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Jetpack Joyride is on Facebook; See You Tomorrow
Here’s how this is going to work: I’m going to tell you that Jetpack Joyride, the incredibly addictive, hugely charming winner of pretty much every award that Pocket Gamer has to offer, is now on Facebook in a free, perfect replication of its iOS version. Then, you’re going to go check it out for yourself. Then [...]
Continue reading...Facebook + NBA Jam = …Bubble Safari?
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Okay. So, Mark Turmell, the guy behind legendarily awesome sports-mayhem-game NBA Jam, just put together a Facebook game for Zynga. Everyone who predicted the game to have nothing to do with either sports or farming, but to instead be a new take on match-three bubble shooters, raise your hand. None of you? Well, me neither, but [...]
Continue reading...8 Reasons I Quit Playing Facebook Games
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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 social media and video [...]
Continue reading...Restaurant City is Closing Down the Kitchen
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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...Crosswords Crosses Milestone on Facebook
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
In case you hadn’t heard yet, TriplePoint client PuzzleSocial recently released a Facebook application for cruciverbalists everywhere, simply entitled Crosswords, allowing wordsmiths everywhere a way to play their favorite puzzles online, competitively or casually. Based on today’s news, it’s becoming increasingly unlikely you haven’t heard yet, as Crosswords has reportedly hit over 100,000 active users in [...]
Continue reading...The Ryzing of Facebook Bingo
Monday, January 30, 2012
The engineers at TriplePoint client RockYou have done the unthinkable: Crafted a way to play bingo, online, with all of the swell money and prizes inherent to the game, and without the overpowering presence of topical cream and despair. Bingo by Ryzing, which is played without having to rise in any way from your computer, was [...]
Continue reading...Casual Connect 2011: Games Industry Fishbowl?
Sunday, July 24, 2011
With Casual Connect, the fish analogy is easy. You’re gathered in Seattle, surrounded by the sea, partying in aquariums, and hell, I even roomed with a finned friend this year. Our hotel pet (affectionately and temporarily named Sarah) stayed in her fishbowl out of necessity. But will the casual gaming industry do the same? Are [...]
Continue reading...Big Update for Buddy Rush
Friday, May 6, 2011
Free, Ultra-cute RPG Buddy Rush got some brand new content today, including a sassy swashbuckling female pirate and a Raid Mode. Pirates and raiding go together like margaritas and burritos, so players of the popular Facebook/iOS game will no doubt be pleased. Those hungry for new challenges will want to try out Raid Mode, which [...]
Continue reading...Facebook Pocket God Update Makes Pygmies Prettier, Deader
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Last time we checked in on the alarmingly fragile pygmies from Pocket God, it was suggested they might not be the sharpest knives in the drawer. However, with the newest chapter now available for the Facebook version of everyone’s favorite pygmy abuser, it may appear I misjudged the little guys. It’s not that they don’t [...]
Continue reading...SEGA PLAY! Baseball Lets Sega Play Baseball for You
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Admit it: if you wanted to go through the tiresome, sweaty, groin-pulling rigmarole of actually playing baseball yourself, you’d be outside, and not on Facebook. For those of us with some sense, however, Sega has launched SEGA PLAY! Baseball as an app on our favorite social network. It’s easier, it’s faster, the hot dogs aren’t four bucks [...]
Continue reading...RockYou’s Gourmet Ranch Lassos in Two Mochi Award Nominations
Thursday, February 10, 2011
RockYou’s Gourmet Ranch game is a finalist for Best Social Game and the People’s Choice Award for the 2011 Mochi Awards, which recognize the best Flash games of the year. RockYou is a TriplePoint client. Gourmet Ranch dishes out some of the most engaging aspects of social games, with a combined farming and baking game [...]
Continue reading...Social Media Yearbook, 2011 Infographic Edition
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Infographics: the web’s unique way of defining our tech-heavy times, destroying our productivity levels, and giving us the giggles. Flowtown has a fun new highschool-themed shakedown of today’s social media giants. Where do you fit into the 2011 yearbook? Do note the omission of any gaming networks (i.e. Apple’s Game Center, OpenFeint or Xbox LIVE), [...]
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