- Caught glimpse of On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Very tense scene where Bond does some photocopying. #fb 2010-08-01
- Barclay's Sage Street game: banks close when u need em; travel insurance don't pay out; saving holds u back; Hmmm http://bit.ly/9KCscy #fb 2010-07-25
- Just scolded by amused Tate staff for playing the Black Magic arcade game in Mike Nelson's Coral Reef piece. Well I had 10p on me... #fb 2010-07-24
- Huge scale installation hits the Duveen - Fiona Banner's Harrier and Jaguar at Tate Brit. #fb http://yfrog.com/nd91180599j 2010-07-24
- 10 hours filming left for Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald's #lifeinaday project http://www.youtube.com/lifeinaday #fb 2010-07-24
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Big Generation Green Quiz gets achievements
The Big Generation Green Quiz, in development for British Gas, now has an achievements system. Players unlock awards each time they complete goals in the game, whether it be completing a mission or earning 10,000 points. (Read more…)
Lost Army of FuShi tribute video
We found this tribute video for our BBC Bitesize game Lost Army of FuShi on MySpace and its great! MySpacer Caz and her friend, now aged 19, based the dance on the game’s characters and sing level unlock codes. (Read more…)
Happy New Year from Playniac
Here’s our new year card, illustrated by Sophie Joyce. Isn’t it fab! We wish you a great 2010 – its going to be an exciting year and we look forward to working and playing with you all. (Read more…)
Ten most addictive iPhone games of 2009
Here’s a roundup of the ten (now 11!) most addictive iPhone games this year. This list will ignore sales, charts and ratings, though many here have done very well. We’ve cherry picked the games that appeal with their excellent game design, original mechanics and, most importantly, addictive play. (Read more…)
Should this be our theme tune?
There are those who say that the theme music for this genre-defining 1983 movie should be the official soundtrack for Playniac. I have my doubts though the movie’s tagline “Take your passion… And make it happen!” is pretty good. Anyone on for doing a remix? (Read more…)
Playniac at The Bookseller Digital Conference
We went to the The Bookseller Digital Conference in London with TIGA earlier this month. It was a chance to show off our shiny new Playniac sign, screen our promo videos and talk to lots of publishers and some major games companies about what we do. (Read more…)
Kung Fu Panda games put up a fight at Nickelodeon
The two games we made with Nickelodeon for the Dreamworks movie Kung Fu Panda have just been given a refresh and are already getting played tens of thousands of times a day. (Read more…)
Fashion Fixer dresses up for UKTV’s new lifestyle channel
UKTV have relaunched our Fashion Fixer game for their new lifestyle channel Really. The channel is aimed at women aged 18-35 and according to UKTV will offer “a point of difference with feisty, straight talking and good natured programming”. (Read more…)