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Very nice article about our free online games site cafe.com

"Cafe.com features drawing game Sketch-It!, along with the more traditional Concentration and Sudoku; players can buy game "boosts" and outfit "Mini-Me" avatars.
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One of the games on new Cafe.com, Sketch-It! is a cross between Etch A Sketch and Charades. Players must get competitors to guess a secret word by drawing the object using a palette of colors. Newcomers get 10,000 Cafe coins (virtual currency) to outfit their "Mini-Me" or to use during games as "boosts.""

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Mahjong Wars: cafe.com whups pogo

Man, what are they thinking over at Pogo.com?

I just can’t get into their Mahjong games. Literally. Oh don’t get me wrong, at my friends’ behest I really, really tried, but it’s like they want you to give up in frustration. For starters, the best version of it isn’t even available to everyone… you have to be a paying VIP.

Oh well, they’ve got bunches of others, I’ll just try one of them right? Oh, too bad, can’t play it in Firefox, so now I have to load up Internet Explorer (ew). Can you say inconvenient? On to the game! Wait, no… oh look, IE needs to install software to play the game… and the browser’s security protocols are blocking its own download. Great. The game better be worth all this trouble.

And meanwhile, I especially love the little add screaming “hello” at me every time my mouse passes near it. Not. Ok, forget in-browser, I’ll just try the downloadable version.

Finally, I’m playing. Ok, lots of layouts, pretty graphics, not bad…not bad… but jeez, can you say “boring”? And way too easy.

That’s it, I give up. I’m going back to Cafe.com. The Mahjong there is just a lot more challenging … I just click and play. Don’t even have to be a member!

Stumble It!

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Social sites help casualgames reach the next level

Very nice article about our free online games site cafe.com

"Cafe.com features drawing game Sketch-It!, along with the more traditional Concentration and Sudoku; players can buy game "boosts" and outfit "Mini-Me" avatars.
[...]
One of the games on new Cafe.com, Sketch-It! is a cross between Etch A Sketch and Charades. Players must get competitors to guess a secret word by drawing the object using a palette of colors. Newcomers get 10,000 Cafe coins (virtual currency) to outfit their "Mini-Me" or to use during games as "boosts.""

Read the full article

Mahjong Wars: cafe.com whups pogo

Man, what are they thinking over at Pogo.com?

I just can’t get into their Mahjong games. Literally. Oh don’t get me wrong, at my friends’ behest I really, really tried, but it’s like they want you to give up in frustration. For starters, the best version of it isn’t even available to everyone… you have to be a paying VIP.

Oh well, they’ve got bunches of others, I’ll just try one of them right? Oh, too bad, can’t play it in Firefox, so now I have to load up Internet Explorer (ew). Can you say inconvenient? On to the game! Wait, no… oh look, IE needs to install software to play the game… and the browser’s security protocols are blocking its own download. Great. The game better be worth all this trouble.

And meanwhile, I especially love the little add screaming “hello” at me every time my mouse passes near it. Not. Ok, forget in-browser, I’ll just try the downloadable version.

Finally, I’m playing. Ok, lots of layouts, pretty graphics, not bad…not bad… but jeez, can you say “boring”? And way too easy.

That’s it, I give up. I’m going back to Cafe.com. The Mahjong there is just a lot more challenging … I just click and play. Don’t even have to be a member!

Stumble It!

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