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Toy Story Writers Could Pen Farmville Movie

Just when you were starting to think the Facebook gaming trend was starting to die off, news like this reminds us that we are only on the cusp of its wave. Although Zynga has yet to confirm the project, the respectable Toy Story writers Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen let it out in an interview with IGN that they might be writing the script for a new Farmville movie, saying "We're in conversations with Zynga to do something with one of their brands. Can't really say too much on that front yet, but 'Old MacDonald' didn't have a factory, if you get our drift."   read more

Tiny Tower Review (iOS)

“Sorry, I don’t normally do this,” I apologize as I pull my vibrating iPhone from my pocket. My friend continues to tell me about her thesis while I restock the sushi bar or floor three of my tiny tower. I’m about to put my phone away again when I realise that the laundromat on floor seven also needs to be restocked. And an old lady is in the elevator, waiting to be taken to the apartments of floor eleven. “Sorry,” I repeat and chuckle nervously. “I hate it when people do this.”...  read more

Paste Goes To PAX 2010

PAX, The Penny Arcade Expo September 3-5, 2010 Seattle, Wash. It’s Friday morning in Seattle and Warren Spector is on a roll. The legendary game designer has spent the past 15 minutes presenting his impressive resume, a personal history that in many ways mirrors the history of gaming itself. This fact is not lost on the sold-out crowd filling Benaroya Hall—from Dungeons & Dragons tabletop RPGs to classic videogames like Ultima, Deus Ex and Thief, each of his past projects elicits a cheer more enthusiastic than the one before it. They are cheering for him and his accomplishments, but they...  read more

Nine Movie Pitches Based On Facebook Apps

Hollywood seems bunk for movie ideas with reboots of recent franchises (Spider-Man), remakes of popular ‘80s movies and/or TV shows (The A-Team) and the release of yet another Twilight movie. Recently, rumors have circulated throughout the blogosphere that the money-making movie machine was developing a film based on popular Facebook application Mafia Wars (and why not, when there’s a forthcoming movie based on the social network itself?) Although The Hollywood Reporter proved these rumors to be false, we decided to save Hollywood some work and develop movies around some other popular Facebook apps. You’re welcome, suits!...  read more

The 10 Best Casual Games of the Decade (2000-2009)

They're called casual games because they have relatively straightforward rules and don't typically require the brow-furrowed commitment of so-called hardcore game titles. But don't be fooled. Just because a game might only last three minutes...  read more