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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Jacob/Twilight Decorations in PetVille, Wholesale Catering Job in Cafe World – Zynga Gaming Updates!
It’s time for another installment of Zynga Gaming Updates here on Frisky Mongoose. In this installment, we have some pretty big news from both PetVille and Cafe World. First, we see the second half of major Twilight themed items being released in PetVille, while Cafe World has received its first Catering Business order, that is, [...]
Continue reading...Zynga Gaming Updates: Win 10,000 Cafe World Cash, Purchase Pet Cash Cards at 7-Eleven, Support the Gulf in YoVille
30. July 2010
Welcome to another installment of Zynga Gaming Updates. In this update, we take a look at upgrades found in the worlds of Cafe World, PetVille and YoVille. In Cafe World, users have a chance at winning a massive Cafe Cash jackpot, while PetVille players can now purchase real world PetVille game cards in a new [...]
Continue reading...PetVille Updates: Free Gift With Purchase of Pet Cash, New Twilight Themed Items Have Arrived
28. July 2010
The next time you log into PetVille, you’ll see that the game has gone through a couple of updates, the first of which sees an added incentive being offered to users who purchase a bunch of Pet Cash, while the other is the launch of the hotly anticipated Twilight theme of items in the game’s [...]
Continue reading...Zynga Gaming Updates: Spin the Lucky Stash Wheel in Mafia Wars, Collect Fairies in PetVille, Build A Cafe World Lightning Stove With Fewer Parts
26. July 2010
Here we are again, offering you a quick look at the updates Zynga has launched in its Facebook game this weekend. In this update, we take a look at a new Las Vegas-themed feature in Mafia Wars, the addition of new Fairy items in PetVille, and Try Your Luck at Mafia Wars’ Lucky Stash Slot [...]
Continue reading...Zynga Gaming Updates: FrontierVille Water Items, Treasure Isle Collection Update, PetVille Daily Cleaning Bonus
23. July 2010
A lot has happened in the world of Zynga games since we last spoke, with three of the largest updates coming from FrontierVille, Treasure Isle, and PetVille. In FrontierVille, we see the addition of the water-centric items, Treasure Isle players can once again vault their collections multiple times, and PetVille players can now earn daily [...]
Continue reading...Build A Treehouse in PetVille’s Fairy Meadows
19. July 2010
Just as the land of Tahiki in PetVille allowed us to build a hut, which serves as an extra room to decorate in the game, the new land of Fairy Meadows also contains such a place. In this case, however, we take a trip from tropical beachfront real estate to space in the forest, as [...]
Continue reading...Zynga Game Updates: New Maps in Treasure Isle, New Fairy Meadows Items in PetVille, & A Discovery Log in FishVille
12. July 2010
Zynga was incredibly busy this weekend, updating Treasure Isle, PetVille, and FishVille with new content. In Treasure Isle, we see the launch of new maps, while new Fairy Meadows items are now available for your home in PetVille. Finally, FishVille players can now compete against friends to finish their new Discovery Logs. Mysterious Seas Available [...]
Continue reading...Pick Up Limited Edition Critters in PetVille
8. July 2010
Attention all PetVille players! An exclusive item set is currently available in the Fairyland portion of the Outdoor store. The set is comprised of three forest critters: “The Future Butterfly” (the Caterpillar), the Daisy Trail Snail, and the Lady Ladybug. Each of the three costs 10,000 coins, so I hope you’ve been saving up to [...]
Continue reading...Here’s a Look at the Fairy Meadows Decorations in PetVille
7. July 2010
Now that you’ve unlocked the Magic Door to Fairy Meadows in PetVille, you’ll need some items with which to decorate your new room. Lucky for you, the game’s Garden Store has been updated to include a new section, entitled “Fairyland,” which will see you outfitting both your new land and your pet in a series [...]
Continue reading...Travel to Fairy Meadows Via New PetVille Magic Door
7. July 2010
Earlier in the week, we told you that a new Magic Door would be released in the near future in PetVille, and wouldn’t you know it? The future is now! The fairy themed Magic Door will lead to Fairy Meadows, but before you can travel to the world of enchantment and fairies, you’ll need to [...]
Continue reading...New Magic Door Coming Soon to PetVille
5. July 2010
Ever since the Magic Door to Tahiki was revealed in PetVille, we’ve been able to see a second Magic Door, a roped-off door, next to it, labeled “Summer 2010.” It appears the wait for that door to open will soon be over, as Zynga has announced that the door will let us travel to an [...]
Continue reading...New PetVille Challenge: Gem Collector
2. July 2010
There is a new Challenge available to earn in PetVille, and it makes a nod at the game’s new Genie Gems mini-game. In fact, it’s only available to earn by playing that game. The Challenge is called “Gem Collector” and it asks you to “Collect all 12 gems playing the Genie Game and make a [...]
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