Tag Archives: Simpsons
April 15, 2015 Unreasonable Expectations
It’s often fascinating to me to see how games work and why they’re set up the way they are. I don’t remember when I first realized on-rails shooters were set up that way to show you specific scenes in specific ways or that Resident Evil’s weird camera angles were to maximize the chances you’d get scared, […]
Tags: Simpsons, Sims, Tapped Out
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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 […]
Tags: iOS, Simpsons, Sims, Tapped Out, Windows Phone, WIP, Xbox
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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, […]
Tags: iOS, Simpsons, Tapped Out
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April 24, 2013 I Caved
I said I wouldn’t do it, but I did: I bought virtual donuts with actual money. I spent $20 to get 300 Donuts for The Simpsons: Tapped Out. There were two main contributing factors: Whacking Day – The current month-long even has you whacking snakes around town, and there are prizes for whacking certain amounts […]
Tags: Simpsons, Tapped Out
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March 14, 2013 Springfield Update
My corn crop came in last night. Remember my corn crop? So apparently I’m still playing 90 days later. I’ve made my peace with that. I had every intention of capturing screenshots of the crop being ready and then harvested, as I figured such a momentous occasion should be immortalized in JPEG form. Unfortunately, in […]
Tags: Simpsons, Tapped Out
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