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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Put On Your Wizard Hat and Take a Gander at New Happy Island Attractions
There are four new items available for your shopping pleasure in CrowdStar’s Happy Island – two attractions, and two decorations. For the attractions, fans of wizards and magic will love the Wizard School and Wizard Field, which seem to be subtle nods to the lore of Harry Potter. Both are limited edition attractions, available to [...]
Continue reading...Search N.D’s Dig Site for New Items in Happy Island
30. June 2010
CrowdStar has released a new interactive decoration in Happy Island. The decoration is called N.D.’s Dig Site, and it costs 89 Facebook Credits to purchase (around $9 US). By clicking on the item once every 24 hours, you’ll receive a prize. For the first 14 days that you click on the Dig Site, you’ll receive [...]
Continue reading...Happy Island’s Offshore Bank Makes Collecting Profits Easier
29. June 2010
If you enjoy playing Happy Island, but find the process of clicking on each individual attraction to collect its profits annoying, you might look into purchasing the new “First Happy Bank,” which CrowdStar describes as an offshore island bank. If you do decide to purchase it, you can do so for 99 Facebook Credits, or [...]
Continue reading...What’s Inside This Locked Happy Island Crate?
29. June 2010
Floating in the ocean off of your resort in Happy Island, you’ll find a new locked crate. The crate bobs up and down with the motion of the water, and has an air hole through which you can see a blinking eye. The crate even animates with an exclamation point above it, alerting you to [...]
Continue reading...Happy Island Salvage Ship Searches Your Happy Island for Treasures
29. June 2010
If you have an extra 2,400 Happy Island coins burning a proverbial hole in your pocket, why not purchase the new Salvage Ship? The item costs just that, and can be placed in your archipelago view, where it can be used to search for treasure and rare items once per day. Once you purchase the [...]
Continue reading...Add “Summertime Sports” Items to Your Happy Island
29. June 2010
While Happy Island has never been known for its large, expansive item themes, CrowdStar does tend to release small groupings of similarly themed items at random intervals, with this week’s update fitting in with that tradition. The update itself celebrates outdoor sports, with new attractions that will allow your tourists to play volleyball, basketball or [...]
Continue reading...CrowdStar Cares Campaign Continues In Happy Island
20. June 2010
We told you about the CrowdStar Cares campaign in Zoo Paradise yesterday, and now Happy Island has joined the campaign with a new Bottlenose Dolphin Pod. The Pod is purchasable for 99 Facebook Credits, which is about $10. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the National Wildlife Foundation to help mobilize volunteers and [...]
Continue reading...Spruce Up Your Island With New Happy Island Items
18. June 2010
To add a little more variety to your plant selection in Happy Island, CrowdStar has added some new plants to help you landscape your island. There are five new items in total located in the Featured section of the Island Shop. Not enough purple on your island? Now you can purchase the Lavender bush, unlocked [...]
Continue reading...Undersea Explorer Available in Happy Island
15. June 2010
Crowdstar has brought the Undersea Explorer back to Happy Island due to popular demand. The item is an Attraction but won’t be found in the Shop. To purchase the item you will need to click on the submarine icon to the right of your screen. The item will earn you 10,000 coins every day, forever, [...]
Continue reading...Grab Some New Decorations in Happy Island
12. June 2010
One thing a properly happy island needs is some nice decorations. Thankfully, the folks over at CrowdStar are mindful of this and have added a handful of new decorations for your own Island. Most of these new decorations are famous architectural pieces, such as “The Thinker” statue. Said statue will set you back 7,000 coins. If [...]
Continue reading...Celebrate the World Cup With New Happy Island Items
9. June 2010
CrowdStar has released a series of limited edition decorations and even an attraction in Happy Island in celebration of the World Cup. As you might have guessed from other games’ coverage of the sporting tournament, the decorations here come in the form of Country Flags (with one exception), while the attraction is a soccer field. [...]
Continue reading...New Happy Island Attractions: Marine Park, Thrift Store & More
8. June 2010
CrowdStar has added four new attractions to Happy Island, and luckily for all of us, these seem to be permanent additions to the game, rather than limited edition, meaning that if you’re not high enough of a level to purchase them now, or perhaps just don’t have the funds, there’s no rush to do so. [...]
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