116: Game Shame

Jessica plays ads, Anna plays Facebook games, has the world gone mad?!

Inside one of the secret women meetings

Apparently this is the show where we reveal our deepest, darkest gaming secrets. Are you ready to learn Jessica’s latest game shame? We don’t want to ruin the fun for you, so you’ll have to listen to find out what it is!

Speaking of deep, dark, secrets, we have some to impart to Zynga, who apparently wants to make a Candy Crush-like game for the Indian market. But they want it to appeal specifically to women. What’s the problem? Well, there are a number of them, and we try to explain it to the hapless devs who no doubt aren’t listening.

We also puzzle over a new mobile game streaming service Rovio plans to launch. Can something meant to be the Spotify of mobile games find success?

And of course we played some new games too, though almost none of the ones Anna tried came from the App Store (GASP!)

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Stuff we mentioned:

 2016 GOTY contendersSevered (iOS only)Burly Men at Sea (iOS, Android & Steam)TIME’s list of top 10 games of 2016Prune (iOS & Android)2015 GOTY episodeOur friends Brian & JoeIcarus (iOS only)Game of War (iOS & Android)4 Ways to Spot a Shameless Cash GrabSwap Sword (iOS only)Andrew FraySpryfox episodeFacebook launches Messenger gamesTentacles: Enter the Mind (iOS only)Rovio is launching a mobile game streaming serviceZyngaZynga seeks to target Indian women mobile gamersIndian currency crisisCandy Crush Moms article