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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Social City Motocross, Tiki Resort Slide & More – Playdom Gaming Updates
While no grand-scale updates have hit Playdom’s games so far this week, a few minor updates have been released, in the form of new limited edition buildings in both Social City and Tiki Resort. As limited edition, these items will only be available in both games for a short amount of time, in both cases, [...]
Continue reading...Tiki Resort Wheel, Social City Wallace Building & More – Playdom Gaming Updates!
11. August 2010
There have been a few items released in Playdom’s games already this week, with the addition of new limited edition buildings to Social City, and the launch of a Spin to Win wheel in Tiki Resort, along with a new Charm bundle in the game that will set your wallet back a hefty sum. Social [...]
Continue reading...Stratosphere in Social City; Water Slide in Tiki Resort – Playdom Gaming Updates!
4. August 2010
Two of Playdom’s Facebook games have received updates recently, with Social City offering new limited edition buildings via the in-game Newspaper, and Tiki Resort offering new attractions, ready, willing, and able to please your tourists (and help you bring in the virtual cash, of course). Social City Limited Edition Buildings: Commerzbank Tower & Stratosphere The [...]
Continue reading...Playdom Gaming Updates: New Social City Buildings, Tiki Farm Mother Goose Items, and Tiki Resort Wonders
26. July 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Playdom Continues the 4th of July Celebration With New Attractions
5. July 2010
If you were too busy with real world activities this weekend to celebrate the Fourth of July in Tiki Resort, you’ll be happy to know that the game’s items are still available – namely, in the form of three limited edition attractions. The attractions are the Star-Spangled BBQ, the Fireworks Shop and the Red White [...]
Continue reading...The Third Island is Now Available in Tiki Resort
2. July 2010
Tiki Resort developer Playdom asked for users to click “Like” on a particular post yesterday, and if 5,000 users clicked on the button, the developer would release the hotly anticipated third island in Tiki Resort. They asked for 5,000 but they received over 21,000, and, true to their word, the developer has begun releasing the [...]
Continue reading...Sign Up for Netflix, Receive 500,000 Shells in Tiki Resort
28. June 2010
Playdom has teamed up with Netflix to offer a pretty substantial reward to all Tiki Resort players who sign up for the movie rental service via a link found in-game. When you open the game, the Resort Report (the game’s newspaper) will offer you a link to sign up for Netflix. Do so, and you’ll [...]
Continue reading...Check Out the Latest Lineup of Tiki Resort Attractions
28. June 2010
If you like collecting limited edition attractions in Tiki Resort, you’ll be thrilled to know that there are currently five new options available in the game’s store, all with quantities of at least 3,000 units available. The Hollywood Hotel, Movie Sound Stage and Movie Water Tower obviously come with a theatrical theme, while the Afrikaans [...]
Continue reading...Tiki Resort Adds Two New Buildings
12. June 2010
In addition to adding some new decorations, Tiki Resort developer Playdom also released some new buildings earlier in the week. The buildings, a Zulu concession stand and a Princess Diamonds. The Zulu concession stand and the Princess Diamonds buildings will both set you back Facebook credits to purchase. How much, however, is unknown as of [...]
Continue reading...Tiki Resort Automates Things
12. June 2010
Perhaps one of the more tedious things in most Facebook games is the amount of clicking you have to do. It appears as if Playdom recognizes this and is looking for ways to quicken the pace, at least in one of their titles. Announcing through their Facebook fan page, Playdom revealed that players can now [...]
Continue reading...New Tiki Resort Attractions: Bouncy Palace & Liberty Tower
11. June 2010
There are two new attractions available in the Tiki Resort store, and luckily for us, neither is marked as limited edition, meaning that you’ll be able to take your time in deciding whether or not to make a purchase. The first is the Bouncy Castle, and it is available to purchase for 39 Facebook Credits, [...]
Continue reading...Playdom Adds Luxury Attractions to Tiki Resort
8. June 2010
Two new limited edition, luxury attractions have been added to the store in Tiki Resort, and they come in the form of a Tiki Choo Shoe’s shoe store, and The Excelsior, the “World’s tallest luxury resort tower.” As we can see from the screenshot below, both attractions can be purchased with Facebook Credits, by Playdom [...]
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