Finally a game that parents can freely let their children play with no worries! Geo Challenge and Travel IQ Challenge on Facebook have made learning fun and easy! Gone are the days of failing Geography quizzes and red marks on report cards. These two games let you travel to places around the world with just a click!
Playfish, creator of Facebook games Restaurant City and Country Story, has created an educational game that does not only cater to students but to every individual who is willing to learn, young or old. Currently with over 1 million monthly active users, Geo Challenge can help remember countries, their cities and flags.
This game offers attractive graphic and a background music that is not too distracting. The first part of the game requires players to match the flag-colored suitcases to its corresponding country. After that round, the player has to match country shapes then place pins on a map to show where a certain city is located. The questions that the player was not able to answer correctly are repeated to help the player remember easily. Players can get trophies depending on their levels. (Click HERE to play.)
Travel IQ Challenge, on the other hand, with over 83,000 monthly users, tests the player about famous landmarks such as the Big Ben, Taj Mahal, and Statue of Liberty, as well as cities around the world. Players get scores by clicking as close as possible to their locations on a map as quickly as possible. Like any other games on Facebook, it allows the player to brag about his or her best score. Plus, he or she also gets the chance to compete with friends and other Facebook users worldwide. (Click HERE to play.)
So parents, let your kids start playing!
Last Saturday, PopCap launched a new version of the Facebook game, Bejeweled Blitz. This new version has a new look, boosts, and coins to make the online game much more fun. The new version was supposed to be launched on the 26th, but because of technical difficulties (for both PopCap and Facebook), it was only released on January 30th.
The game is played by swapping gems to arrange at least 3 identical gems in a row. More rows of gems and having special gems, in 1 minute, gives the player higher points. Scores are posted on the leaderboard, although this is reset every week so everyone has a chance to be number 1.
There are 5 new boosts to help get higher points. Each boost lasts for three games and 3 can be active at any time. The 5 are:
- Mystery Gem – Worth 5,500 coins, this boost puts a random special gem on the board at the beginning of the game.
- Detonator – Worth, 2,500 coins, this boost makes all special gems on the board explode so that the player gets all the points of the special gems. It can only be used once in a game.
- Scrambler – Worth 3,500 coins, this boost jumbles all the gems on the board. It may be used twice in a game.
- +5 Seconds – A player can only play a game for 1 minute. However with this boost, worth 5,000 coins, he or she can play 5 seconds longer.
- Free Multiplier – Worth 7,500, this boost puts a multiplier on the board at the beginning of the game.
Bejeweled Blitz is one of the most popular games on Facebook. In fact, many people claim that it is very addictive that is why it has almost 9.5 million monthly active users.
Mafia Wars is one of the biggest games on Facebook. In fact, it is the People’s Voice Winner at the 2009 Webby Awards. Currently, it has over 24 million monthly active users. Many of these users have reached very high levels and have already mastered the game. So today is just the right time for Zynga to have launched Mafia Wars Bangkok.
The Bangkok expansion is available to players, level 18 and above. However, before a player can get into the expansion, he or she must first collect 3 items in New York: a Triad coin, Yakuza Sake, and a Thai note. These three items will allow the player to get a Thai passport and enter the Bangkok expansion.
Once in, the player must choose between 2 factions: the Triads and the Yakuza. To get into either group, he or she must complete missions for that chosen faction. Once the player becomes a trusted member, he or she gains access to weapons and items only available to that group. However, if the player loses the trust of the group, access to the weapons gets denied.
The game is divided into several episodes. Each ends with a boss battle to unlock the next Episode. When missions are completed, the player receives money in the form of Thai Baht, and loot like weapons and collectibles. Collectibles in Mafia Wars Bangkok are:
- Episode 1 – chess pieces
- Episode 2 – a series of masks
- Episode 3 – spices
- Episode 4 – carvings
- Episode 5 – orchids
Complete collections can be exchanged for bonuses lime more energy.
All these new missions, loot, and weapons are sure exciting. However, there is a rumor of a new expansion coming out later this year: Mafia Wars Las Vegas. So keep playing, virtual mobsters!
