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US Senator Really Hates It When Federal Money Goes to Video Games
Prom Week is a social game and a social simulation game, an IndieCade finalist designed by a team at the University of California at Santa Cruz. The game, which follows the social trials and tribulations of a set of teenagers during prom week, is in a sense a proof-of-concept work, designed to show off how…
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The Unfinished Swan and The Art of Making A Mess
Playing The Unfinished Swan feels a lot like being three years old. You make a terrible mess, and then when someone asks you “Why did you do that?” the only real answer you have is that, weirdly, it felt right. There was just something about that wall that begged to be drawn on with crayons,…
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Jumping Finn Turbo Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Flight games might be my favorite kind of game for mobile devices. The repetitive notions and addictive quality are a perfect match for the style of play I want to experience in bite-sized increments. I’ve been playing Jumping Finn Turbo—a flight game based on the Adventure Time series—obsessively these past few days. And the further…
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Cave Continues Putting Out the Prettiest Shoot-em Ups on iOS
When the bullets start flying on October 26, shmup fans will be too busy dodging and shooting to appreciate how pretty DoDonPachi Maximum looks on the iPhone and iPad. Thank goodness for screenshots. Shoot-em up master Cave is bringing this fresh new take on DoDonPachi to iOS devices later this week. Riffing on previous games…
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The Wizard of Oz Facebook Game Will Get You, My Pretty
But not your little dog, because contrary to several canine-centric pages, your little dog should not be using Facebook. Spooky Cool Labs is bringing the classic film to Facebook, potentially creating the world’s first million member yellow brick road march. An article over at The Hollywood Reporter this morning describes a fully 3D adventure that…
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What Facebook is Playing This Week: Less Bubble Safari, That’s for Sure
Last week Zynga’s Bubble Safari was in fourth place in the app leaderboards with 4.9 million daily active users. This week it’s in the eighth place with only 3.6 million. Has the world finally realized that monkeys are giant jerks? Perhaps they’re all moving on to FarmVille 2, which is up by 600,000 this week.…
By Mike Fahey
