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You’re the (Nexus) One That I Want: Confessions of an iPhone Lover Gone Astray
To protect the innocent, names have been changed. In this publication, a once-faithful iPhone lover will be referred to with a fictional Twitter name: @madluv4iPhn. A recent tweet: @madluv4iPhn Dear iPhone - I've met someone new named the Nexus One. I'm strangely attracted to her and need a few days to figure ...)
What SOPA Means for Gaming PR
SOPA. It's much ado about pirates. Not the cool kind of pirates who wear eye patches, sail ships, bury treasure and say stuff like yo-ho-ho. No, SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act) is about the kind of pirates that suck. SOPA what? If all the cool kids weighed in, would you ...)
Casual Connect 2011: Games Industry Fishbowl?
With Casual Connect, the fish analogy is easy. You're gathered in Seattle, surrounded by the sea, partying in aquariums, and hell, I even roomed with a finned friend this year. Our hotel pet (affectionately and temporarily named Sarah) stayed in her fishbowl out of necessity. But will the casual gaming ...)
Foursquare Badge Fun, from Super Bowl to Subtle Snark
Beginning at kickoff today (6:30pm ET on FOX), Foursquare will open up a special edition check-in point globally to all users - look for the promoted trending venue, "Super Bowl Sunday". If you missed out on the "PA Groundhog Day" badge earlier this week (when Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early ...)
Angry Birds Super Bowl Ad's Got Game
Angry Bird players are set for a special bonus this Super Bowl Sunday. The iPhone game's upcoming 30-second commercial is all the buzz today - apparently, it will feature an embedded code to unlock a secret new level. According to AdAge, "the spot will be the first Super Bowl ad ...)
Refunding a Free Admission: Taking Care of Customers in F2P
Last week, on the TriplePoint blog, I wrote a short piece about taking care of angry customers when the service has been poor. I advised providers to be forthright, humble, and to make an immediate reparatory gesture for best results. Karma, it seems, is a real kick in the teeth ...)
Snarky Facebook RPG Fantasy University Now Open to All
Fantasy University, the pop-culture referencing, snarktastic, Facebook-based roleplaying game from TriplePoint client Simutronics (which we previewed), entered open beta today - meaning, unlike before, anyone with a Facebook account can get in on the Harry-Potter-on-acid antics. Here's the press release: ELANTHIA - October 20, 2010 Fantasy University, the premier fallback institution for ...Archive | Casual RSS feed for this section
Wake Up, Pygmies; Time to Die
Having time-travel powers, as movies and books have taught us, would be pretty fantastic. You could go back into the past and hunt dinosaurs, or go to the future and learn the results of sporting events, and nothing could possibly go wrong. Unless you’re a Pocket God pygmy, in which case everything will always go wrong, [...]
Androids Can Now Save Yello
2. February 2012
Androids. Yes, they’re heartless machines masquerading as people, and they will probably some day enslave our planet. But even a cold, unfeeling Android wouldn’t turn its back on a helpless goldfish, removed from its bowl and in desperate need of rescue. Worry not, future machine overlords — Saving Yello has been released for Android phones by [...]
Pocket God’s Tragic Comics are the Best Ever
1. February 2012
Frisky Mongoose may have a touch of bias when we tell you that the Pocket God Comics app, which allows you to read hilariously malicious comics from TriplePoint client Bolt Creative, is the best comic app ever. So, it gives us tremendous pleasure to be able to say that with independent, external validation. Pocket God Comics was just [...]
The Ryzing of Facebook Bingo
30. January 2012
The engineers at TriplePoint client RockYou have done the unthinkable: Crafted a way to play bingo, online, with all of the swell money and prizes inherent to the game, and without the overpowering presence of topical cream and despair. Bingo by Ryzing, which is played without having to rise in any way from your computer, was [...]
Xbox LIVE Becomes More Quarrelsome
25. January 2012
Liquor tours anew! Er, excuse me. Quarrel is out now! I always get those two things mixed up. Which is good, because my word-mixing will need to be in top form to compete in Quarrel, newly released for Xbox LIVE Arcade by TriplePoint client UTV Ignition. Quarrel players are presented with an 8-letter anagram, and challenged to come up [...]
Conquer Online Gets in the Zone
25. January 2012
So you say you’ve gone online and conquered all there is to conquer online in Conquer Online. Well, the conquering heroes at NetDragon, a TriplePoint client, have added a bunch of new stuff that nobody has conquered quite yet. That’s right — there are new things in the game that are not yet firmly under your [...]
Save Yello, Save Money
24. January 2012
The new release from dreamfab, Saving Yello Lite, is not a game about hanging on to your very last colored lightbulb in order to have the best holiday decorations ever. That would be an awesome game, though. No, Saving Yello Lite is a free “sampler” version of Saving Yello, the hit app from the TriplePoint client and fish-sympathizing [...]
Atari’s Breakout Boost Gets Even Boostier
24. January 2012
Atari, legendary game company and TriplePoint client, decided to give a little boost to one of their breakout titles, Breakout: Boost. A free-to-play iOS take on an enduring classic, Breakout: Boost came out a little while ago and put a few new spins on the original brick-hating gameplay. But that clearly wasn’t enough, because now there’s an [...]
Bumping Bears Bear Bumping from 148Apps
23. January 2012
TriplePoint client LoadComplete is getting a little love this morning with a bump over on 148Apps. Thankfully, they have developed a hardy breed of adorable bears, specifically bred to withstand bumping. Bumping Bears, the developer’s new iOS social title, is getting a nod of approval, thanks to the bears’ adorable features, the fact that they inhabit [...]
Sonic is Completely PC Now
19. January 2012
Man, I remember when Sonic the Hedgehog first showed up, and he was a game character with attitude. Now he’s gone soft, and is totally PC about everything he does — so worried about offending everyone, so careful with his words. That’s the headline this morning from SEGA, Sonic’s handlers and culturally sensitive TriplePoint clients: [...]
R.A.W. Video is Actually Full of Post-Production
18. January 2012
This isn’t raw video at all! I feel deceived. Granted, it’s a very nice video, with all kinds of action-y role-playing-y fantasy going on, and it looks like a lot of fun, but it’s clearly not a raw video. There are logos, and edits, and all of the earmarks of post-production. Still, don’t let that stop you [...]
UTV Ignition Starts Quarreling with Xbox
17. January 2012
Xbox gamers! Always fighting, always shooting, always resorting to violence to solve their quarrels. Solve your problems like adults — use your words! That’s the very mature advice being given by TriplePoint client UTV Ignition, who is preparing to release Quarrel on Xbox LIVE later this month. Quarrel, a much more sensible dispute resolution simulator developed by [...]
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