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In the early aughts, Nadia fell into writing with the grace of a brain-dead bison stumbling into a chasm. Over the years, she's written for Nerve, GamePro, 1UP.com, USGamer, Pocket Gamer, Just Labs Magazine, and many other sites and magazines of fine repute. She's currently About.com's Guide to the Nintendo 3DS at ds.about.com.
  • Facebook’s games ticker drove 93% of The Sims Social’s early traffic
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    Facebook’s games ticker drove 93% of The Sims Social’s early traffic

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    Recently at GDC, EA Playfish's Creative Director, Ray Mazza, talked a little about what drives Facebook users to try out the games that their friends are playing. To be more specific, Mazza pointed out that the now-defunct games ticker on Facebook was responsible for 93% of the early referral traffic that reached their popular Facebook game, Sims Social.
  • The Act Preview
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    The Act Preview

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    Remember when Laserdisc-based arcade games like Don Bluth's Dragon's Lair were all the rage? After dropping an obscene amount of money into the machines, you began to realize that the fully-animated titles were incredible to watch, but not much fun to play. They demanded strict memorization of game routes, and your input otherwise amounted to flicking Dirk the Daring in the right direction. If you were off by a mere second, you had a Dead Dirk on your hands. Happily, React Entertainment is engineering The Act for iOS to be an interactive cartoon that actually gets the player deeply involved.
  • Tim Sweeney suggests that indies need to develop games that “a Zynga can’t clone.”
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    Tim Sweeney suggests that indies need to develop games that “a Zynga can’t clone.”

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    On Thursday, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney participated in a panel at GDC about the current indie game development scene, and how it's reminiscent of the old days of garage development. Sweeney pointed out that building an independent game is still about a bunch of developers making their creative visions come true with 2D pixel-based graphics, though there are obviously major differences between the monetization methods of the '80s and today. That's why, Sweeney says, indies must be vigilant against having their ideas ripped off.
  • Solitaire Blitz Review
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    Solitaire Blitz Review

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    Disney's Sebastian the Crab once suggested that everything is better "Under the Sea." But what about that lonely classic card game, Solitaire? That depends on how much you like soggy cards. It also depends on how interested you are in completing a game of Solitaire as quickly as possible before the tide washes the cards away.
  • MotoHeroz Preview
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    MotoHeroz Preview

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    "Motoheroz" is probably a title that stands out in your head. There's a reason for that: this stunt vehicle game was released for WiiWare last year. But Redlynx (the creators of DrawRace2 and Trials) has heavily re-designed the game for the iOS.
  • Flight Control Rocket Preview
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    Flight Control Rocket Preview

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    Space. The final frontier--for mid-air collisions. Firemint is currently at work on another Flight Control-style game, but this one goes beyond the stratosphere. This is Flight Control Rocket.