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Interview with Josh Williams, Alamofire
In a previous life, the folks at Texas-based Alamofire created web sites under the banner of Firewheel Design. One such creation was IconBuffet, a website that supplies icons to web designers and geeks. When a community started to form around collecting and trading these icons, the idea for a game was born. The result was PackRat, a card-collecting game that has quickly gained a fanatical following on Facebook.
We caught up with Alamofire's Urban Cowboy Fashion Consultant / CEO Josh Williams to talk about social gaming, Facebook, and of course PackRat.
Where are all the Real People?
Listen to me now. A black man is close to becoming President of the United States. A black woman is Secretary of State. A black man just became Governor of New York. Oprah is arguably the most powerful media personality in the world. Yet when was that last time you saw black face in a game? A real black face. Oh, there are a few, in the background. There's a couple in Wedding Dash. There might be one in Shop Mania. But the fact is that Sasquatch sightings are more common. Unicorns outnumber people of color in casual games at least 10-1. What's going on here?
