Joe Jasko

News
June 20, 2013
Zynga acquires Spooky Cool Labs for work on social casino games
By Joe Jasko
In continuing their steady push into the world of gaming and online gambling, Zynga has announced today on their company blog that the mobile powerhouse developer has acquired Spooky Cool Labs to help bring their bustling casino-based content to life down the road. However, the smart business move on Zynga's part seems to be one gamble that is sure to pay off!
News
June 20, 2013
Candy Crush Saga developer pursues Initial Public Offering
By Joe Jasko
Successful casual games developer King, the company behind the hugely popular match-three adventure Candy Crush Saga, has unveiled plans this week to start taking their business to the public. King (also known more formally as Midasplayer International Holding Co.) has hired several banks including J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Credit Suisse Group AG, and Bank of America to handle their Initial Public Offering (I.P.O.).
News
June 19, 2013
New iOS Games Tonight: XCOM Enemy Unknown, Spiral and more!
By Joe Jasko
Remember the days when our mobile phones had those archaic things called "buttons" on them, and tablets were nothing more than big old slates of stone that past civilizations used to etch little drawings in? Me neither. But I, for one, am glad that the world of mobile gaming has not only progressed in the kinds of devices we can own, but even more so in the wide variety of games that we can play on them now!
News
June 19, 2013
Games for Change 2013 winners are announced
By Joe Jasko
For us here at Gamezebo, we're always on the lookout for exciting and innovative new games. We love finding games that can strike a real chord with the gaming community, make a significant impact on the way we look at games, and above all else, turn out to be just really fun to play. And what better way to expand our gaming horizons than by checking out the winners of this year's Game for Change Awards?
News
June 19, 2013
Replay Wednesdays: Rite of Passage: Child of the Forest, Haunted Hotel: Charles Dexter Ward and more!
By Joe Jasko
We cover plenty of new games here at Gamezebo every week, but the number of games we've already covered that show up on new platforms? It's staggering. This Wednesday and every Wednesday, Gamezebo is rounding up the games that aren't quite new, but might be new to you depending on your platform of choice. And who doesn't love new(ish) games?
News
June 18, 2013
Indiegogo Picks: Elliot Quest
By Joe Jasko
It seems like everywhere I turn these days, there's another new 8-bit adventure that's set on bringing me back to the days of playing The Legend of Zelda in my parent's basement as a kid. But there's a very good reason for this steady influx of new-age retro-inspired adventures: it's because they were all just so seriously awesome, and Elliot Quest looks to be just as awesome as the rest.
Reviews
June 18, 2013
Alone in the Park Review
By Joe Jasko
If you had a stalker, and if one day this stalker told you he had hidden nine pieces of a treasure map in various places around the local National Park, then you'd probably want to find out just what the hell his deal was, right? Well so does the narrator and "misanthropic gamer" in Alone in the Park, a very low-key adventure game that functions more like a riveting visual novel than anything else. With sharp, succinct writing and lighthearted adventuring puzzles, this is one interactive experience that will weave its winding footsteps into your mind and stay there until every last inch of that park is explored.
Upcoming
June 18, 2013
Where’s My Mickey? Preview
By Joe Jasko
When a little physics-puzzle game about an alligator named Swampy who just wanted to take a shower hit the App Store in 2011, I don't think anyone was expecting the colossal hit that was about to rock the world of mobile gaming. It soon became clear that Disney's Where My Water? was simply too big to be held in that underground bathtub, so next players saw a licensed sequel in Where's My Perry?, based on the popular Disney cartoon, Phineas and Ferb. Well now we finally know what's in store for the future of Where's My…? games, and that future is starring none other than Disney's own Mickey Mouse!