• 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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New Island Paradise Clothing – Tattered is the New Black

25. May 2010

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New Island Paradise Clothing – Tattered is the New Black

According to Meteor Games, the developers behind Island Paradise on Facebook, the look of tattered and torn clothing is the new “black,” meaning that it’s definitely high fashion and everyone, including your Island Paradise avatar, should be decked out in it. Lucky for us then, that’s just the item release we’ve seen in the game [...]

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Meteor Games Holds “Loading Screen” Contest in Island Paradise

25. May 2010

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Do you have a wonderfully themed island in Island Paradise? Or, perhaps your island is full of a conglomeration of items, but so beautifully organized that you’re beaming with pride? Whatever the case, if you think that your land has what it takes to be considered the best, feel free to enter Meteor Games’ newest [...]

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Meteor Pays Tribute to Television Show Lost With New Island Paradise Items

21. May 2010

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Meteor Pays Tribute to Television Show Lost With New Island Paradise Items

Are you a fan of the television show “Lost” on ABC? Are you such a large fan that you would love to celebrate your appreciation for the show in your favorite Facebook games? Do you play Island Paradise? If you answered yes to any of those questions, but particularly the final question, you’ll be happy [...]

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Island Paradise Sees the Release of New Medieval Items

21. May 2010

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Island Paradise Sees the Release of New Medieval Items

As we told you earlier this week, the newest item theme in Meteor Games’ Island Paradise has taken us back in time to the medieval era, and to continue our trek into that time frame, they have released a series of new items to the game’s shop. The new items come in the form of [...]

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The Island Paradise Store Has Gone Back to Medieval Times

17. May 2010

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The Island Paradise Store Has Gone Back to Medieval Times

Good Morrow Island Paradise players! Ye old game shop now contains a new theme, taking us back to the Medieval days of the Renaissance. For starters, under the Decorations tab of the marketplace you’ll find four limited edition new items. These four come in the form of a Practice Dummy, Blue Guard Tower, Red Guard [...]

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Island Paradise Charms Allow for Instant Harvesting of Animals and Trees

14. May 2010

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Island Paradise Charms Allow for Instant Harvesting of Animals and Trees

Upon your next login to Island Paradise, you’ll likely be met with the pop-up at left, introducing you to a new series of items in the game called Harvest Charms. As the pop-up says, these charms make harvesting from your animals, or harvesting trees a much easier, less time consuming process than before. To put [...]

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Add Some New Garden-Themed Items to Island Paradise

7. May 2010

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Add Some New Garden-Themed Items to Island Paradise

For those of you who like to collect every item available in all of your games, head over to the decorations tab of the Island Paradise marketplace to see four new items that developer Meteor Games has added this week. The items in the game’s newest “Garden” theme, which are lovely outdoor items that you’re [...]

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Are These Island Paradise’s Final Egyptian Themed Items?

7. May 2010

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Are These Island Paradise’s Final Egyptian Themed Items?

There’s still time to get your hands on some Egyptian themed items in Island Paradise, including the three new items that Meteor Games added to the title yesterday. The first item is especially limited. It comes in the form of a Cobra, that will only be available for the next few hours. As a premium [...]

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Island Paradise’s Ancient Egyptian Theme Expands With New Items

5. May 2010

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Island Paradise’s Ancient Egyptian Theme Expands With New Items

The Ancient Egyptian theme in Island Paradise has expanded, thanks to developer Meteor Games and their announcement on the game’s Facebook fan page. Head over to the Decorative section of the game’s shop and you’ll find some new Sandstone furniture, and a Golden Ankh that are available to purchase. The Sandstone Chair unlocks for users [...]

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Travel to Ancient Egypt With New Island Paradise Items

30. April 2010

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Travel to Ancient Egypt With New Island Paradise Items

If you liked traveling back in time with Island Paradise’s look at archeology, ancient pottery and dinosaur bones, you’ll, in theory, be equally excited for the game’s next item theme: Ancient Egypt. For starters, you can dress your avatar up as either a Mummy or in traditional Egyptian garb by heading into the avatar customization [...]

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Pick Up Some Ancient Pottery in Island Paradise

29. April 2010

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Pick Up Some Ancient Pottery in Island Paradise

If you’ve liked the archeology theme in Island Paradise so far, ready your virtual wallet, as there are two more items available to purchase in the theme. Meteor announced their existence at the same time they announced that the theme will soon be coming to an end, so this gives you even more incentive to [...]

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Spin the Tiki Wheel Everyday in Island Paradise to Increase Your Prize

29. April 2010

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Spin the Tiki Wheel Everyday in Island Paradise to Increase Your Prize

Meteor Games has taken a page from Playfish’s book by offering a new Tiki Wheel in Island Paradise that is incredibly similar (if not a downright copy and paste job) of the wheel found in Pet Society, that users can spin everyday to earn a random amount of coins in the game. Just like the [...]

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