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Jim Squires is the Editor-in-Chief of Gamezebo. Everything you see passes his eyes first, so we like to think of him as "the gatekeeper of cool stuff." He likes good games, great writing, and just can't say no to a hamburger. Also, he is not a bear.
  • Transformers: Age of Extinction mobile game coming from DeNA
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    Transformers: Age of Extinction mobile game coming from DeNA

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    …and it's not a card battle game! Hot off the success of their earlier partnerships with Hasbro (Transformers: Legends, GI Joe: Battleground), DeNA has announced today that they'll be bringing a mobile game based on the upcoming summer blockbuster to market later this year.Unlike their past collaboration (which were of the Rage of Bahamut card game variety), DeNA will be tackling this one as a runner. Early screens have revealed Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Grimlock to be playable characters.And let's be frank - the only reason you care about Age of Extinction is Grimlock. I don't care if it took three garbage movies to get to this point - WE'RE GETTING DINOBOTS, PEOPLE.
  • Al Roker has an iPhone game, because why not?
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    Al Roker has an iPhone game, because why not?

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    Weather, like the App Store, can be unpredictable. You can plan for sunshine, but rain is always just a few clouds away. Bigger trends, though - like heat in summer, snow in winter, and celebrities attaching their name to mediocre mobile games - are as certain as death and taxes.With that in mind, I'd like to share with you the latest "why is this a game?" game with a celebrity name attached, Al Roker's Al's Weather Rokies.  "Al loves the weather so much, he often dreams about it!," reads Rokies iTunes description. "It's up to you to wake him and get him to the studio."We took the game for a spin, and it's actually not terrible. Weather Rokies is a match-3 game that requires you to flick pieces from the bottom of the screen towards an alarm clock in the center. You'll need to clear away the weather pieces surrounding the clock to reach it and wake up ol' Al. 
  • GOG.com Insomnia Sale is worth losing sleep over
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    GOG.com Insomnia Sale is worth losing sleep over

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    GOG.com has long since cast away it's "good old games" moniker, becoming a one-stop shop for great games new and old. But why pay full price for said games when there's a crazy neat sale going on?Unlike most sales where prices are lowered for a set amount of time, the Insomnia Sale put a select number of copies of a certain game at a ridiculously discounted price. Once they sell out, that deal is gone for good and the next deal starts. And sometimes - just sometimes - the deal will drop the price of a game to free.You're going to want to keep this URL open in your browser and keep clicking refresh until the deal ends… which won't be until they run out of the sale's allotted stock.I guess it's time to put on a pot of coffee. You're going to be here awhile.
  • Intake: Be Aggressive Review
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    Intake: Be Aggressive Review

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    What do you get when you cross Dr. Mario with Ikaruga? Finger-tapping bullet hell with a dose of wubwubwub, that's what. Or at least that's what you get from Intake - a blisteringly fast puzzle game from Cipher Prime, the makers of fantastic little gems like Pulse, Fractal and Splice: Tree of Life.The gameplay here is easy enough to grasp. Pills of different colors descend down the screen in varying directions and you'll need to tap to eliminate them - but only if they match the color that you're meant to be hunting for. You'll only deal with two different colors at any given time, and switching your target color is as easy as tapping the bottom of the screen. If any of the wrong colored pills reach the bottom of the screen, it's game over.It's simple on paper, but devilishly difficult in practice.
  • Learn to make your own games (and spend very little to do it)
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    Learn to make your own games (and spend very little to do it)

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    Playing games is all well and good, but haven't you ever had the itch to make your own? Scratching that itch, though, might seem like a fairly daunting task. Luckily, with a few good deals, you can take those first steps for an incredibly low price.We have two different bundles on Gamezebo Deals you should seriously consider. The first, aptly enough, is The Game Developers Bundle. For $49 you'll gain access to 7 different courses totalling 30+ hours of training. Hurry though - this one ends in 5 days.If that's too rich for your blood, why not consider the Name Your Own Price Learn to Code Bundle? It doesn't have the gaming focus of our other bundle, but it does have the advantage of costing whatever you want. Beat that, Full Sail University! 
  • Disco Zoo + RPG = Tales of the Adventure Company
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    Disco Zoo + RPG = Tales of the Adventure Company

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    When it launched earlier this year, Disco Zoo managed to hit on a certain something - but it was an incredibly simple something, and it was begging for something more. Tales of the Adventure Company, an upcoming mobile game from Slothwerks, give it that something: violence!Well… turn-based swords and magic violence, anyway.The game offers up the same "tap to uncover creatures in different configurations" puzzles that you'll find in Disco Zoo, but tasks players to do battle with those creatures as they uncover them. You'll also new party members and other goodies along the way.Tales of the Adventure Company will be hitting iOS, Android and Windows Phone for $1.99 this June, but if you don't want to wait, you can check out a browser-based version of the game right now at gamejolt.com.
  • 2-bit Cowboy Review
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    2-bit Cowboy Review

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    At its most basic, 2-Bit Cowboy is the lost Game Boy platformer you're hoping for. With tight controls, great level design, and monochromatic visuals, you can play this as the simple "let's head for the exit, cowpoke!" game that it seems to be at first glance. Scratch a little deeper though, and you'll find that 2-Bit Cowboy is a whole lot more.The platforming itself is tight, and despite a total lack of physical buttons, this is a spot on representation of the vintage 1989 experience the developers were clearly after. Layered on top of this is a collection of missions that forces players to explore every last nook and cranny of a level if they want to earn the most coins.Starting these missions requires a bit of exploration too, as they're found on wanted posters scattered throughout the level. You'll face goals like "destroy all the bottles" or "stop the gang," and while the objectives won't change much from stage to stage, each level is so well designed that you won't mind hunting for every last scorpion again. 
  • Deity Quest puts a religious spin on Pokemon
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    Deity Quest puts a religious spin on Pokemon

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    There's long been a debate about the ethics of Pokemon. Are you collecting or capturing those creatures? Are you their loving master, or the digital equivalent to Michael Vick? If you're looking for a comparable experience that solves this ethical dilemma (while introducing a whole new one), you may want to check out Deity Quest - the "gotta convert'em all!" of the role-playing world.Players will fill the heavenly shoes of "an ambitious young god, recently assigned to a world to convert followers and gain power," says the game's official site. "Your goal is to become the Overgod, the highest position among the many gods of Aberos."The followers you'll collect are the equivalent of Pokemon's monsters, but at least this time you'll know they're fighting for you willingly; even if it is a tad theistically tongue-in-cheek.The game features 6-vs-6 battles, which sounds fairly epic. If that sounds up your godly alley, you can pick this one up for PC, Mac, Linux and Android at fancyfishgames.com.