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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New FishVille Fish: Commersons Frog
There’s a new limited edition fish in FishVille, and it happens to fit into the game’s current Deep Sea item theme. The fish is called the Commersons Frog, and it’s a fairly chubby orange fish that is available for 12 Sand Dollars. The Commersons Frog grows to maturity in 6 days, making it one of [...]
Continue reading...Collect Shells in FishVille to Redeem for Free Items
6. July 2010
As with most new themes in FishVille these days, Zynga has released a new collection event with their Deep Sea item theme. The Nautilus Shell Stash, appropriately enough (since we are talking about underwater-themed items) asks us to collect shells. A fairly basic request that will see you either receiving shells as gifts from friends [...]
Continue reading...Purchase Deep Sea Abyss Decorations in FishVille
28. June 2010
FishVille’s newest item theme is “Deep Sea Abyss,” and while there aren’t that many items available in the theme thus far, the ones that are available will set the theme off right in your tank. There are two new fish to purchase – a Black Angler and a Black Devil Angler. The Black Angler costs [...]
Continue reading...Master the New Fairy Wrasses Family in FishVille
28. June 2010
For those that enjoy mastering fish families in FishVille, you’ll be pleased to learn that a new family is now available to master in the game. The new family is the “Fairy Wrasses,” but it comes with a stipulation – you either have to add three neighbors to unlock the family, or you can purchase [...]
Continue reading...Zynga Releases Gulf Coast Turtle in FishVille to Support Audubon
12. June 2010
Zynga has released a new animal in their aquarium game FishVille. It is a Gulf Coast Turtle and it goes along with a new partnership between Zynga and Audubon to help their Gulf Coast efforts in response to the on-going oil spill. Zynga says: “FishVille has joined with Audubon to help support its Gulf oil [...]
Continue reading...New FishVille Fish: Candystripe Hogfish
11. June 2010
A new limited edition fish has begun swimming in FishVille’s waters, and it comes in the form of a red and white Candystripe Hogfish. The Candystripe Hogfish is a slow growing fish, reaching maturity in four days’ time, that is, if it receives the proper care from you. A single fish can be purchased for [...]
Continue reading...Sand Dollar Fish in FishVille Can No Longer Die
9. June 2010
For those who frequently check in on their tanks in FishVille, you may not have been aware of a growing concern among users, that being the fact that fish purchased with the game’s premium currency, Sand Dollars, could get sick and die just like any other fish in the game. Users were upset by this, [...]
Continue reading...FishVille’s Atlantis Theme Now Offers Mystic Obelisk, Seer’s Orb & More
8. June 2010
Zynga simply isn’t giving up on their Atlantis theme of items in FishVille. Regardless of whether they simply like the theme, or they’re hoping to convince us that the lost continent actually exists, we as the game’s players win in the end, as we have some fairly neat new items to choose from. There are [...]
Continue reading...One Day FishVille Sale Starts Tomorrow
4. June 2010
Zynga has announced a one day FishVille sale that starts tomorrow, June 5th. The sale is presumably on several different virtual items and they’re promising some deep blue discounts. Be sure to check out your virtual school tomorrow to take advantage of the great sale as it is once again, for one day only. The [...]
Continue reading...Zynga Releases Third Round of Atlantis Themed Items in FishVille
4. June 2010
Just when you might have started thinking that more Atlantis themed items wouldn’t be making their way into FishVille (after all, we’ve already spoken of such releases twice, including earlier this week), Zynga releases seven new items in the theme, four of which cost Sand Dollars, and the other three – coins. First, the Pearls [...]
Continue reading...Collect Pearls in FishVille and Redeem Them For New Items
4. June 2010
Zynga has added a new collection feature to FishVille in the form of a Pearl Stash. This Pearl Stash event will have you collecting Pearls in the same way that you’ve collected items like mushrooms and crystals in the past, but here’s a quick rundown of the event, for those who are new to the [...]
Continue reading...Four New Items Are Available in FishVille’s Atlantis Theme
2. June 2010
If you’ve been waiting for new items to be released in FishVille’s Atlantis item theme, you’ll be happy to know that the wait is over, and that you now purchase four additional items to help further expand your own underwater lost city. The newest item release contains two premium and to standard items, with the [...]
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