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Bioware Borrowing Metrics-Based Social Game Approach for Mass Effect 2

Thursday, September 9, 2010

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Bioware Borrowing Metrics-Based Social Game Approach for Mass Effect 2

Social game developers are often criticized for focusing on “player metrics” — gameplay data culled from actual player experience that’s used to guide frequent, carefully crafted updates. But a new interview with the creators of one of the biggest traditional game releases of the year shows that this metrics-based approach is starting to spread to [...]

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The Bible Online MMOG Enters Beta Testing, Amen FTW

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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Contrary to what many of our strict, Catholic upbringings have taught us, it’s alright to play video games. German browser game developer FIAA wants to bring the faithful into the beautiful world of gaming with The Bible Online. While not the first of its kind, The Bible Online is unique in that it’s a MMO [...]

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What’s New in Fanglies?

Sunday, August 22, 2010

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What’s New in Fanglies?

It’s been a while since we first took a look at Playdom‘s new game Fanglies, so we figured we’d give a quick update on some of the recent changes and features that have been released in the game. If you haven’t tried Fanglies yet, it might be the best time now – as the game [...]

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Mafia Wars Taps Snoop Dogg for Explosive Publicity Stunt

Thursday, August 19, 2010

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Mafia Wars Taps Snoop Dogg for Explosive Publicity Stunt

It’s official — there’s nothing rapper Snoop Dogg won’t do. But seriously, August 19 (tonight) at 9 p.m. EST, the D-O-Double G will be on hand to light up the armored truck in honor of Mafia Wars Vegas reaching 10 million players. You will be able to watch the big bang streamed live from inside [...]

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New York Times: FarmVille Players Should Try Growing Actual Plants

Monday, August 16, 2010

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New York Times: FarmVille Players Should Try Growing Actual Plants

FarmVille naysayers — they’re everywhere (according to Games.com). They come in the form of Facebook friends who are tired of being spammed with game-related with quests on their wall, people who think games in general are a waste of time, and they also, apparently, write for The New York Times. Over the weekend, The Gray [...]

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Baking Feature Battle: Cafe World’s Design-A-Cake versus Baking Life’s Cupcake Creator

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

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Fans of ZipZapPlay’s Baking Life would recognize Cafe World‘s newest feature, Design-A-Cake. But while Baking Life offers players a mix-and-match option for making and selling their own virtual cupcakes, Cafe World does this with cakes. After your pastry creation is ready, you’ll have the option of sharing it with one friend as a Wall post, [...]

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FrontierVille Cheats and Tips: Energy Guide

Sunday, August 8, 2010

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Energy is FrontierVille‘s most valuable and scarce resource. Fortunately we have the FrontierVille energy cheats, tips, and news to have you constantly refreshed and ready to work the land of the wild west. Energy in FrontierVille functions much like it does in Treasure Isle, that is, you need it for everything. Luckily there are many [...]

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Fantasy Football Hits Facebook, Courtesy of Sports Illustrated

Saturday, August 7, 2010

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In May, Sports Illustrated and Kabam (formerly known as Watercooler) announced that they were bringing one of the most popular real-life social games to Facebook — fantasy football. Now, right before the 2010 football season kicks off, SI Fantasy Football arrives on Facebook. Much like the other fantasy football apps/sites out there, SI Fantasy Football [...]

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Mafia Wars Vegas Fun Facts: 100 Million Robberies, 250 Million Fights

Thursday, August 5, 2010

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Mafia Wars Vegas Fun Facts: 100 Million Robberies, 250 Million Fights

Mafia Wars Vegas has arrived (as if you didn’t know already), and as far as I’m concerned, this is the best expansion yet. The jobs have been broken down into new energy and fighting paths, which does a good job catering to different types of players. Properties have been replaced with a Casino that you [...]

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Five Things We Want to See in the Google Games Network

Sunday, August 1, 2010

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The past few weeks have seen a distinct ramp up in rumors surrounding a new Google social network in the works — with social gaming being a big part of those rumored plans. Even though we have no details on what such a service would look like, we’re pretty excited about the potential of what [...]

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Market Street Cheats, Tricks, Tips and Strategy Guide

Saturday, July 31, 2010

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Market Street is a Facebook application game developed by Playdom (or shall we call it, Disney?) Get ready for some fun as this game allows you to build and have your own dream business. Player starts with a small store with one stand and one display that you can eventually expand and add along the [...]

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Four Lessons Learned from Casual Connect 2010

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

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Four Lessons Learned from Casual Connect 2010

While I was busy at Comic-Con in San Diego last week, Casual Connect 2010 in Seattle came and went last week with a whisper. Here’s the scoop on happenings and non-happenings at the show from our friends at Games.com: The annual show held by the Casual Game Association had high attendance this year (2,000 people [...]

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