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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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Rixty is hosting a March Madness Promo from March 25th through April 17th. Any user who purchases $25 or more in Rixty cash will instantly receive an additional $5 for free!
Continue reading...Facebook Pocket God Update Makes Pygmies Prettier, Deader
10. March 2011
Last time we checked in on the alarmingly fragile pygmies from Pocket God, it was suggested they might not be the sharpest knives in the drawer. However, with the newest chapter now available for the Facebook version of everyone’s favorite pygmy abuser, it may appear I misjudged the little guys. It’s not that they don’t [...]
Continue reading...SEGA PLAY! Baseball Lets Sega Play Baseball for You
8. March 2011
Admit it: if you wanted to go through the tiresome, sweaty, groin-pulling rigmarole of actually playing baseball yourself, you’d be outside, and not on Facebook. For those of us with some sense, however, Sega has launched SEGA PLAY! Baseball as an app on our favorite social network. It’s easier, it’s faster, the hot dogs aren’t four bucks [...]
Continue reading...What Kind of Facebook Gamer Are You?
18. February 2011
Facebook! It is everywhere and everything, and it consumes us all. I would bet ten dollars that, as you read this, you’ve got Facebook open right now in another tab or window. It is also home to several thousand games, with more arriving every day, appealing to audiences from every walk of life. So, how [...]
Continue reading...Free RPG Fun With Buddy Rush
17. February 2011
You can always count on your buddies to give you hand, at least that’s the idea behind freshly launched Buddy Rush, the first game from TriplePoint client Team Sollmo. Described as “ultra-cute” by intelligent people, Buddy Rush is a casual action-RPG with all the hallmarks of the genre: monster slaying, loot drops and leveling up. [...]
Continue reading...RockYou’s Gourmet Ranch Lassos in Two Mochi Award Nominations
10. February 2011
RockYou’s Gourmet Ranch game is a finalist for Best Social Game and the People’s Choice Award for the 2011 Mochi Awards, which recognize the best Flash games of the year. RockYou is a TriplePoint client. Gourmet Ranch dishes out some of the most engaging aspects of social games, with a combined farming and baking game [...]
Continue reading...RockYou Expands Team and Announces New Key Hires
10. February 2011
RockYou, a TriplePoint client, just announced new key hires this week. Katrina Osio joined RockYou’s executive team as SVP of Marketing and John Yoo was appointed as Creative Director for an unannounced game from RockYou’s Redwood City studio. The company’s new leaders are planning to assist in driving RockYou’s goals to expand their portfolio of [...]
Continue reading...Social Media Yearbook, 2011 Infographic Edition
8. February 2011
Infographics: the web’s unique way of defining our tech-heavy times, destroying our productivity levels, and giving us the giggles. Flowtown has a fun new highschool-themed shakedown of today’s social media giants. Where do you fit into the 2011 yearbook? Do note the omission of any gaming networks (i.e. Apple’s Game Center, OpenFeint or Xbox LIVE), [...]
Continue reading...Snarky Facebook RPG Fantasy University Now Open to All
21. October 2010
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 students rejected by [...]
Continue reading...Digital Chocolate Hits 12 Million Monthly Users on Facebook
27. September 2010
Digital Chocolate, the makers of such mobile and social games as the RollerCoaster Rush series, Millionaire City, Power Bloxx, MMA Pro Fighter and more have announced quite a milestone in the social game industry in that they know have 12 Million active monthly users playing their games. According to the information from AppData, Digital Chocolate [...]
Continue reading...Girls Got Game! A Look at Gender & Gaming
27. September 2010
It’s been a hot topic for some time now – that being the growing group of female “gamers,” both in the social and casual gaming worlds, and some new details are arising now that both back up this claim, and that might surprise you. First and foremost, what would you say if I told you [...]
Continue reading...Celebrate German Week in Millionaire City, Receive $50,000 Free!
24. September 2010
Oktoberfest has come to Digital Chocolate’s Millionaire City on Facebook, with users now having a chance at decorating their growing towns with new decorations, homes, and even a new German-themed business. In addition, newsletter subscribers have been rewarded with a very special gift, in the form of free in-game currency! Celebrate Oktoberfest With New Items! [...]
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