• 8 Reasons I Quit Playing Facebook Games

    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 ...

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  • How Not to Play Location-based Games like an Idiot

    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 ...

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  • Abandoning Facebook: CrowdStar Joins OMGPOP, Kabam, Funzio in Mobile

    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 ...

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  • Don’t Be a Cheapskate: 4 Reasons Pay-What-You-Like Backfires

    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 ...

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  • Cats Wearing GUNNARS: Zooey

    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 ...

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  • Hardcore and Back Again: Video Games in a Nutshell

    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 ...

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  • 5 Apps to Make You Smile

    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 ...

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  • The Time Has Come: Pokemon and Me 15 Years Later

    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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Earn Free Playfish Cash in Restaurant City, Hotel City, & More!

29. September 2010

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Earn Free Playfish Cash in Restaurant City, Hotel City, & More!

While developers like Zynga or CrowdStar have the “free premium currency” systems down to what seems to be a science, either rewarding users as they level up in games, or even offering extra opportunities like Lotto Tickets in Cafe World or the PetVille Genie Gems game, Playfish is the odd man out, with Playfish Cash [...]

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Thursday Throwdown: Mafia Wars or Gangster City? You Decide

22. July 2010

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Thursday Throwdown: Mafia Wars or Gangster City? You Decide

Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome to another edition of the Thursday Throwdown here on Frisky Mongoose. Last week, we took a look at tropical farming by having a Throwdown between Tiki Farm and Island Paradise. The results of last week’s poll are in, and it turns out that there really was no contest between the two, [...]

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Tell Playfish What You Think in Gangster City Survey

25. April 2010

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Tell Playfish What You Think in Gangster City Survey

‘Tis the season for surveys on Facebook! Playfish is now offering you a chance to help make Gangster City more awesome by filling out a simple 6 question survey. Your feedback will be used to help Playfish determine what new features, items and content should be added to the game in the near future. Your [...]

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Here Are Some Gangster City Developer Tips

23. April 2010

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Here Are Some Gangster City Developer Tips

Are you having trouble with Playfish’s Gangster City? Wish there was someone there to help you every step of the way? Depending on your thinking, there now is, as a series of Gangster City Developer Tips have been posted over on IGN for your reading pleasure. There are ten tips in all, concerning all things [...]

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Playfish Cash Cards Now On Sale in Walgreens

18. April 2010

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Playfish Cash Cards Now On Sale in Walgreens

That’s right, the next time you are in a Walgreens store, check the games section or near the checkout for Playfish cash cards. They come in blue and pink, in denominations of $10 and $25.  If you are in the UK, cash cards are available at Sainsbury’s and WHSmith. The cards can be redeemed online [...]

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Skip Mission Animations in Gangster City, Get Tougher Faster

13. February 2010

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Skip Mission Animations in Gangster City, Get Tougher Faster

Pay attention gangsters because this just might save your life (says PlayFish)… You can now skip mission animations in Gangster City when you repeat the same mission, which means you get tougher, faster. You’ll still be limited by the amount of Energy you have, but skipping the battle mission animations sure saves a lot of [...]

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