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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.
  • Outernauts for mobile is not Outernauts
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    Outernauts for mobile is not Outernauts

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    Outernauts was brilliant. We said as much when it launched back in 2012, and I stand by every single word of praise we've heaped upon it. It's arguably the best Facebook game I've played (though Marvel: Avengers Alliance could probably argue just as strongly for that title), and unlike many of you reading this, I've played a lot.Outernauts was Insomniac Games' first foray into casual gaming, and it proved not only to be a great free-to-play Pokemon clone, but the first Pokemon clone that I found myself enjoying on par with the real thing. And don't just take my word for it - YouTube's leading Pokemaniac TheJWittz wrote the Gamezebo review of Outernauts and gave it a perfect score.They shut the web-based game down earlier this year to focus on a mobile-only relaunch. As a fan of the original, I was more than a little excited.That excitement was misplaced. 
  • The Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Mac Bundle
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    The Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Mac Bundle

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    Assassin's Creed fans with Mac love in your hearts, rejoice! The first two chapters in the saga of Ezio Auditore da Firenze - aka everybody's favorite 16th century assassin - can be grabbed together in the latest Gamezebo Deals bundle for just $14.99.Both games, Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, are included in their "Deluxe Edition" format, which means more maps, more characters - more everything. You'll even get the complete movie Assassin's Creed Lineage.What are you? A Templar? Quit stalling and click "buy" already!
  • LAST CHANCE: Save 32% on an OUYA
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    LAST CHANCE: Save 32% on an OUYA

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    It might not be the most popular opinion in the world, but here at Gamezebo we really dig the OUYA. Friends may roll their eyes whenever we bring it up - and at least once I've had somebody say "oh yOUYA" at my microconsole affections - but once you get your hands on one, we know you'll feel the same way we do.Which is why you should do it. RIGHT NOW.Our 14 day deal on an OUYA + game credit is about to come to a close - but (depending on when you're reading this) it's not too late! For $85 you can grab an OUYA (normally $99) plus a $25 credit towards OUYA games, because Towerfall.Click here. Do the buying thing. Thank us later.
  • This Week in China: Google Play inches towards the East
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    This Week in China: Google Play inches towards the East

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    Android might be the #1 mobile platform in China, but Google Play sure isn't the #1 app market.  According to our friends at Laohu.com, though, that might be about to change - or at the very least, Google is taking some steps that hint in that direction.This isn't the only interesting tidbit to come out of China this week, either. According to Laohu, their country might just be getting a mobile visit from the Avengers (in a game that sounds an awful lot like Avengers Alliance, but I'll let you be the judge of that).Thanks again to Laohu.com for sharing this weekly Chinese news roundup with the Gamezebo audience. If you're just as intrigued by the Chinese market as we are, be sure to give them a read. 
  • “Daddy, we have to delete Talking Angela RIGHT NOW”
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    “Daddy, we have to delete Talking Angela RIGHT NOW”

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    "Why?," I asked my daughter. She's only six, and when these are the first words out of her mouth after returning home from school, you'd better believe my curiousity was piqued - especially considering how many countless hours she's spent with Outfit7's Talking games over the last few years."Because," she replied. "There are bad men that are using it to talk to kids, and they can even see you!"A bizarre schoolyard rumor, no doubt. I consider myself in-the-loop enough to know total hogwash when I hear it. But still, I'm always trying to instill a "safety first" attitude in my kids, and since she felt safer deleting, I didn't hesitate to let her. I explained how it's not true first, but hey - when a kid gets something in their head, it can stick there like glue.A few days passed and I thought nothing of it. Then last night I came across an article on the Vice tech site Motherboard: So a Paedophile Hoax Sent Your Kids' App to the Top of the App Store. 
  • Disco Zoo Review
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    Disco Zoo Review

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    In the world of free-to-play, popular game styles seem to come in waves. After FarmVille, every Facebook developer went through their farming phase. After Social City, every social gamemaker thought they could make the next SimCity-lite. And back in those early days - wedged somewhere between virtual pets and restaurant simulations, the social scene had a brief but noteworthy obsession with treasure hunts.In a nutshell, games like Treasure Isle and Ruby Skies had players "exploring" a piece of land by clicking on different squares in an attempt to find all sorts of goodies. It was simple to the point of silliness, but it also managed to have that "just one more time" hook that only the most popular free-to-play games can muster.Disco Zoo, the latest game from Tiny Tower creator Nimblebit and Milkbag Games - the new pairing of Owen Goss (Finger Tied) and Matt Rix (Trainyard) - feels a lot like those early free-to-play treasure hunts. And regardless of how that might read at first glance, I promise you - this is a very good thing.
  • Don’t Panic! The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy text adventure returns March 8
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    Don’t Panic! The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy text adventure returns March 8

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    Improbable? Yes - but as any hoopy frood knows, improbability is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's stock and trade.Based on the trilogy in five parts, the late great Douglas Adams teamed up with Infocom (makers of Zork) in 1984 to create the wildly popular text adventure game called (not surprisingly) The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. It was witty, it was fun - it was everything the books were.And it's about to turn 30.To celebrate, BBC Radio 4 Extra (a comedy station in the UK) has announced that they'll be publishing a 30th anniversary edition of the Infocom classic. It sounds surprising, but when you realized BBC Radio 4 did the same for the 20th anniversary… maybe less so. And when you remember that Hitchhiker's started life as a BBC radio program in 1978, all the pieces seem to fall into place rather nicely.
  • GBA4iOS was made by… a high school student?!
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    GBA4iOS was made by… a high school student?!

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    If you've been floating around the interwebs in the last week or so, there's a good chance the name GBA4iOS has crossed your vision more than once. A Gameboy Advance emulator for the iPhone and iPad, GBA4iOS works flawlessly. Better yet, it's an easy install that doesn't require jailbreaking, and it has a direct pipeline to a ROM store built right into it. For fans of emulation, it's a pocket dream come true.Emulation, of course, is a touchy subject. The legality around it scream "grey market" at best. But regardless of your feelings on the subject, you have to admit that GBA4iOS is a technical marvel - especially when compared to all of the mediocre GBA emulators that have tried to sneak onto your iOS devices in recent years. And it's install method - requiring nothing more than visiting a website and changing the date on your phone - is a wonder in and of itself.With all of that magic under the hood, there must be some crazy team of coders and hackers working around the clock to get this thing together, right? Actually - it's just one high school student with a passion for apps and retro gaming.