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Why Gamers Are Addicted to Kongregate

Posted Jul 17, 2008 12:08pm EDT by Sarah Lacy in Gaming, Newsmakers, Products and Trends

Kongregate has been called the YouTube of gaming because it's so addictive. Time magazine  recently named them one of the 50 best sites. TechCrunch has lauded them as a major suck of time. Sure, we can't get enough but will it ever be a scaleable or profitable business?

Yes, says my guest Jim Greer, co-founder and CEO of Kongregate, a site that offers free-to-play games with little downloading required. Featuring thousands of games and millions of unique users, the site is poised to take further advantage of mobile gaming and social networking.

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7 Comments

Graf von Graf
Graf von Graf - Friday July 18, 2008 04:48PM EDT

first

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James
James - Friday July 18, 2008 08:36PM EDT

This is well worth it.GET RICH OR DIE TRYING.

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Nf Naruto
Nf Naruto - Friday August 15, 2008 02:36PM EDT

im Addicted to kongregate allot i go there every day and by the way my user is NF9NARUTO there

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Luke_Zahller
Luke_Zahller - Thursday September 04, 2008 04:24PM EDT

I seem to have a slew of friends who use Kongregate. I'm yet to become an addict but I might be playing soon.

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Yahoo! Finance User
Yahoo! Finance User - Monday December 29, 2008 12:35AM EST

LEO828! ADD ME ON KONG!

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Marty
Marty - Wednesday May 27, 2009 08:51PM EDT

myspace.com/wegotgame check out me!!!! yodaspeak sorry.

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niñ
niñ - Wednesday July 29, 2009 09:28PM EDT

kongregate rocks!!!! \m/

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