Gamezebo Archives - March 2010

UNO has started to sprout up on every gaming platform you can imagine. From Xbox Live to Facebook and everywhere in between, the people behind the classic card game have been more than happy to let us dabble in a little old school nostalgia. It was only a matter of time until UNO made its way to the iPhone.

With a name like Eden Hunt, you just know that the main character of Eden's Quest: The Hunt For Akua is up for some adventuring. But it turns out she's also quit the puzzle master. Because while Eden's Quest may look and feel a lot like a classic adventure game, it's all mostly window dressing for the massive collection of puzzles that the game throws at you.

The popular Facebook developer known best for their mega-hit FarmVille has now parted ways with one of its founding members. Zynga co-founder Andrew Trader has left the company to purse other entrepreneurial opportunities and spend more time with his family.

If you've ever walked around your local shopping mall and complained about the store selection (or lack thereof), salespersons not suited for their job or litter on the ground instead of in trash cans, you can now put your mouth where your mouse is in Mall-A-Palooza, a new game that tests your skills at managing a mall. While not perfect, this game delivers a fun and challenging experience for sim fans.

Welcome to the FishVille walkthrough on Gamezebo. FishVille is an adventure game created by Zynga. This walkthrough includes tips and tricks, helpful hints, and a strategy guide to how to complete FishVille. This walkthrough will be updated as the game changes, so bookmark this page and come back often!

The developers behind the iPhone game Angry Birds certainly have something to smile about this morning. Chillingo has announced that sales of the title have totaled more than 500,000 in less than a month.

Everybody loves a pet, but what if that pet is a shopaholic? PetVille is Zynga’s latest Facebook hit and tackles the wonderful world of pet care. Only in this case the pet cares less about chasing a stick and more about buying it a new TV and some wall art. This pet lives in a house, and they want you to make their house a home!

There are many things in life that go well together. Wine and cheese, chocolate and peanut butter, opera and… puppets? Well, if Battle of Puppets is to be believed, they do. While a great idea in principle, the performance is still in the previews stage.

When I was a little boy I always wanted to run away and join the circus. In retrospect I can’t imagine why. Clowns are scary, elephants smell, and don’t even get me started about the man-eating lions. But despite my grown-up dislike of the circus, Circus Marcus for the iPhone reminded me that there’s still some fun to be had under the big top.

Virginia Van Schepdael doesn't check her email very often, and when she does it's usually to see if there's any news from her brothers and sisters or bulletins about her son's skating group. But it was worth it when she checked her inbox late last month and found a note from Shockwave telling her that she had won $25,000 through the website's Golden Ticket sweepstakes.

Welcome to the Eden's Quest: The Hunt for Akua walkthrough on Gamezebo. Eden's Quest: The Hunt for Akua is an adventure game created by OUAT Entertainment. This walkthrough includes tips and tricks, helpful hints, and a strategy guide to how to complete Eden's Quest: The Hunt for Akua.

Most modern people hold down stupendously boring jobs, enervating affairs that primarily involve being chained to a computer screen or paperwork for about eight hours a day. I don’t think it’s a coincidence, then, that some of the most popular casual games are themed around jobs that involve physical, immediately satisfying tasks: running a restaurant, managing a hotel, taking care of pets. There’s a point in time when I could’ve imagined a game about real estate offering fun escapism to a bored office drone, but it’s pretty surprising to play something like Jane’s Realty 2 after the housing market collapse.

The folks behind the recent aquarium sensation Fish World have decided it was times to get their hands dirty – so they’ve gone digging in the dirt! Garden World is Tall Tree Games' attempt to put a fresh spin on the farming genre by setting the scene in your own backyard. We’d had high hopes for the latest release from Tall Tree, but the flowers here didn’t smell quite as sweet as we’d hoped.

By premise alone, 101-in-1 Games could be the only game app you ever need. Starting out, you have 10 of the 101 total games unlocked. Playing the games earns you points, and you then spend those points to unlock more games. It’s a great way to have an app with a large number of games introduced at a reasonable rate, so you’re not overwhelmed.

Soaring high above the clouds with the sun beaming down and the wind in your face, it’s simply exhilarating to look out across the deck of your airship and marvel at the freedom that comes with piloting your own vessel capable of sailing the skies. But such moments of calm and tranquility are fleeting in Guns of Icarus, since heavily armed air pirates with itchy trigger fingers seem all-to-keen on swiping your cargo through brute force. And that’s when the excitement kicks in full throttle.

Welcome to the Pathfinders: Lost at Sea walkthrough on Gamezebo. Pathfinders: Lost at Sea is a hidden object game created by ERS G-Studio. This walkthrough includes tips and tricks, helpful hints, and a strategy guide to how to complete Pathfinders: Lost at Sea.

Flux Family Secrets: The Ripple Effect is $2.99 today only on Big Fish Games. This deal is for members and non-members. Just type in coupon code: DAILYDEAL at check out.

Check out our review and walkthrough here (we gave it a good score).

Teamwork is nothing new in video games, but it usually comes in the form of co-operative play with friends or some helpful in-game characters helping you on your quest. The Forest Temple approaches teamwork a little differently, and has you controlling two completely different characters at the same as you try to lead them to the exit in this puzzle platformer.

Back in 2006, Spore creator Will Wright had proudly announced that the game would be playable on pretty much every device known to man. If you're toaster didn't run a copy of Spore it would have been seen as a failure in Wright's eyes. Flash forward two years. The game doesn't exactly make its way to the Wii or Nokia n-Gage as promised. In fact the only devices you find Spore on are the PC, Mac and iPhone. But could the iPhone version possibly offer everything it's PC counterpart did?

Contrary to popular belief, architectural wonders of the 20th century aren't painstakingly planned and constructed over months and years. They're built like sandwiches in 45 seconds. That's what the iPhone game Skyscrapers would lead me to believe, and I see no real reason to doubt it. Taking the addictive formula presented by prize-bearing amusements like Stacker, Skyscrapers puts you at the forefront of tower building technology. Who knew that you could put up buildings just by tapping the touch screen? Ahh, the wonders of science.