The subtitle of this post is “The Corruption of my Mother.”  You see, she’s never really been a gamer.  A bit of Pacman and Frogger back in ye olden days.  Some Solitaire and Bejeweled more recently.  That’s about it.

About a year ago, McDonald’s had one of their Monopoly games.  They’ve gotten a lot fancier than the stamps you used to lick and glue to a gameboard – now you enter a code on the gamepiece online, and it keeps track of your properties.  I landed on Chance, and my prize was a video game download from RealArcade.  There were a few options, but I chose Little Shop of Treasures.

It was a reasonably fun game. You search for hidden objects in ridiculously overcrowded shops in order to serve customers.  Pretty much the definition of a ‘casual’ game. I figured I’d show it to my mom and see how she liked it.

Read the rest of this entry »

Drocketville has now reached a population of 5000. Its now growing pretty fast again, after a period of rather slow growth. If anyone is interested, I’ve started using a new link exchange program, one that focuses specifically on MyMiniCity – the MyMiniCity click exchange network.  Its a lot easier to use than Yarod’s. All I need to do is click a single link, and it then automatically opens and closes browser windows to visit other cities. I’ve only been using it a few days now, and already I’ve gained 1000 population (plus who knows how many industrial, parks, etc.)