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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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 [...]
Continue reading...Candy Shop, Pink Decorations – Hotel City Updates!
25. August 2010
Hotel City developer Playfish has been hard at work lately, adding both new commercial rooms and new decorations to the hotel simulation game. In today’s case, we see the launch of a new commercial room in the form of a Candy Shop, and the release of some new decorative items, all in a very cute [...]
Continue reading...PlayFish Gaming Updates: Hotel City Crimson Room, A Monkey Comes to Country Story, & New Pet Society Free Gifts
20. July 2010
A few of PlayFish’s games have been updated, with new updates coming to Hotel City, Country Story, and Pet Society. For Hotel City, you can add a new themed room to your hotel, while a helper monkey in Country Story will make tend to your crops so that you don’t have to. Finally, some new [...]
Continue reading...Facebook Gaming Updates: Open a New Door in Hotel City, Nightclub City Developer Revealed
14. July 2010
A couple of interesting happenings, well… happened in the realm of Facebook games yesterday. First, Playfish added a new set of doors to Hotel City, with said update being interesting due to the fact that we as players view a cross-section of our hotel rooms, which would then visually not appear to need doors. Next, [...]
Continue reading...Add a Laundromat in Hotel City
4. July 2010
Guests can be really picky, especially the ones who demand that you do their laundry for them. Luckily that annoyance is a thing of the past, as Playfish has added a Laundromat to Hotel City. The new commercial room can be added anywhere in your hotel, provided you have the open blocks for it. The [...]
Continue reading...Do You Love Commercial Rooms in Hotel City?
3. July 2010
Commercial Rooms allow you to cater to your guests as well as hire your friends. They offer you new ways to earn money and hotel points, and add a little diversity to your hotel. But does everyone like them? That’s one of the questions that developer Playfish is posing to players in the current Hotel [...]
Continue reading...Hotel City Adds a Chinese Restaurant
26. June 2010
Playfish has added a new commercial room to the shop in Hotel City. This week’s addition is a new restaurant, specializing in Chinese food. The restaurant is titled Phoenix Palace and is lavishly decorated. The new room can be found by opening the Build menu (clicking on the hammer) and selecting the Commercial Rooms tab. [...]
Continue reading...Man a Hot Dog Stand in Hotel City
17. June 2010
A few weeks ago, Playfish opened up your hotel and allowed us to start decorating our streets. Today the social game developer has added something a little more functional for you to place outside: a Hot Dog Stand! The hot dog stand is classified as a Commercial Room and can be placed in your street. [...]
Continue reading...Playfish Wants To Know: How Much Do You Like Luxuries?
16. June 2010
This week, Hotel City experienced the addition of new features in the form of collectible Luxuries, unlockable backgrounds, and exclusive rooms and furniture. Now developer Playfish wants to know: What do you think of the new features? To this end, a short survey has been launched on the official Facebook page asking players for their [...]
Continue reading...Hotel City Gets More Luxurious With Themed Backgrounds
15. June 2010
Playfish has added collectibles to Hotel City in the form of Luxuries, items that you can receive and find in various ways and are used to unlock premium content. In this case, the content consists of the two new backgrounds, Night Time and New York, and their corresponding pre-decorated hotel rooms. You can find the [...]
Continue reading...New Backgrounds, Rooms, Luxuries Coming to Hotel City
13. June 2010
Hotel City developer Playfish is adding some new features to the hotel sim. Sometime this coming week, you will be able to start collecting Luxuries. Luxuries are special collectible items that unlock two new background and room themes: Night Time and New York. There’s no news yet on how you will go about collecting Luxuries, [...]
Continue reading...Expand Your Property With a Gift Shop in Hotel City
5. June 2010
Playfish has added a new commercial room to Hotel City: a gift shop! The shop takes up two blocks of your allotted hotel space. You can find it by selecting Build at the bottom of your screen and then opening the Commercial Rooms tab. The gift shop (or souvenir shop, as it is referred to [...]
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