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Whatever matters to the casual gaming crowd!http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/reddit.com.header.pnghttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/comments/lou0b/typical_google_free_web_version_of_fieldrunners/c2upk89http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/comments/lou0b/typical_google_free_web_version_of_fieldrunners/c2upk892011-10-26T14:24:02.050550-07:00-0700Mac, Linux, Chromium, Chromium OS?http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/comments/gt366/zynga_pulls_mafia_wars_off_of_myspace/c1q6a2zhttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/comments/gt366/zynga_pulls_mafia_wars_off_of_myspace/c1q6a2z2011-04-19T02:05:25.975913-07:00-0700sorry blew the link to the story : (http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/reddit.com/comments/ckoe6/google_flash_game_you_guessed_it_fail_game_down/c0t8txehttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/reddit.com/comments/ckoe6/google_flash_game_you_guessed_it_fail_game_down/c0t8txe2010-06-30T13:40:46.112607-07:00-0700orkut, wave, checkout, lively (an extra special fail!),app engine (just try and make anything useful with it),google tv advertising,google print advertising,google answers,google Buzz,google friend connect,google health, google catalog search,dodgeball...... And soon to fail "Google Me"http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0as63ghttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0as63g2009-07-03T09:26:04.373368-07:00-0700I guess you did not read the first bug. For over 8 months if you do a query and use ORDER BY the datastore will return a certain number of results for a given query if you drop the ORDER BY and run the same query you get a different number of results. An eight month old Showstopper. How about the last one. Google admits that the constant datastore timeouts are a major defect, but basically state that it is a problem that is inherent in the architecture. Acceptable? The whole system is major Kludge. If you spent any time working with it you would realize that.http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arwubhttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arwub2009-07-03T00:10:33.374384-07:00-0700Here are a few examples....http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arwu6http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arwu62009-07-03T00:10:12.607337-07:00-0700Defect 12/03 2008 queries return different numbers of results in production server, due to indices out of sync http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=901http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arwswhttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arwsw2009-07-03T00:08:11.938036-07:00-0700Defect Sep 26, 2008 Google proxy should obey cache-control header http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=739http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arws5http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arws52009-07-03T00:06:42.707201-07:00-0700Defect 06/29/2008 Slower response times for alias domains http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=531http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arwr6http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arwr62009-07-03T00:04:56.774135-07:00-0700Defect 10/08/2008 Frequent timeouts on datastore write operations http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=764&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Stars%20Owner%20Summary%20Log%20Componenthttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arpe2http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arpe22009-07-02T18:29:04.457582-07:00-0700Their response is far from "instantaneous". Have you looked at the issue tracker lately?http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arpbmhttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arpbm2009-07-02T18:26:45.565566-07:00-0700It is NOT freehttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arp5lhttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arp5l2009-07-02T18:19:35.188515-07:00-0700Twitter!=User Supporthttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arp34http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arp342009-07-02T18:16:27.010644-07:00-0700Your using Google PR math try 6+ hours and this has not been the first issue. And for your "communication with users". Your joking right? Or would you like to post the phone number for the App Engine Support. Or how about the email address or a link for the ticketing system....http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arp2ahttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/programming/comments/8xow8/not_ready_for_primetime_google_app_engine_goes/c0arp2a2009-07-02T18:15:17.527914-07:00-0700How can you modify your code to catch an undocumented previously unknown exception or modify your app at all if the whole system is down as it was? Yeah some engineer at Google posted this suggestion.... It was useless.http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/Python/comments/7zzno/google_app_engine_grow_your_app_beyond_the_free/c07vqvdhttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/Python/comments/7zzno/google_app_engine_grow_your_app_beyond_the_free/c07vqvd2009-02-25T07:02:42.436407-07:00-0700Guess you all missed that they are dropping the "free" bandwidth quota to 1GB and are limiting total downloads for free apps at 56 MByte/min and paid apps to 740 MByte/min Here is more bad news stuffed at the very bottom of the announcement: App Engine will always remain free to get started. However, along with many performance improvements, we have learned that we were overly conservative with our initial free quota estimates. Therefore, 90 days after February 24th, 2009, we will be reducing the free quota resources. We believe these new levels will continue to serve a reasonably efficient application around 5 million page views per month, completely free. The new quota levels, which will take effect on May 25th, 2009, are: * CPU Time: 6.5 hours of CPU time per day * Bandwidth: 1 Gigabyte of data transferred in and out of the application per day * Stored Data & Email Recipients: these quotas will remain unchanged. These changes may also affect the fixed quotas applied to applications without billing enabled.http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/reddit.com/comments/78p1d/ebay_says_surprise_her_with_a_bigger_penis_on/c05z8v8http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/reddit.com/comments/78p1d/ebay_says_surprise_her_with_a_bigger_penis_on/c05z8v82008-10-22T12:29:02.948977-07:00-0700I don't think that is the case ebay can't even return the correct items when you use the search box let alone return a targeted ad. Here is the original thread in ebay's forum and there are a bunch of great comments: http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=520036364&start=0 Here are some more fun ads from ebay's homepage: http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k182/kittenkat22/porno.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k182/kittenkat22/pornoo.jpg http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/georgewdolt/ebay%20graphics/pornomanwithbig.jpghttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/WTF/comments/77d9m/aig_is_at_it_again_aig_executives_spend_86000_on/c05vv3ihttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/WTF/comments/77d9m/aig_is_at_it_again_aig_executives_spend_86000_on/c05vv3i2008-10-16T07:25:48.671697-07:00-0700They just don't get it yet! They are spending My Money! Our Money! There are a lot of people at AIG who need to be put in jail until they understand realize: IT IS NOT YOUR MONEY ANYMORE!http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/reddit.com/comments/70ieg/the_spore_review_that_says_it_all/c05d3yfhttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/reddit.com/comments/70ieg/the_spore_review_that_says_it_all/c05d3yf2008-09-09T15:53:15.996303-07:00-0700Nope I'm not JAKUB.... But I do run the casualgamer reddit : ) casualgamer.gamegiants.nethttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/reddit.com/comments/6z9t2/download_chrome_now/c059qpdhttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/r/reddit.com/comments/6z9t2/download_chrome_now/c059qpd2008-09-02T13:31:46.943634-07:00-0700Wow it is fast and I love the "Task Manager" it is really more a VM than a browser....http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/comments/6ydwo/anatomy_of_a_casual_game_part_i_concept/c0577nhhttp://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/comments/6ydwo/anatomy_of_a_casual_game_part_i_concept/c0577nh2008-08-27T21:18:08.016224-07:00-0700BTW I think they are very very wrong about casual gamers not wanting change......http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/comments/6ybbs/amazon_pay_6_get_releasedate_game_delivery/c0574c4http://casualgamer.gamegiants.net/comments/6ybbs/amazon_pay_6_get_releasedate_game_delivery/c0574c42008-08-27T16:45:24.143992-07:00-0700Or buy downloadable games : )