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One day in October 2012, I happened across this YouTube video with a top-down view of PSY’s concert in Seoul. Over 80,000 people were in attendance, with the crowd spanning entire city blocks. Every member ...
I Play SimCity Social for the Writing
“SimCity Social?” they ask me. “Sure, it’s got the SimCity branding and all, but isn’t it just another click-and-wait Facebook game?” Though I know the look of skepticism it will produce, my reply is, “Oh, I ...
User-Generated Content and Generating Contented Users
We at Frisky Mongoose like to play a lot of location-based games; it’s kind of our thing. There have been a lot of them over the years, as designers and developers have tried to gamify ...
Nothing Unusual at All is Happening Today
Just another regular day in the games industry! Dogfighting game War Thunder has a new set of combatants, there's a new contender in the console field, and SEGA's got a new sound engine. New DLC is ...
Goodbye, LucasArts, and Thank You
This is my Corley Motors keychain. Corley Motors is a fictional motorcycle manufacturer that the player, as gang leader Ben, must save from a hostile takeover in the classic LucasArts adventure Full Throttle. Together with Grim Fandango and ...
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, ...
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! ...Archive | Frontierville RSS feed for this section
Trouble in The Ville: EA Sues Zynga for Copyright Infringement
Tweet Electronic Arts has sued Zynga for copyright infringement, according to a statement released by the publisher earlier today. In a lengthy complaint made public just hours ago, EA states that in development of Zynga’s upcoming The Ville, the developer “copied and misappropriated the original and distinctive expressive elements” from The Sims Social, which EA [...]
Continue reading...Help Your Family in FrontierVille’s “Aunt List” Quests
30. September 2010
Tweet A new series of quests has appeared in FrontierVille for some users. We’re assuming that these missions will pop for all users over time, as Zynga likes to roll new features out over time, rather than all at once to maintain stability within such a large player user-base (if we find that the missions [...]
Continue reading...Complete FrontierVille Quests to Earn Items in FarmVille, Cafe World
29. September 2010
Tweet 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 [...]
Continue reading...Make Some French Fries, Send A Jack-in-the-Box – FrontierVille Updates!
28. September 2010
Tweet In addition to unleashing a large new system of Badges in the game, Zynga has been hard at work adding other new features to FrontierVille over the past few days. The first comes in the form of an entirely new quest that introduces a new food item, and the other is in the introduction [...]
Continue reading...FrontierVille Badges Guide & Tips – Free XP and Coins for all!
27. September 2010
Tweet Along with the release of the Jackalope Society and Lodge in FrontierVille, a new series of badges and achievements has also been released in the game. You’ll need to finish all of the Jackalope Lodge missions (which culminates in the completion of said lodge) in order to be eligible to earn badges, but once [...]
Continue reading...Build & Join the Jackalope Society in FrontierVille – New Quests, Badges, & More! [UPDATE]
24. September 2010
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Tweet Never offering a dull moment, Zynga has updated FrontierVille with a new series of quests and a new building in the form of the Jackalope Society. The Jackalope Society is a “force for progress and innovation.” You have been given an invitation into their exclusive club, but first, you’ll have to pass a few [...]
Continue reading...Daily Food Bonus Emails, Fiery Fall Items – FrontierVille Updates!
18. September 2010
Tweet If you are a member of the FarmVille Daily Fuel Boost email list, you’ll be happy to know that a similar list has been created for FrontierVille, offering users food, rather than fuel. In other game news, we see the launch of some fun fall items in the game’s store. We’ll give you a [...]
Continue reading...Mission Tab Available, Mystery Animal Crates Return – FrontierVille Updates!
16. September 2010
Tweet FrontierVille shows no signs of slowing down in the growth department, with this week seeing the addition of the FrontierVille Mission tab, and the relaunch of the Mystery Animal Crate, which contains all new animals for you to purchase and collect, including llamas! Mission Tab Now Available As we told you last week, Zynga [...]
Continue reading...Zynga 8 Game Challenge – $24,000 Giveaway in 24 Hours!
13. September 2010
Tweet Do you want to win $1,000? Of course you do! And wouldn’t you know it – Zynga wants you to as well! For today, and today only, Zynga is holding the 8 Game Challenge, rewarding $24,000 over today’s 24 hour period. While the promotion officially began at 12:01 AM this morning, you have until [...]
Continue reading...Horseshoe Pit, zLotto Items Now Available – FrontierVille Updates!
13. September 2010
Tweet Late last month, we brought you news concerning the launch of zLotto, Zynga’s scratch off lottery game, which promised future prizes for FrontierVille. That time has come, as four new items available to win for FrontierVille via the lottery. In other game news, we see the announcement that a very interesting Horseshoe Pit will [...]
Continue reading...FrontierVille Cheats: School Supply Quick Links
13. September 2010
Tweet Hey all you FrontierVille players! Regardless of how long you’ve been playing the game, you will have probably noticed how hard it is to accumulate parts to finish buildings and the like, what with all of the individual hammers, nails and such you have to collect from friends. It’s hard enough for those with [...]
Continue reading...Camping Items, Missions Tab Coming Soon – FrontierVille Updates!
11. September 2010
Tweet As the days of summer come to a close, Zynga wants to make sure that all users can enjoy the last few moments of warm weather, at least virtually, by releasing a new set of items in FrontierVille. In addition to this, a new “Missions” logo has appeared in the “My Stuff” backpack. Enjoy [...]
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