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She Tried To Make Good Video Games For Girls, Whatever That Meant The next time your neighbour tells you there’s a zombie on your lawn, you can finally reply, “Thanks! Isn’t it cute?” And ideally, your neighbour will have meant the cute little toy zombie from Plants vs. Zombies and will agree with you. (Either that, or you’ll be eaten by horrible, slavering zombies. As happens.)
The people behind Plants Vs. Zombies are adding a ton of new stuff to the iPad version of the game today. That is, it’s “new” if you haven’t played other versions of the game, that is. But, hey, these added modes, all of which have appeared in other, more expensive versions of the game, are mostly pretty good.
PopCap’s latest Facebook Blitz game is Solitaire Blitz. Playable on Facebook, the treasure-diving solitaire game pits you against friends to win underwater treasures. You can learn more and play here.
There’s an air of scepticism that surrounds free-to-play games — can they possibly be any good if they’re offered for free? Surely there must be a soulless, money-grabbing hook embedded into the game somewhere, right? According to PopCap’s Giodano Contestabile, players need to dispel these preconceptions.
Bejeweled is an eye-roller. It’s The Da Vinci Code of video games or the Lady Gaga or whatever your favourite example is of something that far too many people are into.
It’s Christmastime, one of the few times where old-fashoioned snail matters anymore. Some companies send clever cards, like the ones we featured yesterday. Other companies send ViewMasters, the old-school 3D viewer that told stories through a series of still film frames.
Zynga rocketed to fame with titles like FarmVille and Mafia Wars. When Mafia Wars 2 launched, the number of players peaked at 2.5 million, but dropped to 900,000 earlier this month, with players complaining that the game just wasn’t as fun.
It’s Pumpkins Vs Zombies as PopCap’s zombie temp worker tries his hand at gourd gutting and cutting. Then a rave breaks out.
