Target Stores First to Sell Facebook Credits Gift Cards

Target Stores First to Sell Facebook Credits Gift Cards

Beginning this Sunday, Target (a TriplePoint client) will be the first retailer to carry Facebook Credits gift cards in stores nationwide. This is great news for social gamers who can't (or prefer not to) use a credit card to make online purchases, but still want to use premium virtual currency ...

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New iPods, Game Center, iOS 4.1: Apple September Event Round-Up

New iPods, Game Center, iOS 4.1: Apple September Event Round-Up

Apple hosted their annual music event today in sunny San Francisco and they certainly brought out the big guns for this event, holding nothing back and unveiling a ton of new products and services. iOS 4.1 Releases Next Week, Includes Game Center The first new announcement of the day was when Apple ...

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5 Reasons Facebook Places Matters for Social Games

5 Reasons Facebook Places Matters for Social Games

I've never "played" Foursquare, but I have used it. To me, most location based check-in apps (like Foursquare & Gowalla) are more of a novelty than anything. You don't have to look too hard to find a debate on whether or not this type of geocaching should be considered a ...

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PR 101 for Indie Game Developers

PR 101 for Indie Game Developers

TriplePoint's Chris Heintz had the opportunity to give an updated version of his 'PR for iPhone Games' talk to the New York Gaming Meetup last Tuesday. Focusing on indie development publicity for multiple platforms, the presentation walks viewers through the What, Why and How of doing PR - whether budgets ...

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Party in the XBLA: The Power and Beauty of Video Game Music

Party in the XBLA: The Power and Beauty of Video Game Music

Most of us non-Miley Cyrus fans are tired of hearing the song “Party in the USA.” From the clichéd opening rift to the seemingly simple lyrics, I hope that it is a fad that will soon die out. But still, people young and old scream at the ...

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Fantasy University Beta Key Giveaway

Fantasy University Beta Key Giveaway

Hey you Facebook-gamin' Frisky readers - remember yesterday when we told you that Fantasy University from Triplepoint client Simutronics had just entered closed beta on Facebook? Well, if you want to try it out for yourself, we snagged a couple of beta keys to let you do just that! To win ...

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Start Building Your Underground Storage Cellar in FarmVille

Start Building Your Underground Storage Cellar in FarmVille

Back in May, we were told that underground storage would be coming to FarmVille in the future, and that time is now, as all users have been given a free Storage Cellar, that can be placed on less land than it takes for a single plot of a crop. The underground ...

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Mafia Wars Cheats, Tips, Tricks and Strategies to Be Top Don

Mafia Wars Cheats, Tips, Tricks and Strategies to Be Top Don

Mafia Wars is one of Zynga's oldest games, and it's also one of the most complex - so complex in fact, that it can be easy to become overwhelmed when you're first starting in the game, or even if you just take a break of a week or two! We're ...

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Target Stores First to Sell Facebook Credits Gift Cards

3. September 2010

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Target Stores First to Sell Facebook Credits Gift Cards

Beginning this Sunday, Target (a TriplePoint client) will be the first retailer to carry Facebook Credits gift cards in stores nationwide. This is great news for social gamers who can’t (or prefer not to) use a credit card to make online purchases, but still want to use premium virtual currency in Facebook games and apps. [...]

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Neighbor Tab, High School, Big Ben & More – Social City Updates!

3. September 2010

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Neighbor Tab, High School, Big Ben & More – Social City Updates!

Playdom has released quite a few new items in Social City since we last spoke. While some of these updates are the usual Limited Edition or Build Menu items, there is now a new Neighbors tab that will allow you to customize and deal with all of your Social City neighbors (or potential neighbors) with [...]

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Cafe Cash Sale, Free Lightning Stove & More – Cafe World Labor Day Sale

3. September 2010

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Cafe Cash Sale, Free Lightning Stove & More – Cafe World Labor Day Sale

With FrontierVille already announcing their Labor Day / Back to School extravaganza, it was only fitting that other Zynga games get in on the act, with Zynga announcing a whole slew of sales and promotions taking place in Cafe World. First, for a limited time, Cafe Cash and coins packages are now on sale, with [...]

