http://www.kwanzoo.com/social-trivia Move beyond banner ads Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's a certain madness that goes along with achievements in games. Something about those virtual badges makes people display the kind of behavior normally associated with rats in addiction experiments, except unlike the rodents, the players aren't being fed narcotics pellets. World of Warcraft's newest holiday event, the Easter-themed Noblegarden, is ... http://www.kwanzoo.com/social-trivia/achievement-insanity-the-noblegarden-in-world-of-warcraft.shtml We've seen plenty of actors using Twitter for promotion or communication with fans. Brent Spiner may be the first one to use it as a minimalist novella. Novella might be the wrong word for it, but I'm having a hard time coming up with the right one. What do you call ... http://www.kwanzoo.com/social-trivia/star-treks-brent-spiner-has-a-one-man-show-on-twitter.shtml It's a new victory for recursive gaming. PopCap has put a game inside someone else's game to promote their own game. The casual game sensation Peggle just branched out into a new platform: World of Warcraft. By installing the addon, you can play 12 themed levels while you're doing those obnoxious old-world quests that ... http://www.kwanzoo.com/social-trivia/peggle-in-world-of-warcraft-popcap-adds-addictive-game-to-other-addictive-game.shtml The walking dead are great adversaries for video games, which by their nature pit lone protagonists against endless waves of disposable enemies. But I think we may have finally hit the point of zombie saturation. You've got Burn Zombie Burn out and getting reviews. Plants vs. Zombies is coming May 5th. Valve ... http://www.kwanzoo.com/social-trivia/zombies-im-calling-it.shtml There's good news and and okay news about game releases making the rounds today. Let's start with the good news. EA has announced that Brütal Legend has a concrete release date. The Tim Schafer-helmed game was long in limbo after Activision dropped it as a publisher. The date is set for ... http://www.kwanzoo.com/social-trivia/game-release-updates-brutal-legend-and-oboro-murasama.shtml Back to the Future for the NES was the second game I ever owned, after the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt cartridge that came with the system. My friend's older brother, Carl, told me it was awesome, so I asked for it for my birthday. I don't know if Carl actually believed ... http://www.kwanzoo.com/social-trivia/trivial-pursuits-back-to-the-future-for-the-nes.shtml ...at least until all the people in the beta learn how to play. Until then, I'm going to be guilty of getting mad at video games. The beta doesn't really come with a tutorial or a lot of instructions beyond the occasional tip, so the players haven't figured out the bits ... http://www.kwanzoo.com/social-trivia/fat-princess-impressions-will-have-to-wait.shtml We got one of the 5,000 slots for the current round of the Fat Princess beta, because we're just that important of an editorial voice for video games. Ok, so we got it because we know someone who works at 1up.com. Same difference. We get to tell you about it either ... http://www.kwanzoo.com/social-trivia/fat-princess-beta-first-impressions.shtml For the second time, I'm going to have to amend my opinion of Resident Evil 5. I previously said once I was finished the plot, I'd probably be done with game for good. Well, after we went back and did the game on co-op, completing the rock-punching silliness of the last ... http://www.kwanzoo.com/social-trivia/resident-evil-5-revisited-again.shtml Patch days must be godsends for World of Warcraft blogs. When all the game servers are down for extended maintenance, what else is there to do but read about the game instead? (Yes, you could go outside, you wags. I did that already. It's windy.) In that vein, here's a few ... http://www.kwanzoo.com/social-trivia/achievement-unlocked-waited-for-the-31-world-of-warcraft-patch.shtml