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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 ...)
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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 ...)
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 | FarmVille RSS feed for this section
What Kind of Facebook Gamer Are You?
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 [...]
German Festival Items, Garden Mystery Game – FarmVille Updates!
30. September 2010
The German theme in FarmVille has taken on a bit of a different focus this week. While we still see the addition of some traditional German animals in the theme, the buildings and decorations are in a new “festival” sub-theme of sorts, that goes along with Oktoberfest. In addition, the Mystery Game has been updated [...]
BREAKING: Build A Super Combine in FarmVille – Harvest, Plow, and Plant in One Click!
29. September 2010
In the official FarmVille podcast from the second week of September, we were given a small teaser letting us know that something called a Super Combine would be coming to the game in the future. Very few details were known about the item then, but now the Super Combine has launched to the world, and [...]
FarmVille Podcast Explains Nursery Barn Glitch, Teases Avatar Customization
29. September 2010
The latest edition of the FarmVille podcast saw FarmVille Community Manager Lexilicious not only offering users a sneak peek of items that are coming soon to FarmVille, but also to explain a growing concern among users that chose to own more than one Nursery Barn. Recently, there has been numerous “technical” difficulties seen with users [...]
Complete FrontierVille Quests to Earn Items in FarmVille, Cafe World
29. September 2010
In an effort to grow the 30+ million user family that is known as FrontierVille, Zynga is offering users a chance to earn new items in other Zynga games, like Cafe World and FarmVille, for playing FrontierVille. For the Cafe World cross-promotion, we see a quest called “Homestead Cafe Part 1.” This quest asks you [...]
Send More School Supplies for Haiti, New German Decorations – FarmVille Updates!
27. September 2010
Last week, we brought you the news of Zynga’s latest fundraising attempt to help Haiti, this time asking users to send school supplies to one another in the hopes of crossing the 400 million sent mark, triggering a large donation on Zynga’s part of $100,000. That 400 million barrier has come and gone, but the [...]
Join Your Friends in New Crafting Co-Op Jobs in FarmVille
26. September 2010
We’ve known that Crafting Co-Op Farming Jobs would be coming to FarmVille for some time now, but we didn’t know when the feature would launch in full. Luckily, the wait is over, as Zynga has launched the feature, allowing you to join friends in Co-Op Farming jobs related to the three crafting buildings, growing crops [...]
Quacker’s Mystery Game, German Theme Continues – FarmVille Updates!
22. September 2010
The German theme in FarmVille has continued to expand this week with new limited edition items. In addition, the Mystery Game has been updated to the “Quacker’s Mystery Game,” which gives you an opportunity to win some fine feathered friends! Let’s take a look at these new updates in detail. German Theme Adds New Decorations, [...]
Germany Items, Sweet Seeds for Haiti Crop & Co-Op Job – FarmVille Updates!
20. September 2010
As we told you yesterday, FarmVille is one again holding a Sweet Seeds for Haiti event that will see users collecting School Supplies in order to fill their virtual Backpacks and receive free prizes. In addition to this, another Sweet Seeds for Haiti crop is once again available to grow in the marketplace for a [...]
Send School Supplies in FarmVille – Help Build A School in Haiti!
19. September 2010
With Zynga’s continued efforts to help the children of Haiti, they have launched their biggest promotion in FarmVille yet – one that will see the game’s community working to send hundreds of millions of virtual school supplies to one another, all in the hopes of reaching Zynga’s goal, triggering a large donation on the developer’s [...]
View Your Neighbors’ Stats, Re-Gift Your Free Gifts – FarmVille Updates!
17. September 2010
A few technical additions have been made to FarmVille this week, with Zynga now offering users a way to share their unwanted free gifts, and giving users the chance to more easily check out their own in-game stats, as well as those of their friends. Re-Gift Unwanted Gifts to Friends In the world of FarmVille, [...]
FarmVille Cheats: Nursery Barn Quick Links
17. September 2010
If you’re an active FarmVille player, it’s likely that you’re knee deep in Nursery Barn gift requests, as you work to expand your Nursery Barn to hold more baby animals, and work to help your friends do the same to theirs. With each FarmVille player only having access to two of the five items needed [...]
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