• 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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Syncopate and NEXON Conduct Arms Deal

3. May 2012

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Syncopate and NEXON Conduct Arms Deal

You wouldn’t think Frisky Mongoose would be the sort of site to warn you about an arms deal between Russians and Koreans, but there you go. NEXON Corporation, a game publisher founded in Korea and currently operating in the Japanese theater, and Syncopate, a Russian publisher and client of nefarious gun-runner TriplePoint, have come to [...]

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Restaurant City is Closing Down the Kitchen

1. May 2012

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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 [...]

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You May Go to Hell

1. May 2012

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You May Go to Hell

It’s May! The weather has turned especially lovely and spring is in full swing. What better time to go directly to hell? TriplePoint client Redbana certainly agrees, and would like you to know that Spring Break in Hellgate Global makes for a delightful holiday, thanks to another monthly lineup of demon-hunting events. Protip: Do not [...]

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How Not to Play Location-based Games like an Idiot

30. April 2012

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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 social media. Location-based games are [...]

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Pokki on Refrigerated Toast

27. April 2012

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With the recent reference to the Windows 8 operating system being likened to a “Toaster-Fridge” by Apple CEO Tim Cook, the internet memes and jokes have come out to play. The discussion of whether the operating system is moving in the right direction or not has had journalists and technologists sharing their opinions from both [...]

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Zelda + Christina Perri = Lady Game Lyric

27. April 2012

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Zelda + Christina Perri = Lady Game Lyric

We’ve got an oldie but a goodie today from our good friend, Lady Game Lyric. Well, if “two months” counts as an “oldie,” anyway. Witness the lyrical fusion of Legend of Zelda, one of LGL’s clear favorites, with Christina Perri’s Jar of Hearts. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you “Piece of Heart,” presented with several pieces [...]

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Tango Chase is Free, Available, and Contains a Monkey

26. April 2012

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Tango Chase is Free, Available, and Contains a Monkey

Honestly, the headline should tell you everything you need to know to inform your decision to download Tango Chase, the newly released iOS game from TriplePoint client Herotainment. But, in case you’re still on the fence for some reason, here is a trailer. So go get it!

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Update: World of Battles: Morningstar: Steam

26. April 2012

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Update: World of Battles: Morningstar: Steam

Today there’s a lovely and large update for World of Battles: Morningstar, an F2P PvP RTS (omg). Among the many new features, according to TriplePoint client Frogwares, is the game’s new availability via Steam, allowing Morningstar players to take advantage of all of those lovely steam-powered features. Like train engines and such! Or, more accurately, achievements [...]

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Game of Thrones: Screenshots are Coming

25. April 2012

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Game of Thrones: Screenshots are Coming

Okay, so winter was coming, but then it came, and now it’s gone. Thankfully, if you need to anticipate new things about Game of Thrones, you should know that screenshots are coming. Those screenshots reveal more of the tactical, visceral battles which are also coming in the Game of Thrones RPG, which is also coming from TriplePoint client Focus [...]

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Don’t Be a Cheapskate: 4 Reasons Pay-What-You-Like Backfires

24. April 2012

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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 for it.  Originally a big [...]

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Mass Effect + Nicki Minaj = Lady Game Lyric

20. April 2012

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Mass Effect + Nicki Minaj = Lady Game Lyric

She’s back! Our good friend Lady Game Lyric has an all-new explosive song ready for your eyes and ears, unless you are a Reaper, in which case she would like you to please shut up and die. To the tune of Super Bass by Nicki Minaj, please enjoy an homage to Mass Effect with LGL’s Reaper Base. Full [...]

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SEGA Addresses Dead Housing Crisis on PSN

17. April 2012

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SEGA Addresses Dead Housing Crisis on PSN

Given that every single PlayStation Network user is entitled to their own PlayStation Home, you wouldn’t think there was any kind of PSN housing crisis, but SEGA knows better. Nobody gives any thought to the thousands of homeless creatures and lumbering monsters out there, but these philanthropists and TriplePoint clients have stepped in to solve [...]

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