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Category Archives: Mobile

October 3, 2013 What I’m Playing: October 2013

My original intent was to write an article griping about poor support for mobile games, but I really am trying not to be Mr. Negative here. So I thought if I did a post that had some other stuff but also included some griping it might be okay.  I’m worried that some day I’ll just […]

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August 27, 2013 Tuesday 10: The Simpsons Tapped Out Tasks

I have hesitated to do this list for a while because it would be way more effective with animated GIF screenshots, but I don’t have the foggiest idea how to do that. On top of that, there’s like three of you that even play this game, so I’m basically saying to the world at large, […]

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August 8, 2013 What I’m Playing: August 2013

A few years ago the very idea of playing games with a social element to them elicited a hearty “meh” from me. Farmville was the shining example and it had no appeal to me whatsoever. But, as we’ve talked about before, somebody had the idea to put a Simpsons wrapping around Farmville and I’ve been […]

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May 10, 2013 Somebody Save Me

In real life, I’m a computer tech, and I’m constantly reminding users to save stuff to their network drive rather than to the local computer. The blank (or outraged) stares I get when I try to explain that we don’t back up the local hard drives are some of my least favorite looks. And, of […]

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May 3, 2013 Yippee Ki Yay

We’ve talked previously about tasks/rewards in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. The more I look into it, the more it seems that’s par for the “tapping on stuff games” course: the less time it takes, the more you can do it, the more you’ll be rewarded for it. The goal is to keep your eyes on […]

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