Published Jan 04 2012 by Company Town


Chris DeWolfe partners with Humane Society on new game

Is Chris DeWolfe donning sheep's clothing? The former chief executive of MySpace has partnered with the Humane Society to produce a game whose proceeds would partially benefit the nonprofit's animal rescue efforts. 

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"We think Fluff Friends has the potential to hit the top 10 or top 20 games and stay there for a long time" DeWolfe said, "because...
...DeWolfe said, "because the game play mirrors things people enjoy doing in real life like rescuing and raising animals."  
"I felt that there were a lot of similarities between music and what was going on in the game space" he said in an interview...

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