Nicholas Lovell, author and blogger at Gamesbrief, has put together a really interesting post in which he asks 26 people what a social game is. The answers depict a wide spectrum of ideas, from the literal to the metaphorical. It’s well worth the read if social games is a topic that you find interesting.
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