Category:  Free To Play Friday

By James, April 1, 2016 Free To Play Friday

Well everyone on the damn planet just downloaded this, Nintendo’s first foray into mobile off-platform games we’ve mentioned before.  Sorta like Todamotchi Life, Miitomo has your little Mii guy (or gal) playing games, meeting people, taking pictures, and other little… Read More »

By James, March 25, 2016 Free To Play Friday

This is a tough one to make sense of. So the FBI released a website to combat extremism online for youths.  It’s called “Don’t Be a Puppet” and instructs people how to identify extremist groups and what they are actually… Read More »

By James, March 18, 2016 Free To Play Friday, Game Jams

Train Jam was a game jam last week that incorporated the idea of “make an entire game while on a long train ride!”  These Jam organizers seem to be stretching the novelty of ideas, but whatever – it lets us… Read More »

By James, March 4, 2016 Free To Play Friday

PS4 only – this is the one we’ve been waiting for.  Uncharted 4 (which recently got a delay) has their open multiplayer beta kicking off at noon Friday!  I really hope you’ve preloaded it, since it’s a pretty hefty filesize… Read More »

By James, February 26, 2016 Free To Play Friday

Online quizzes have come a long way since Javascript and radio buttons (my first semi-successful website had a few of them).  Here we are now with ClickHole and SBNation, even though the former I find deplorable and the latter I… Read More »

By James, February 19, 2016 Free To Play Friday

While those “freemium” style games – you know, the ones where you can either slowly accumulate resources, or buy a bunch for just $4.99 – are always a little suspect, The Simpsons Tapped Out is actually a serviceable game. Rebuild… Read More »

By James, February 12, 2016 Free To Play Friday

I like Dungeon Quest.  A fast-paced, randomized little action RPG (think Diablo 3 extra-lite) with only the barest of microtransaction fluff (costumes).  Plus, randomly generated loot!  This, something Diablo realized in 1998, will keep people coming back forever. Use the… Read More »