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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Restaurant City is Closing Down the Kitchen
Back in the day, we here at Frisky Mongoose were big fans of Restaurant City, one of Playfish’s early Facebook offerings. The title was one of many in the company’s portfolio that ultimately led to their acquisition by EA, and kept us all going with its ingredient-swapping, dish-cooking, decor-placing, bathroom-mopping antics. So, it is with some [...]
Continue reading...What Kind of Facebook Gamer Are You?
18. February 2011
Facebook! It is everywhere and everything, and it consumes us all. I would bet ten dollars that, as you read this, you’ve got Facebook open right now in another tab or window. It is also home to several thousand games, with more arriving every day, appealing to audiences from every walk of life. So, how [...]
Continue reading...Earn Free Playfish Cash in Restaurant City, Hotel City, & More!
29. September 2010
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...Create A Garden Cafe In Restaurant City With New Items & Food
23. September 2010
It’s another Thursday, which means another new theme has officially been launched in the restaurants of Restaurant City. This week, Playfish is continuing in the upscale, sophisticated set of themes we saw beginning last week with the Coffee Bar items, as this week’s theme gives you all of the items necessary to build an elegant [...]
Continue reading...Head to A Coffee Bar in Restaurant City With New Items and Food
16. September 2010
This week’s theme in Restaurant City takes us to a Metropolitan Coffee Bar, where your guests will be able to eat various pastries and of course drink coffee. However, before they can do that, you’ll need to first transform your restaurant into the Coffee Bar proper, which is where the wide variety of new decorative [...]
Continue reading...Take A Trip to Tuscany With New Restaurant City Items and Food
9. September 2010
In keeping with the current geographical theme in Restaurant City, this week’s new items take us on a trip to Tuscany. There are plenty of new items, both premium and non, available to decorate your cafe to look like it rests in the heart of Italy, and if you have the ingredients, you’ll be able [...]
Continue reading...Experience the Arabian Nights With New Restaurant City Items and Food
2. September 2010
Last week, Playfish took us to the world of Morocco with their item theme based around a bazaar. This week, we take barely a hop, skip, or jump to the new theme, as we are being taken on a grand tour of the Arabian Nights. This theme contains new decorative and functional items, along with [...]
Continue reading...Travel to Morocco With New Restaurant City Items & Food
26. August 2010
This week’s new item theme in Restaurant City takes us to the streets of Morocco, where the colorful food and clothing stands come together to form a bazaar. The items in this theme are equally colorful and vibrant, containing all sorts of intricate patterns and designs. There are new free gifts and recipes also associated [...]
Continue reading...Restaurant City Celebrates Sports With New Items and Food
19. August 2010
Playfish seems to have used last week’s introduction of the Bowling Alley as cause for an entire sports-themed week in Restaurant City, as that’s exactly what we see this morning. The theme will have your guests sitting on themed chairs, eating off of themed tables, and even eating themed food. Let’s take a look at [...]
Continue reading...Shake Rattle and Bowl With New Restaurant City Items and Food
12. August 2010
As we guessed last week, a second week of the 1950′s theme has come to Restaurant City, with a sort of secondary theme, in the form of bowling, being added in. The same car tables and chairs and other diner items fit in perfectly here, with these items adding the finishing touches to your retro [...]
Continue reading...Get Greased Lightning With New Restaurant City Items & Food!
5. August 2010
It’s another Thursday, which means that another new item theme is upon us in Restaurant City. This week, we launch straight from the baroque, antique era of Versailles and France into the 1950′s, with a Diner/Drive-in theme that will have you singing songs from the movie Grease before all is said and done. The coin [...]
Continue reading...The French Theme Continues in Restaurant City With New Decorations, Food, and Free Gifts
30. July 2010
For a second week in a row, Playfish is celebrating French opulence in Restaurant City, with this week’s theme, specifically, being “Versailles Grandeur.” The theme is mostly represented by a series of new decorations that will help you continue the over-the-top extravagance that is Versailles. The coin items include a White Courtesan Chair, five different [...]
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