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  • Zynga Slingo Review
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    Zynga Slingo Review

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    I've never really understood the current fascination with slots on Facebook. Stripped of the chance of winning back the cash that you plunk into a slot machine, slots games on Facebook all too often involve engaging in repetitious drudgery for nothing in return. Imagine my surprise, then, when I played Zynga Slingo and found myself all but addicted to it. Not only does it combine the best aspects of slots and bingo, but even better, Zynga Slingo feels like a proper casual game that's enjoyable in its own right.
  • Lucky Cruise Review
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    Lucky Cruise Review

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    Put aside the rather unfortunate timing of its name, and you'll likely find Lucky Cruise a decent rookie to the growing fleet of slot-based casino games on Facebook. Not only does it feature the usual assorted menagerie of slot machines that define its competitors, but it also boasts a lower entry bar in the form of generous powerups, effective tutorials, and a welcome method of regaining some chips once your ship's out of luck. Even genre veterans might find much to enjoy here, particularly if you like your slots straight and relatively free of social gaming frippery.
  • ESPN Return Man Review
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    ESPN Return Man Review

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    If there's a single aspect of American football that most viewers can enjoy regardless of whether they know what a quarterback actually does, it's those frantic seconds when a return-man catches the ball and makes a mad dash for the goal line. Those movie-worthy moments take center stage in ESPN's new Return Man for Facebook, which punts all of the statistic heavy complexities of other social football-based games in favor of a riveting experience that feels something like Frogger with shoulder pads. The result is a football game that appeals to almost everyone.
  • Trivia Adventure Review
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    Trivia Adventure Review

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    Francis Bacon may have taught us that knowledge is power, but I doubt that even he could have foreseen using one's awareness of the actual date of Pi Day to defeat evil. Yet that's precisely the concept behind Trivia Adventure, which combines multiple-choice trivia with familiar elements from fantasy-based role playing games. It works better than it probably sounds, although figuring out which audience this offering was intended for provides one of the hardest questions to answer.
  • Royal Slots Review
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    Royal Slots Review

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    The first time I sat down to play Royal Slots, my stash of coins lasted less than 10 minutes before I had to stop playing. When I gave it a second chance a few hours later, my little pittance of "bonus" currency lasted about 55 seconds. If I wanted to keep playing, I would have had to spend at least $10 in Facebook credits on coins to the horror of the little angel on my right shoulder who nagged that I might have a problem. Sure, I might have earned some more by dragging a friend or two over to CookApps' social take on the slots genre, but I couldn't convince a single one of them that playing slots with no tangible return could be fun.
  • Toyz & Zombies Review
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    Toyz & Zombies Review

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    Many years from now, perhaps in some footnote (if such things manage to survive), one of the things we'll be remembered for is our love of using the oddest things to kill zombies for entertainment. Sometimes we use plants, sometimes we slap them with a shovel, and sometimes we resort to boring them with weighty monologues on AMC. And now, thanks to Paprika Lab, we're reduced to overcoming the zombie apocalypse with toys. But as we see in the endearing Toyz & Zombies, that doesn't mean that the concept is any less rewarding.
  • Pluto Attacks Review
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    Pluto Attacks Review

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    Poor Pluto. Not only must the weather there make Nunavut feel like Egypt, they also have to contend with upstart scientists from Earth who contend that their little hunk of rock isn't even a planet. And now, with a little help from SyFy, they're up in arms and they're not going to take it anymore. That's good news for us, because their tank battles against the unsuspecting inhabitants of Earth in Pluto Attacks represent some of the best 2D turned-based combat available on Facebook.
  • Owlbear Garden Review
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    Owlbear Garden Review

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    Hidden deep within the rarely explored reaches of the Internet, a race composed of half-owl, half-bear humanoids tend their gardens under the cover of night. Such a scenario might be the stuff of nightmares in less family oriented games, but GCrest has managed to use it to create a promising social game mixing elements of farming, decoration, and mini-games. The only problem is that, for all of its cuteness, Owlbear Garden never distinguishes itself enough to warrant packing up and moving over from your favorite existing farming titles. While customization and social junkies might find something to love here, Owlbear Garden quickly sags under the weight of familiarity.