MindJolt Games is a San Francisco, California

California

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 based casual gaming company. It was formerly a top 20 application on Facebook

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. It has about 1,300 games from 1,000 developers.

In March 2010, Mindjolt was acquired by former MySpace executives Chris DeWolfe

Chris DeWolfe

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, Aber Whitcomb

Aber Whitcomb

Aber Whitcomb is the CTO of MindJolt. Previously, he was the CTO and a founder of MySpace and ran technology for MySpace under the blanket of Fox. He graduated from the University of Washington and was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He was born and raised in Bellingham. He has the third account...

, and Colin Digiaro. In 2011, VentureBeat

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reported that MindJolt Games acquired SGN and Hallpass Media.

External Links

• Official MindJolt website
• Chris DeWolfe's MindJolt Expands Gaming Empire; Buys SGN and Hallpass Media
• Myspace Founders Buy MindJolt Social Game Platform