• 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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Playdom Gaming Updates: New Social City Buildings, Tiki Farm Mother Goose Items, and Tiki Resort Wonders

26. July 2010

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Playdom Gaming Updates: New Social City Buildings, Tiki Farm Mother Goose Items, and Tiki Resort Wonders

Playdom has been hard at work updating their games over the last few days, and we’re here to share all of that news with you! In Social City, we see the release of new limited edition buildings in the game’s newspaper, while Tiki Farm contains a new Charm that will help you rescue you crops [...]

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Thursday Throwdown: Tiki Farm or Island Paradise? You Decide

15. July 2010

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Thursday Throwdown: Tiki Farm or Island Paradise? You Decide

Welcome to another edition of the Thursday Throwdown here on Frisky Mongoose! While last week saw us taking a break from the world of Facebook games, to offer a comparison between two of the biggest mobile phones around – the Droid X and the iPhone 4 – this week sees a return to Facebook gaming, [...]

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New Islands Now Available in Tiki Farm

6. July 2010

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New Islands Now Available in Tiki Farm

If you’re tired of running around Hula Haven (the name of the default island) in Tiki Farm, you’ll be thrilled to learn that Playdom has expanded the game’s geography by two new islands – Sandy Shoals and Crescent Cove. Both are available to unlock via the game’s map, at the bottom left hand corner of [...]

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Pick Up Some Baby-Themed Items in Tiki Farm

30. June 2010

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Pick Up Some Baby-Themed Items in Tiki Farm

The newest item theme in Tiki Farm is a bit of a unique one, at least when compared to the game’s tropical setting, as Playdom has released a set of baby-themed items to the game. Then again, this theme seems right at home when taking into account the last item theme in the game – [...]

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Have A Summer Wedding In Tiki Farm

20. June 2010

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Have A Summer Wedding In Tiki Farm

Summer is here and you know what that means: time for a summer wedding! Tiki Farm developer Playdom has added a slew of tropical wedding themed items for players to purchase. The gifts and items are on sale now in the Tiki Farm shop. The new items include Wedding Bouquet, Newlywed Bears, Kissing Swans, a [...]

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Celebrate Playdom Pride with New Tiki Farm Items

10. June 2010

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Celebrate Playdom Pride with New Tiki Farm Items

Playdom has decided to celebrate itself and its lineup of Facebook games in their island farming game Tiki Farm with the release of a “Playdom Pride” set of items, with each item in the release corresponding to a different Playdom game. Thanks to the recent changes Playdom has implemented in the Tiki Farm shop, you’ll [...]

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Receive a Free Big Fertility Doll in Tiki Farm

10. June 2010

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Receive a Free Big Fertility Doll in Tiki Farm

As a thank you to their fans, Playdom is giving away a free Big Fertility Doll to all users who visit the Tiki Farm fan page and click on a link on a post you’ll find there. For those unfamiliar with the item, the Big Fertility Doll causes one plot of land to grow to [...]

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Tiki Farm Adds Bola Stadium

5. June 2010

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Tiki Farm Adds Bola Stadium

With the World Cup approaching in the very near future, Tiki Farm developers Playdom have released a new limited edition item for your consideration. It’s a “Bola Stadium” and will run you 130,000 coins. You must be level 25 to purchase the item. The item shares its name with Bola, a Facebook soccer game that [...]

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Tiki Farm Tips, Tricks and Strategies to Earn More XP, Gems and Shells

26. May 2010

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Tiki Farm Tips, Tricks and Strategies to Earn More XP, Gems and Shells

If tropical farming is your guilty pleasure, you’ve probably taken a trip or two to Playdom’s Tiki Farm on Facebook. With nearly 3.5 million daily active users logging into Tiki Farm to build their island empires, we figure it’s due time to share some tips and tricks! Gamezebo has a full walkthrough and strategy guide, [...]

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It’s Another Week in Tiki Farm, and It’s Another Week of New Country Flags

24. May 2010

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It’s Another Week in Tiki Farm, and It’s Another Week of New Country Flags

For the third week in a row, Tiki Farm developer Playdom has introduced a selection of 10 new country flags to their tropical farming game. Perhaps moreso than any Facebook game developer, Playdom has not shown their continued support of cultural and international diversity in their game, not only by offering flags for so many [...]

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The Circus Has Rolled Into Tiki Farm

24. May 2010

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The Circus Has Rolled Into Tiki Farm

Head over to Tiki Farm and you’ll find the newest item theme that’s been released in the game, coming in the form of the Circus. The item theme itself contains more than just the typical circus decorations, as you can pick up not only a Popcorn Stand, but also a Big Waterslide, making the theme [...]

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10 New Countries Are Now Represented With Flags in Tiki Farm

17. May 2010

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10 New Countries Are Now Represented With Flags in Tiki Farm

Just last week, Playdom released a new set of country flags in Tiki Farm, allowing a growing number of users to celebrate their national heritage in the game. Now, though, that list has grown by 10 more, with the release of a new set of flags to the game’s store. The new flags represent the [...]

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