Gamezebo writes: "If you're like me, you glanced at I-play's new casual game Artist Colony and immediately wrote it off as a copycat of Virtual Villagers or The Sims. I mean, it features little virtual characters who interact with each other, fall in love, advance in their career and clean up messes they make."
JIG writes: "Once upon a time, two young artists started a colony, a place where fellow artists could come, train, and release their creative potential. It was all going well until one day a lovely lady sculptor showed up, capturing the hearts of both friends. One won her hand in marriage, but the other could not forget. Eventually this love triangle resulted in a rift between the two friends and the colony burning to the ground. Thus begins the backstory to Artist Colony, the new casual simulation and time management game designed by Nikitova."
CSM writes: "Two half-brothers with dysfunctional family ties inherit a rundown art colony, which they plan to renovate in order to attract a new generation of artists. In the game, Artist Colony, players control the brothers and every new artist who comes to live at the colony, making them eat, sleep, clean up, train, create art, and possibly even fall in love. Every piece of artwork that is sold adds more money to the colony's pot, which can go towards further renovation in hopes of attracting more artists. An overarching plot, in which the brothers uncover the hidden history of the art colony, ties it all together.
With 2009 coming to a close, Neroli takes a look back at the best selling casual PC games of the year, and the upcoming trends in casual gaming predicted for 2010.
Neroli writes, "First, a word on my criteria. For this list, I narrowed it down to games released in 2009, which made it to the top of the best-selling casual game charts, and which spent several weeks in the top 10 on at least one major game portal. Each game includes either an innovative concept or original theme, and all have furthered their respective genres. Most importantly, they are just plain fun to play!
The list is presented in no particular order. These top 10 are hand-picked from games that met the tough criteria listed above, additionally judged on factors like broad audience appeal, quick learning-curve, flexible challenge, and replay value. It was tough picking the best, so I listed all the other great games I considered below, all of which are definitely worth a look for casual gamers."
Plants vs. Zombies is very original, funny, and fun game. Thumbs up to PopCap for such a great game.
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