• 8 Reasons I Quit Playing Facebook Games

    8 Reasons I Quit Playing Facebook Games

    Two years ago, I ranted about the need for more challenge and chance in social games. Since then, the entire gaming industry has drastically changed. If I sound like a broken record on that note, it’s because in a fast-paced, high-tech market, it’s always true (and thus worth reiteration). It seems ...

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  • How Not to Play Location-based Games like an Idiot

    How Not to Play Location-based Games like an Idiot

    Welcome to the wonderful world of location-based games! I see you’ve just downloaded a copy of Traveler’s Quest, or Dokobots, or CodeRunner, or perhaps you’ve got yourself on foursquare for the first time. That’s great! You’re about to discover what geotagging and GPS-enabled mobile devices can add to gaming and ...

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  • Abandoning Facebook: CrowdStar Joins OMGPOP, Kabam, Funzio in Mobile

    Abandoning Facebook: CrowdStar Joins OMGPOP, Kabam, Funzio in Mobile

    CrowdStar, developer of popular Facebook games like Happy Aquarium and the "Girl" series (Modern Girl, Social Girl, Top Girl and It Girl), announced today that they will stop developing games for Facebook, according to an interview with All Things Digital.  Peter Relan predicts that 90% of Crowdstar’s revenue will come ...

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  • Don’t Be a Cheapskate: 4 Reasons Pay-What-You-Like Backfires

    Don’t Be a Cheapskate: 4 Reasons Pay-What-You-Like Backfires

    Pay-What-You-Like.  You’ve sometimes seen it called Pay-What-You-Want.  You’ve seen it while leaving your local museum or hippy café as a big box that says “Donations.”  You’ve also seen it for Radiohead’s In Rainbows or with Humble Bundle, the collection of indie games offered for however much you’d like to pay ...

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  • Cats Wearing GUNNARS: Zooey

    Cats Wearing GUNNARS: Zooey

    Meet Zooey O'Leary. Zooey is sporting a pair of GUNNAR Optik's Attache Phenom glasses, and looking good doing it. If you've been following our Dogs Wearing GUNNARS series, you may notice something a bit off this week. Zooey is a frisky first - special edition feline! You can call her a "domestic ...

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  • Hardcore and Back Again: Video Games in a Nutshell

    Hardcore and Back Again: Video Games in a Nutshell

    The SNES was a young kid's dream (in the early 90's). Every game felt brand-spanking new, because it was. When video games first came along, "copycats" were neither a logical thing to consider, nor an option. Video games were casual. They were made for mainstream audiences. And back then, even the ...

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  • 5 Apps to Make You Smile

    5 Apps to Make You Smile

    These are a few of my favorite digital things... This list is hardly comprehensive, nor is it in any particular order. Enjoy! 1. Timehop - This gets top billing because too few people know about it (and more should - it's neat). Basically, Timehop answers one question, every day, via email. "What did ...

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  • The Time Has Come: Pokemon and Me 15 Years Later

    The Time Has Come: Pokemon and Me 15 Years Later

    Last year, when my mind was busy with summer vacation, I came home to an unsettling sight. Roxy's tumor had grown exponentially. Her arm was swelling up to a point where she couldn't even lift it. All attempts to remove the tumor would only make it grow back with a ...

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Bumping Bears Bear Bumping from 148Apps

23. January 2012

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Bumping Bears Bear Bumping from 148Apps

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 [...]

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Go to School, School Others on the Go with Hero Academy

11. January 2012

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Go to School, School Others on the Go with Hero Academy

What makes a hero? We can finally put that question to rest — it’s not bravery, or selflessness, or any of that saccharine nonsense. To be a hero, you clearly need to have attended Hero Academy, gotten at least an undergraduate degree, and continue to support the Hero Academy NCAA team. At that point, you will [...]

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Hospital Havoc 2 Raises Over $10,000 with Appbackr

2. August 2011

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Hospital Havoc 2 Raises Over $10,000 with Appbackr

TriplePoint client Bitwise Design announced today that they’re less than a month away from releasing Hospital Havoc 2 on the App Store. The game itself is going to be free of charge for players who are looking to dabble in the exciting field of medical malpractice. Still, while it’s free for the end user, it’s [...]

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Casual Connect 2011: Games Industry Fishbowl?

24. July 2011

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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 industry do the same? Are [...]

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Celebrity Bodyguard fresh new gameplay video

27. April 2011

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Celebrity Bodyguard fresh new gameplay video

If you have ever dreamed of getting close to the biggest stars, Bravo Game Studios, Spain-based developer of mobile games and TriplePoint client, is giving you the chance to be their hero. Protect them from ninjas, snipers, rednecks, and animal activists in bullet-proof panda suits bent on disturbing their entrance on the red carpet in [...]

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Fashion Story Struts Down the App Store Runway

31. March 2011

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Fashion Story Struts Down the App Store Runway

Just in case you’ve been feeling inadequately fabulous lately, TriplePoint client TeamLava has fashioned a new app that will get you turning heads again. Well… turning towards your phone, anyway. But at least that will get everyone to stop noticing how you actually look. Fashion Story, the latest entry in TeamLava’s ongoing “story” series of [...]

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Race with Sonic & Pals with Your iPhone & Pals

28. February 2011

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Race with Sonic & Pals with Your iPhone & Pals

Almost everything you need to know about Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing is right there in the title: It’s a racing game, featuring Sonic the Hedgehog, and a cast of Sega’s adorable misfits. The title does not, however, explain that the game is going to be appearing on the iPhone, but there are other places [...]

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Pocket God Mixes Morons with Misfits

25. February 2011

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Pocket God Mixes Morons with Misfits

I don’t know if it’s fair to say that the hapless pygmies in Pocket God are morons, necessarily. Yes, they continue to live on an island where they are perpetually immolated, electrocuted, devoured, and flicked into a volcano, and anybody with even an ounce of smarts would have picked a new home by now. But [...]

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Volcano Escape Available Now on iTunes App Store

18. February 2011

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Volcano Escape Available Now on iTunes App Store

Evacuate the App Store! Play this great game that I found! Stop this heat is killing me! Hey Mr. Bravo keep on jumping up to higher ground! Lava is rising, evil spiritual minions are attacking and poor Colonel Charlie Bravo is equipped with nothing but a jetpack, a shotgun, and a grenade launcher. Welcome to [...]

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Poker with Bob Now Available in Store with Apps

18. February 2011

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Poker with Bob Now Available in Store with Apps

TriplePoint client Scary Robot Studios did not pick their name just to sound cool (although they totally do). The new app development studio is the brainchild of Dustin Adair, a professional animator whose works include Cylons, Terminators, Transformers, and other killer machines for movies and television. Bob, the star of Adair’s debut iPhone game, “Poker [...]

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Volcano Escape: Eruption Imminent With New Gameplay Trailer

11. February 2011

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Volcano Escape: Eruption Imminent With New Gameplay Trailer

A quality mobile game can do wonders to turn a lousy trip into a pleasant one. There’s nothing better than a handy iPhone game while listening to the shrill cries of the baby in the next row. Of course, then you arrive, and a pack of angry natives hurl you into a volcano. It’s always [...]

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Bolt Creative Adds Creative Bolts to Pocket God

10. February 2011

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Bolt Creative Adds Creative Bolts to Pocket God

Like electrical storms? Hate Pygmies? Today is your lucky day! The newest Pocket God: Journey to Uranus episode is here, and — no shock here — the update adds a wealth of new sadistic options for all your mini-murder needs.

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