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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One-Eyed Wonder Joins Happy Aquarium
For Happy Aquarium players, there’s a new fish in town: the One-Eyed Wonder. Also know as the Cyclops Fish, the new tank inhabitant is available in limited quantities for a limited time, doubling the reasons you should grab it now rather than later. The Cyclops Fish will disappear on June 29th at 11:59 PM PST, [...]
Continue reading...Expand Your Happy Aquarium With Five New Animals
18. June 2010
Over the past few days Crowdstar has added a total of five new animals to Happy Aquarium. Two of the new additions are available in limited quantities and are only available while supplies last. The last three will be available for players over level 50 to purchase in the Store. On the Specials tab, you [...]
Continue reading...Hammerhead Sharks Come to Happy Aquarium
12. June 2010
You can now buy a Hammerhead shark in Happy Aquarium. It costs 79 Pearls or 66 Facebook Credits. It grows into an adult in 32 hours. It is a limited fish in the game, and there are only 25,542 of them left as of right now. You can choose whether or not the pet is [...]
Continue reading...Happy Aquarium SunFish Dwarfs All Others
9. June 2010
If you’re looking for a truly eye-catching addition to your Happy Aquarium tank look no further than the Giant Sunfish, a new limited time fish that can be purchased for your tank and cared for like any other fish in the game. Available to the next 36,000 or so people that login with the intention [...]
Continue reading...CrowdStar Adjusts Pearl Rewards in Happy Aquarium
9. June 2010
The next time you login to Happy Aquarium, you’ll likely be met with a pop-up similar to the one at left, letting you know that CrowdStar, the game’s developer, has changed the way that Pearls are awarded in the game. While you’ll still receive a Pearl bonus each time you level up in the game, [...]
Continue reading...Adopt a Soccer-Playing Lion in Happy Aquarium in Celebration of the World Cup
7. June 2010
If you’ve already purchased a World Cup background for your tank in Happy Aquarium, but want to add more of the spirit of the game to your tank, head over to the game’s store and click on the Tank Mates section to find a new soccer playing lion that is now available to purchase. Zack, [...]
Continue reading...Celebrate the World Cup with Happy Aquarium Tank Backgrounds
7. June 2010
Hey World Cup fanatics! Do you play Happy Aquarium? Want to dress up your tanks with the colors of your favorite team? CrowdStar will let you do just that, by adding a new World Cup flag to your tank as its background. The new World Cup flags represent France, Italy, Spain, England, Brazil, Germany, Argentina, [...]
Continue reading...CrowdStar Releases Three New Tank Mates in Happy Aquarium
3. June 2010
CrowdStar has announced the release of three new tank mates in Happy Aquarium. Tank mates, for those who have yet to purchase one, or are just new to the game, are those animated creatures or people that can swim around your tank wearing goggles, snorkels, fun costumes and the like. This release is Hawaiian themed, [...]
Continue reading...Can You Collect All Five Tiki Heads in Happy Aquarium?
2. June 2010
Looking for some new “stackable” objects to decorate your tank in Happy Aquarium? Or, perhaps you’d just like to add a tropical twist to your waters? Either way, you can now collect five different Tiki Heads in the game, which can be stacked and transformed into a tall totem of sorts. Aside from the Tiki [...]
Continue reading...The Mating Idol is Back in Happy Aquarium
1. June 2010
CrowdStar has re-released an idol in Happy Aquarium – the Mating Idol which was first seen back in April – in an effort to allow those who weren’t playing or didn’t purchase the item back then to do so now. For those unfamiliar with the concept of idols in CrowdStar’s games (we’ve seen them in [...]
Continue reading...The Kissing Fish Has Made a Reappearance in Happy Aquarium
31. May 2010
Did you miss out on your chance to receive a Kissing Fish in Happy Aquarium back in February? If so, I’m about to make your day, as CrowdStar has re-released the fish, albeit temporarily, into the game’s waters. The Kissing Fish can be purchased from the game’s store for 125 coins each. Although you can [...]
Continue reading...CrowdStar Re-Releases Five Limited Edition Items in Happy Aquarium
26. May 2010
Due to popular demand, CrowdStar has re-released a series of five formerly expired items to the waters of Happy Aquarium. These five items were limited edition items, meaning that they eventually sold out, and that’s the format they come in once again. The five items are the Pink Shark, Zemo (based on Nemo from Finding [...]
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