Games Now On Google Plus

Oh boy! Google+ just got a whole lot more fun. Introduced yesterday, the promising new social network (under beta by limited invite), is taking Facebook head on.

The End of Game Spam

The nice thing is that Google gets it. Unlike Facebook which allowed game developers to spam their users' walls, this is not an issue with Google+. Vic Gundotra, Senior VP of Engineering at Google said:

"If you’re not interested in games, it’s easy to ignore them. Your stream will remain focused on conversations with the people you care about"

I think thats terrific. Nothing is worse than getting spammed by tons of annoying Farmville crap everyday when someone loses their cow or wants to give you a gift to get you to play in the game.

However, Google says that your game play and accomplishments may be shown to other Google+ users. You have to give Google+ authorization to do so and whom you want to share this information with. You will be able to see within your social circle what games your friends have recently played and they can see what you have played as well.

You always have the right to remove a game from your profile if you feel that the developer is accessing information that you don't want to provide. This may include data such as your name, your photo, your gender, birth day, email address and your circle of friends. Every game must provide its privacy policy before you play it. For example, before I clicked Play for Angry Birds and Bejeweled Blitz, I got this permission screen:

More Google Plus Games Being Added

More games are being added and just to give you a taste of what's there we have:

About Kerry Kobashi

Kerry is the founder of KerryOnWorld. He lives in Silicon Valley and has worked as an engineer and project manager. He owns Kobashi Computing a consulting company.