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Back to School Missions, New Collection – FrontierVille Labor Day Event!

3. September 2010

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Back to School Missions, New Collection – FrontierVille Labor Day Event!

Zynga has never been one to let a holiday, no matter how trivial it might seem, slip by them, and they have made that apparent yet again with the release of an entire event in FrontierVille surrounding Labor Day. The Labor Day Extravaganza, as it’s being called, offers a new collection for players to complete, [...]

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Slop Making & Truffle Hunting Now Available in FarmVille! (UPDATE)

2. September 2010

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Slop Making & Truffle Hunting Now Available in FarmVille! (UPDATE)

After giving users a little while to fully complete their Pigpens, Zynga has officially unleashed the world of Truffle Hunting into FarmVille. Please note that this feature, as with most large-scale features, is rolling out to users slowly. If you don’t see the following feature in your own game the next time you login, don’t [...]

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Thursday Throwdown: TweetDeck or HootSuite? You Decide!

2. September 2010

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Thursday Throwdown: TweetDeck or HootSuite? You Decide!

Welcome to another edition of the Thursday Throwdown here on Frisky Mongoose! This week, we take a break from the world of Facebook games to pit two of the largest Twitter clients against one another. Before we get to that, however, let’s take a look at the results of our last Throwdown, which saw two [...]

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Experience the Arabian Nights With New Restaurant City Items and Food

2. September 2010

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Experience the Arabian Nights With New Restaurant City Items and Food

Last week, Playfish took us to the world of Morocco with their item theme based around a bazaar. This week, we take barely a hop, skip, or jump to the new theme, as we are being taken on a grand tour of the Arabian Nights. This theme contains new decorative and functional items, along with [...]

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Choo Choo! Ride the Lucky Train on Facebook – A Frisky Hands-On

2. September 2010

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Choo Choo! Ride the Lucky Train on Facebook – A Frisky Hands-On

A Bit Lucky has launched a new Facebook game appropriately entitled Lucky Train. The title was launched at the tail end of June, and has since taken off. Regardless of the fact that the developer is a relative unknown in the world of Zynga or Playfish, Lucky Train now sits at a cool 880,000 players, [...]

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More Room For Products, Free Gifts, & Shoplifter Tips: Market Street Updates!

2. September 2010

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More Room For Products, Free Gifts, & Shoplifter Tips: Market Street Updates!

It’s been a while since we talked about Market Street here on Frisky Mongoose. The last we time saw the game, it was during a new promotion with another Playdom title, Social City, that sees players of the latter receiving a free building for playing Market Street. Now, though, new features abound in the title, [...]

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Angkor Wat Marvel & Themed Gifts Available in City of Wonder

2. September 2010

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Angkor Wat Marvel & Themed Gifts Available in City of Wonder

When City of Wonder launched on Facebook last month, we brought you a detailed hands-on of what to expect in Playdom’s newest game. Now that we’ve had a chance to get acquainted with the game, Playdom has started adding new content to the ancient city-builder, with this latest release seeing the release of a new [...]

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Cater A Fancy Dinner Party in Cafe World to Unlock Exclusive Recipe

2. September 2010

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Cater A Fancy Dinner Party in Cafe World to Unlock Exclusive Recipe

Yesterday, we took some time to talk about the resurgence of the Cafe World catering business, namely, the launch of the “Cater a Birthday Party” mission that sees you catering Amelia’s niece’s birthday party by cooking three dishes repeatedly in a certain amount of time. After that mission is completed with either a two or [...]

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The Super Bowl Awaits You In Madden NFL Superstars – A Frisky Hands-On

1. September 2010

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The Super Bowl Awaits You In Madden NFL Superstars – A Frisky Hands-On

Go for the goal! EA Sports and Playfish have released the American football counterpart to the “Superstars” series on Facebook. The goal of the game is to become the best NFL coach possible and ultimately take the super bowl trophy home for your team. Going through the initial steps of the game, you’ll have to [...]

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