That Android Podcast Episode 1 covering village sims

The first episode of my new Android centric podcast will feature reviews of several village sims including jThe Simpsons Tapped Out, Paradise Cove, My Little Pony, Oregon Trail American Settler, The Pioneers and strange action quest kinda village like game Western Hero... cast is coming soon, stay tuned for updates.

The Village Update : My Little Pony

This morning (June 18th) Rainbow Dash finally turned into Fluttershy, meaning the newest update was available, which promptly loaded coming in at over 100mb... then it promptly crashed loading. Not a severe Paradise Cove crash, and maybe it was because I had just finished a sit down with Mystery Manor and its repeating music was still cluttering one of the audio channels (there is a report on that and other glitches of the Week over at the Game On Max blog, click the link to the right to check it out.

Ok, once I get past that new updates to come (New ponies, and the theater for earning gems watching ads).

Update - Ok, the game is now loading slowly and you have to wait a few minutes for it to start. Hopefully that is fixed quickly.

Octavia is in your inventory in Canterlot, complete with a new house (you'llyou're see why shortly). Set it up and Octavia arrives... of course this assumes you already bought her in Ponyvilleat, which I did, otherwise she's a new pony to buy in Canterlot.

Now buy Beauty Brass and Frederich... and realize this is an incomplete gathering of Octavia' s ensemble (seen in The Best Night Ever, but not seen in Sweet and Elite as Octavia is playing with a different ensemble... they also appear in the Midnight Magic audio drama The Vinyl Scratch Tapes episode 4) moving into Octavia' s, only missing pony being Harpo.

The only ponies with new houses is the priest pony for the Royal wedding and Sunset Shimmer... weird, this is supposed to be a Equestria Girls update but most of the update seems to link to the Royal Wedding... Oh, then there is the theater.

Considering this isn't GameLoft's first go with an ad playing theater (Ice Age Village, Epic) you'd think this would be at least as effective as the ad player in Order Up To Go, but it isn't.

Next Update - The Ad Theater and its one failing that must be fixed.

Upcoming Reviews : What villages am I raising (GameLoft edition)?

Much like how Zynga seems to dominate Facebook social gaming, GameLoft (aka that cloner company) dominates the Android app store.

Oregon Trail : American Settler
When I first started reviewing this I thought Gameloft actually did something right for a change... but they soon updated it and down the slippery slope of wrong it went.

Cosmic Colony
The newest thing I am reviewing. Presently has potential but kinda lacks the personality and charm of Oregon Trail American Settler... also lacks the new pitfalls too so I am still hyped about this review.

FOX/Blue Sky' Epic
Another game slapped together to shill another movie. I didn't come into this review with much expectations, so I wasn't too disappointed with the results.

Fantasy Town
Short stack of repetative grinding for coins and levels with little payoff... joy.

Jurassic Park Builder
Jurassic Park 4 may presently be getting no love, but I am going to tell you why Jurassic Park Builder is worth your time and effort. It's not perfect, but it is good.

My Little Pony
To be honest? I am most conflicted on this one. I like me my pony, but honestly it's the Brony in me talking so... how will you like the game if ponies ain't your thing? Let's find out.

And that is my present GameLoft village SIM checklist. Though it's shorter next time we'll look st upcoming Pocket Gems reviews.