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Recently on Gamasutra, BitMonster's Lee Perry wrote a very insightful blog on an often intangible facet of game design: player feedback, that bit of game "feel" that makes a game not just fun, but injects ...
Waiting for Superman: The Beauty of Virality
One day in October 2012, I happened across this YouTube video with a top-down view of PSY’s concert in Seoul. Over 80,000 people were in attendance, with the crowd spanning entire city blocks. Every member ...
I Play SimCity Social for the Writing
“SimCity Social?” they ask me. “Sure, it’s got the SimCity branding and all, but isn’t it just another click-and-wait Facebook game?” Though I know the look of skepticism it will produce, my reply is, “Oh, I ...
User-Generated Content and Generating Contented Users
We at Frisky Mongoose like to play a lot of location-based games; it’s kind of our thing. There have been a lot of them over the years, as designers and developers have tried to gamify ...
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Just another regular day in the games industry! Dogfighting game War Thunder has a new set of combatants, there's a new contender in the console field, and SEGA's got a new sound engine. New DLC is ...
Goodbye, LucasArts, and Thank You
This is my Corley Motors keychain. Corley Motors is a fictional motorcycle manufacturer that the player, as gang leader Ben, must save from a hostile takeover in the classic LucasArts adventure Full Throttle. Together with Grim Fandango and ...
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, ...
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! ...Archive | Pet Society RSS feed for this section
EA Stops Fish from Playing, SimCity Social Closing June 14
Tweet Looks like I won’t be playing SimCity Social for the writing, or for any other reason, anymore. Yesterday, EA made the sad announcement that it was closing down its Playfish line of Facebook games, including SimCity Social, The Sims Social, Pet Society, and others. Those three are scheduled to go offline on June 14. In an [...]
Continue reading...Earn Free Playfish Cash in Restaurant City, Hotel City, & More!
29. September 2010
Tweet 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 [...]
Continue reading...Class is in Session! Celebrate Back to School Week in Pet Society!
27. September 2010
Tweet While it may seem to be coming a bit later in September than we might have expected, Playfish is finally putting Pet Society through a “Back to School” makeover, allowing users to add a bit of academia to their own homes. The theme stars in the game’s Outdoor Shop, where under the Furniture section, [...]
Continue reading...Celebrate A Second Week of Japanese Items in Pet Society
20. September 2010
Tweet That’s right – not only did Playfish fill the stores of Pet Society with traditional Japanese items last week, but this week they are doing it again, except with a more “modern” take on the theme, as opposed to traditional. This week’s theme once again starts in the Outdoor Shop, where under the Gardening [...]
Continue reading...Take A Trip to Japan With New Pet Society Items
14. September 2010
Tweet Yesterday, the weekly release of new items hit the stores of Pet Society, with Playfish offering us “Japan Matsuri” week, a week filled with lovely Japanese goods for both your pet, and your pet’s home. Let’s take a look at the new items. As usual, we start in the game’s Outdoor Shop, where we [...]
Continue reading...Makeover Your Pet Society Home With New Items
6. September 2010
Tweet It’s Home Makeover week in Pet Society, which seems like Playfish’s way of saying “There is no real theme, so here’s an assortment of random, yet new, items!” This week’s theme sees items from the 1960′s, the 8-bit era of gaming, and even the modern future being available in the game’s stores, and as [...]
Continue reading...Let Your Imagination Wander With Pet Society Fairytale Items
30. August 2010
Tweet It’s another Monday in the world of Pet Society, and that means that a new item theme has been unleashed in the game’s many stores. This week, we take a trip to the world of princes and monsters – it’s Fairytale Week! The theme starts in the game’s Gardening Shop, where you’ll find all [...]
Continue reading...Order Fast Food With New Pet Society Items
23. August 2010
Tweet This week’s theme in Pet Society will be one that is a bit familiar to those players that also play Playfish’s Restaurant City, as a similar theme passed through that game a couple of weeks ago. Here in Pet Society, this week’s theme is Fast Food, and sees all sorts of themed objects available [...]
Continue reading...Win 500 Playfish Cash or Purchase A Walk-In Closet – Pet Society Updates!
17. August 2010
Tweet This week, Playfish is offering users a very exciting chance to win a whole slew of Playfish Cash in Pet Society, among other prizes. That being the case, if you win the Playfish Cash prize, and go on a shopping spree for your pet, you’ll need a new place to store all of those [...]
Continue reading...Purchase Oversized Items in Pet Society’s Newest Theme
16. August 2010
Tweet No one can say that Playfish isn’t creative when it comes to new themes, as this week we see a creative new theme containing items that will make your pet feel as though they’ve shrunk! Oversized items are now available in several of the games stores, and come in the form of basic, everyday [...]
Continue reading...Create Your Own Fantasy With New Pet Society Items
9. August 2010
Tweet It’s Monday, which means that a new item theme has hit the stores of Pet Society, and this week takes us from celebrating Pet Society’s second birthday to celebrating all things fantasy and magical, including items for your home and for your pet. To start off, there is a new construction item available in [...]
Continue reading...Take Your Love of Facebook Games into the Real World
6. August 2010
Tweet While it’s fun to spend some time everyday playing your favorite Facebook games online, and share that experience with friends virtually, what if you wanted to show your love of one particular game in the real world, for everyone to see, even if they didn’t have a Facebook account? Two companies are allowing gamers [...]
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