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...Class is in Session! Celebrate Back to School Week in Pet Society!
27. September 2010
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, you’ll [...]
Continue reading...Celebrate A Second Week of Japanese Items in Pet Society
20. September 2010
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 section [...]
Continue reading...Take A Trip to Japan With New Pet Society Items
14. September 2010
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 find [...]
Continue reading...Makeover Your Pet Society Home With New Items
6. September 2010
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 usual, [...]
Continue reading...Let Your Imagination Wander With Pet Society Fairytale Items
30. August 2010
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 sorts [...]
Continue reading...Order Fast Food With New Pet Society Items
23. August 2010
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 in [...]
Continue reading...Win 500 Playfish Cash or Purchase A Walk-In Closet – Pet Society Updates!
17. August 2010
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 new [...]
Continue reading...Purchase Oversized Items in Pet Society’s Newest Theme
16. August 2010
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 items [...]
Continue reading...Create Your Own Fantasy With New Pet Society Items
9. August 2010
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 the [...]
Continue reading...Take Your Love of Facebook Games into the Real World
6. August 2010
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 to [...]
Continue reading...A Birthday Party Has Started in Pet Society – Help Playfish Celebrate the Game’s 2nd Birthday With New Items!
2. August 2010
Pet Society is not only one of the most popular Facebook games (AppData figures have the game at 12th place overall with almost 14 million players), but it’s also one of the oldest, and is now celebrating its second birthday! Playfish isn’t just announcing the game’s birthday and then moving on – no sir. Instead, [...]
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