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  • Broken Phone Review
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    Broken Phone Review

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    So why is it bad, from a player's point of view, for one game to copy another? In theory, at least, you'll get bored once you realize you're playing something you played before. In practice, playing a copy of another game only really feels bad if the copy is worse than the original. That doesn't happen often with social games, but it may be the case with Broken Phone. This game is a clone of the late, great Broken Picture Telephone, just overhauled for Facebook. It has experience levels, and virtual goods, and... well, it's a lot less fun than the original.
  • Toy Land Preview
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    Adults love the idea of being a kid again, while kids love the idea of having an adult's independence. Toy Land seems like a game designed to cater to both sorts of player. You can build up an incredible horde of fanciful toys, designing your playroom to your own specifications, or just wallow in getting to spend a little time in a game where you hunt for hidden treasure, play with elves, and have no responsibilities beyond amassing more toys. Toy Land's toy theme gives it an unusual look as Facebook games go and it definitely plays differently.
  • Pirates Ahoy Review
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    Pirates Ahoy Review

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    Pirates Ahoy has added some big content updates since it was last reviewed. The biggest new feature is Battles, an entire new subsystem that lets players challenge each other to friendly ship-to-ship combats. There's a lot of other new content to explore, too: new upgrades for your island and ship, new missions, new treasures, and a wider variety of monsters to fight. While the new content is on the whole very enjoyable, it also aggravates the flaws mentioned in the original Pirates Ahoy review.
  • Digger Review
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    The treasure hunting genre is hopelessly oversaturated by now, but that doesn't keep Digger from being a very fun game. For the most part it's a straightforward clone of Treasure Isle, even copying Zynga interface mainstays like the sets of five collectible items. Digger also adds in some gameplay mechanics from Pirates Ahoy, letting you forge a team of friends who play the game so you can get energy and other bonuses. Digger is far less reliant on having tons of friends to play with you than Pirates Ahoy, which makes it quite a bit more engaging.
  • Home Fest Preview
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    Hosting a party is fun, but it's a lot of hard work. You've got to decorate your house, invite enough people over, make sure there's enough food, keep the drinks flowing, keep hot music going, and then do a monster amount of cleaning up the next day. It's enough work that maybe you'd rather not actually throw a party for all your friends. Maybe you'd rather just throw it on Facebook, where nobody can crash and no one will throw up in your toilet. If so, then Home Fest is the game for you.
  • Gone Amazon Review
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    Gone Amazon is one of the most mysterious and original new launches available on Facebook right now. The developer information lists "Gone Amazon" as its creator, but speculation is rampant that the game is actually one of Ubisoft's first forays into social game development. If so, it's hard to imagine why Ubisoft isn't eager to take credit for this game. It features actual cutscenes loaded with humorous dialog, giving the game a narrative that plays out as a sort of loopy parody of ABC's recently-concluded popular drama Lost.
  • ESPNU College Town Preview
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    Playdom's latest social game is strikingly original, a hybrid city-builder and turn-based sports game produced in partnership with sports network ESPN. ESPNU College Town lets you build your own college campus, affiliated with your favorite real-world sports college, and build up your own sports teams. You can use your team to challenge random opponents or to challenge your friends for glory and more points for your favorite college on the leaderboard.
  • Green Farm Review
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    Green Farm is one of prolific mobile developer Gameloft's first entires into the fast-growing world of Facebook gaming. A straight-forward farming sim might feel like the safest of safe bets, but a veteran developer like Gameloft can use a basic game like this to show the kind of polish and style it can bring to a simple game. Green Farm sets itself apart from other Facebook farm sims with its great user interface and charming, well-animated graphics. An amateur developer might have come up with a more novel idea, but never this sort of polished execution.