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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.
  • Dream Zoo Review
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    Dream Zoo Review

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    Ever since Tap Zoo launched back in September 2010, every freemium developer and their brother has tried to put out a successful mobile zoo game. Zoo Story, Tiny Zoo, Safari Zoo, DinerTown Zoo, Zoo Club - the list goes on and on. But despite their great numbers, none of these play-a-likes managed to bring anything triumphantly new to the formula. Enter Dream Zoo.
  • CityVille Holidaytown Review
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    • iOS
    CityVille Holidaytown Review

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    As the year begins to wind down and the days creep closer and closer to December, there are a few things that seem almost unavoidable. You'll eat a little too much at Thanksgiving, "best of the year" lists will abound, and holiday-themed games and updates will hit the App Store. CityVille Holidaytown is one such holiday-themed release - and you'll be delighted to know that it's Christmas done right.
  • Book of Heroes Preview
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    • iOS
    Book of Heroes Preview

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    Venan Entertainment is a company with a few great iOS titles under their belt. Whether we were climbing redwoods in Ninjatown: Trees of Doom or shooting asteroids in Space Miner Blast, we've had a pretty great time with everything they've had to offer so far. But when we heard their next game was going to be a freemium menu-driven RPG, it was hard not to be skittish. There were visions of text-based titles like Mafia Wars Shakedown dancing in our heads. As it turns out, Book of Heroes is nothing of the sort.
  • Is PlayFirst out of the PC gaming business?
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    Is PlayFirst out of the PC gaming business?

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    While more and more companies are making a bigger push towards mobile lately, few developers who grew up in the PC casual market have completely abandoned the idea of desktop gaming. A surprising post on the PlayFirst forums, however, suggests that the house of Flo may have done just that.
  • Blood & Glory Review
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    Blood & Glory Review

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    The term "freemium" is all too easily associated with simple click management games like FarmVille, CityVille, and the like. At the end of the day, freemium is really nothing more than an innovative pricing structure that lets players dabble in games at no cost, only spending money on the titles they really love. It's a formula that can just as easily be applied to hardcore action titles as it can to the latest restaurant simulation. Glu seems to think so too, and they're proving it with Blood & Glory - an Infinity Blade play-a-like that you can download for the low low price of free.
  • Kickstarter Picks: God of Blades
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    • iOS
    Kickstarter Picks: God of Blades

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    Normally when we talk about a game that's trying to raise funds on Kickstarter, we try to give you a nice little preview of what you might expect from the finished product. This one's a little harder, because we've done that already. In fact, we were so impressed by the scope of the project in our God of Blades preview that there's really only one thing left to say: we implore you to donate.
  • The Oregon Trail: American Settler Review
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    • iOS
    The Oregon Trail: American Settler Review

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    Let's get something out of the way right up front: The Oregon Trail: American Settler is a cookie cutter copy of Zynga's Frontierville. Now that we've acknowledged that, there are a few other things we should acknowledge too. Like the fact that the game was developed by Gameloft, one of the few companies that can somehow simultaneously clone a game and yet make it better. Or the fact that by adding The Oregon Trail license, they've managed to steer an existing franchise into a sensible new direction.
  • Snoopy’s Street Fair Review
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    • iOS
    Snoopy’s Street Fair Review

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    Charlie Brown's baseball team has just been invited to play a big game in New York City. You'd think they'd be happy, but instead they find themselves scrambling to raise the money needed to get proper team uniforms - and what better way to raise the money than a street fair? Starting with that simple premise, Beeline Interactive has managed to pull together a celebration of Peanuts that social gamers around the world will fall in love with.