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The latest buzz in the mobile gaming world is 'ad funding'.  This is the method where consumers can get mobile games for free by accepting a certain amount of advertising around and within the game.

Within the industry, opinion is divided over the future of this model.  Many people see it as a way to remove the operator from the equation, increase the consumer base and kick-start the real mobile gaming revolution.

Others see it as yet another constraint on creativity which will force mobile games to become dumbed-down and sanitised to comply with the corporate messaging of advertisers.

It's far to early to say how ad-funded games will really affect the market.  However, the number of games available through this new model is growing rapidly.  And consumers are starting to pick up on it.

Dundee's Pixel Magick has just announced that it's initial range of games is now available through the ad-funded route.

Bush Wacked, Adam Angel? and Word Snake are all now available for free, using the AdWRAP system.

You can find the games live on the company's 1ThumbFun site.

New Mobile Games Company Launches First Titles - Attacks Democracy - Abertay To Blame

Pixel Magick, a new mobile developer, has released a number of new titles through it's own online portal, snappily called 1ThumbFun.

The first title, Bush Wacked, challenges players to explore the intricacies of international diplomacy within the current US administration.  With a mallet.

The site currently offers two other titles - Adam Angel?, a child nurturing game - or toddler tamagotchi, if you prefer.   Or for a more literary high, there's Word Snake, a word-based puzzle game.

Subtle probing from SG.biz discovered that Pixel Magick started life in the University Of Abertay's Dare to be Digital competition.

Here's a summary from Dave Greenberg, the man behind the mallet...

Pixel Magick was created as a team of five developers for the Dare to be Digital competition run by the University of Abertay.

David Greenberg, the team’s founder member, went on to achieve a 1st class honours degree in games development from the same university. He stayed on another year to achieve a Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship and to acquire the skills to set up Pixel Magick as a commercial business.

Pixel Magick started as a mobile phone games developer and have developed games for other companies as well as releasing their own titles.

We have just launched our new mobile games label and website www.1ThumbFun.com and are currently expanding into PC and console development.

We'll have more from Pixel Magick in the future.  Unless of course Dave ends up in Cuba, wearing a bright orange jumpsuit.