by Joe Osborne Nov 25th, 2011 4:40 PM
Let's face it, people: Things are getting a tad stale around here. (At least when it comes to popular Facebook games.) Facebook has said it, the ...
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Tags: design, developers, facebook games, facebook games hack event, facebook hack event, facebook social games hack event, game design, hack, hack events, hacker, hacking, social games, social games hack event
by Joe Osborne Apr 15th, 2011 12:00 PM
Hey, you asked for it. Zynga's chief game designer Brian Reynolds never rests, and even now he's working to bring deeper game mechanics to social ...
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Tags: brian reynolds, design, facebook games, frontierville, Gamasutra, game design, game development, interview, social games, zynga
by Joe Osborne Nov 29th, 2010 5:35 PM
With yet another holiday upon us (Seriously, where do these things come from?), Zynga has decided that it wants its loyal players of Treasure ...
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Tags: contest, design, design a holiday item contest, DesignAHolidayItemContest, holiday, items, Treasure Isle, TreasureIsle, Zynga
by Kyle Orland Aug 13th, 2010 7:00 AM
"I feel there's a pretty fundamental problem that arises from the model of 'games as a service.' Because the games are fundamentally free, all ...
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Tags: criticism, design, free, freedom, freemium, money, qotm, whales
by Tariq Zyad Jul 15th, 2010 10:40 AM
I know that not all of us can afford to pay a lot of hard earned money to enjoy playing YoVille, so here are some amazing rooms done by the ...
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Tags: deisgns, design, fbfeed, yocash, yoville, zynga
