If you are in any way involved in the internet, whether as a skilled web user or an employee of a technology company, then you might recognize the name Im In Like With You. The network first hit the internet in 2006 as a private beta website and was under a virtual lock and key. Since that day we have seen an expansion that no one could have expected. Many new features have been added since including the launch of the game of Blockles and, more recently, Dinglepop, Draw My Thing and Gemmers. The launch of a fifth game, Balloono, is anticipated for release soon. The site also earned a spot on PC Magazine’s Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites list. Blockles has been played over three million times for nearly 200,000 hours and Draw My Thing, while having only been in existence for a few months, has already racked up over one million hours of gameplay. Just when we might have thought that this website could not get much better or more popular it managed to raise a whopping 1.5 million dollar paycheck for only the second time since its launch. The news has only just begun to spread and more is to be said about it. What has been said (by founder Charles Forman), is no less than a joke. Or could spending the paycheck on a ‘large scale party’ be the indicator for a much bigger addition to the website? We have yet to find out.
Posted by Chris Beaudet 