their plan to attach a user’s real name to the Real ID service. The decision came after a not entirely positive response from battle.net users. Although the abandoned feature earned a lot of attention for its role as troll deterrent, as USAtoday noted, the more significant role for real names would be [...]

Facebook games may not be modal in the Super Mario Brothers sense, but their browser-ready accessibility makes them newsworthy. According to the Facebook developer blog, the social networking site will launch a games and apps dashboard in the coming weeks. Facebook released a developer API in advance of the unveiling, and its description reveals several [...]