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18May
Sneak Preview of Camelot on Facebook
Now you can be lord of your own hamlet in a new social adaptation of the Starz original series, Camelot. Learn how to maximize resources like gold, ore, and wood, build an army, upgrade your own hamlet, and complete quests to contribute to the grandeur of Camelot. “Fans of social gaming, the ‘Camelot’ original series, and the successful ‘Spartacus’ Facebook game, are sure to love ‘Camelot: The Game,” said Marc DeBevoise, senior vice president, digital media, business development and strategy for Starz Media. “The action, adventure, and challenge of this game is unmatched in the marketplace today and is a beautiful complement and extension of the Starz Original series.” The quests within the game provide challenging and unique strategy pursuits in turn-based battles, using different soldier types, upgrades, and special items. The free to play game also puts players in the middle of plotlines from the show, and new content
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12May
Featured Facebook Game of the Week – Feevo
This week’s Featured Facebook game is a fresh face for the fans of match-3 type games. In Feevo, players swap pieces to match bundles of four or more in a move-controlled rather than time-controlled setting. That means that, instead of making as many moves and scoring as many points as possible in one minute, it’s okay to take time, strategize, and maximize points per move in order to move up the level ladder and continue playing. I like the fact that this concept changes the approach to the game and slows things down in our lightning fast world. Don’t get me wrong, I am as blitzed out and love the speed challenge as much if not more than the next guy, Feevo just rounds out my mental game quite nicely. The music in Feevo also has quite the calming effect. It reminds me of something one might hear at a
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05May
Featured Facebook Game of the Week – The Dating Game *In Game Contest Alert*
In case it’s not apparent, I have a thing for TV game shows new and old turned Facebook games. The Dating Game is no exception. In an interesting adaptation, players have both a male and a female avatar they can host or play games with. Like most Facebook games, the more people playing it, the more fun it is. There are two types of games; one that’s finished within 30 minutes, and one that’s finished within 7 days (for the more patient of us). When hosting a game, the choice is available as to which type of game to play. With the quick game, panelists are assigned, and the game begins. With the longer game, the host chooses options such as what gender avatar, player, and whether or not people who aren’t “friends” on Facebook can play. It seems as though when becoming a panelist, players don’t choose the type
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27Apr
Featured Facebook Game of the Week – Jeopardy!
Joining the ranks of TV game shows turned Facebook games is america’s favorite trivia game, Jeopardy! Powered by GSN Digital, this incarnation of Jeopardy! takes players through three rounds of knowledge testing trivia by way of categories that have either been on the game show or very well could be. Unlike the TV show, however, once the decision is made to answer the question, players are presented with 4 possible answers, allowing for the development of educated guessing skills as well. Working very much like the game show, the game starts out in the first Jeopardy round, where players are presented with 6 categories and 5 dollar amounts ranging from 200 – 1000. Start the round by choosing one category and one dollar amount, knowing each can only be used once. One of the categories will turn out to be the Daily Double for that round, in which players can
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20Apr
Featured Facebook Game of the Week – Oceanopolis
Since we are celebrating Earth Day this week, let’s take a look at Oceanopolis, a recycling game from Greenopolis, a company dedicated to raise awareness and provide information to “Help you to recycle easily, help to save our natural resources for our children’s children, track conservation through recycling and re-use, and educate and reward conservation.” The game Oceanopolis itself places players on their own island for which they are responsible, collecting recyclables, rescuing troubled animals, watering trees, cleaning, and decorating. Cans, plastic and glass bottles appear constantly which need to be collected and recycled (islands come complete with Dream Machines for recycling). Animals with bottle caps stuck in blow holes, or with plastic bottles on their feet also drop by to be examined, rescued, and returned to the wild. The level of difficulty here isn’t very high, just pointing and clicking to pick items up and recycle them. There are
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13Apr
Featured Facebook Game of the Week – Zombie Lane
Oh my, zombies just keep on coming in all shapes and forms. In Zombie Lane, the main objective is to fight zombies and keep them out of the neighborhood… which needs to be continually rebuilt from the damage they do. This game has a lot going on, which I thought initially would discourage me from returning to it, but the hints, easy start, and tutorial aspects help quite a bit without constantly interfering. I love the customizable avatar, for some reason, that is usually pretty important to me. There, of course, could be more clothing and such to choose from, but being able to have one that looks how I want her to look is aces. Fighting most of the zombies comes easy armed with just a shovel, allowing players to collect helpful items to rebuild their homes, craft stronger weapons, share with friends, and advance through the game. So
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13Apr
Search the Gardens of Time on Facebook
It’s spring… a perfect time to think about gardens. But these Gardens of Time are much more than your backyard variety gardens. These are extravagant gardens you can build using artifacts bought with money made by completing quests and finding lost objects throughout different scenes in time, helping the Time Society to solve mysteries and correct the course of history. “Gardens of Time redefines the previously solitary experience of downloadable hidden object games by adding a variety of social features so players can share the excitement and challenge with their friends,” said Playdom’s Senior Producer for Gardens of Time, John Hsu. “We want to give players the opportunity to collaborate, compete, and show off their achievements.” Gardens of Time allows Hidden Object lovers the opportunity to share and collaborate with their friends, or soon to be friends. The content is free to play (always a favorite), and, though the game
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09Apr
1 VS 100 gets new life on Facebook
My favorite way to spend a Friday night has found a new home. It looks like 1 vs 100 may never come back to the Xbox 360, but you can find it on Facebook. Endemol and iWin are bringing Deal or No Deal and 1 vs 100 to Facebook. Both games are set for a launch later this spring. For Deal or No Deal, players will try to beat the Banker and get to the best briefcase. But what I can’t wait for is 1 vs 100. Match wits against your friends and their friends in a virtual mob to see who is the smartest. This time if you need help, you can ask your Facebook friends to help with winnings you have lost. “We’ve enjoyed tremendous growth over the past year with our games on Facebook, and we are excited to team up with Endemol to launch two more
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08Apr
Featured Facebook Game of the Week – Where in the World is…
Carmen Sandiego? (I can hear Rockapella singing it now!) This is a game that I used to play on the computer when I worked in after school care with school age kids and watched on TV even before that. So when I saw it as a Facebook game, I felt that childlike excitement and couldn’t wait to get my mouse on it. The sentiment is the same, players take an active role as detectives hunting Carmen’s henchmen (and henchwomen) all over the world, testing and expanding geographical and cultural knowledge while putting deductive reasoning and perfect timing to the test putting clues together to get a warrant before actually finding the bad guy. Starting at the ACME headquarters in San Fransisco, players talk to witnesses in order to get information on either the identity of the henchperson or where they are headed next, get a warrant for the right one,
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01Apr
How I fell for a Facebook game
I use Facebook to keep in touch with friends and family. I have tried a few Facebook games based on that message you receive from friends that they are playing. You know the ones that send you a request for a call of action to help them finish their garden. Or help supply them with something. If they are playing, (sometimes alot!) then it must be fun right? I’m a gamer with very little time to game. I have always felt that Facebook games would offer a quick way to game “on the go” but none of them ever resonated with me. I don’t garden in real life. Why would I take care of a virtual one? When it comes to Facebook games, I refuse to pay money for virtual items, or things that help me progress in the game. Most of that is that I’m not emotionally invested enough
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