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News360′s Roman Karachinsky Shows Off Revamped Android App, Hints At Plans Beyond News
Roman Karachinsky, CEO of news personalization startup News360, stopped by the TechCrunch TV studio earlier this week to show off the company’s recently redesigned Android app. He also shared a little bit of data on how the company’s behind-the-scenes algorithms are improving reader engagement. Our video actually focuses on the iPad app, just because it’s easier to see the design on a bigger screen, but you’ll see the Android app in action, too. Karachinsky said that over the past six months or so, News360 has been updating the app across all platforms to match the improved look and increased personalization features that . The Android app was the last one to …
Monkey GO Happy Christmas Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips at Jay is Games
Though it’s been said, many times, many ways… Happy Monkey… to you. Pencil Kids puts a seasonal spin on their puzzling point-and-click primates with Monkey GO Happy Christmas, your chance to make some simians smile this holiday season. Just click arrows to move around, and click on things to pick them up or interact. Unlike the rest of the series, which typically has you bend over backwards to make your monkey grin in a series of contained levels, this one plays out more like a short, story-less adventure setup as you guide your monkey around. You can move freely between areas, gathering items to solve puzzles, and hunt for the …
Knytt Underground Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips at Jay is Games
It’s been a few years, but the Knytt series has finally returned! Knytt Underground pulls in design elements from several of Nifflas’ (Nicklas Nygren) other games, including Within a Deep Forest, NightSky, and Saira, and creates a beautifully atmospheric game of exploration. There’s a big world to run, climb and bounce through, packed with secrets that can only be found by mastering some unique character switching moves. Humans vanished hundreds of years ago after nearly destroying the planet in a large-scale war. The creatures who survived are mostly Sprites, Fairies, and other tiny critters living in underground tunnels (some with cute houses!). They’re all curious about what happened above so …
Killer Escape Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips at Jay is Games
See, this is why basements get such a bad reputation. Nobody ever wakes up in one to find a lovely surprise tea party with ponies and cookies. Nope. It’s all red gunk and desperate messages scrawled on the walls and shackles and dead rats… and some guy in an exceptionally creepy mask who will be coming back really soon to get better acquainted with your vitals if you can’t find a way to escape Psionic’s grisly horror point-and-clicker, Killer Escape. Click when text pops up under your mouse to interact, and click the arrow at the top of the screen to drop down your inventory. The first order of business …
Spellwood Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips at Jay is Games
Graduation time at Spellwood Academy! Biggles the bespectacled bunny wizard is ready for finals, but unlike most school exams, these happen to be quite entertaining. Spellwood from Three Rings (creator of Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates) drops you in a cheery fantasy world of one-on-one word battles, allowing you to face off against opponents in turn-based tile combat. Think of it as Scrabble meets Puzzle Quest with wands and anthropomorphic animals and you’ll have a good idea what to expect! Everything you need to become a dictionary wizard can be found on an empty board with a handful of letter tiles. Battles take place on a 7×7 grid with you and your …
The Prince Edward Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips at Jay is Games
The Prince Edward is bored and so sets out to play pranks on all the inhabitants of the castle, refusing to go to bed before exploring every room and discovering every contrivance and scenario that can possibly be done in this mini point-and-click puzzle adventure from Black Square. Join the puckish young prince in his quest for mischief by using keyboard commands, [WASD] or [arrows], to move about and [E] or [K] to interact—searching for and finding not only useful objects to pick up, but fun places where to use them. Prince Edward isn’t too incorrigible: you’ll also help him find all the broken stained glass window shards and replace …
A Blocky Christmas Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips at Jay is Games
Bart Bonte exhibits epic levels of sleek, stylish puzzle simplicity with A Blocky Christmas where you play a magnetic star. Use the [WASD] or [arrow] keys to slide over the board, and just bump into green shapes on any side to make them stick to you like glue. You can get rid of a shape by going somewhere it can’t follow you, or by sticking it somewhere that lets you slide off in a direction it’s unable to move. The object of the game is simply to place yourself in the transparent image within each level, making sure any green shapes you need are stacked in the proper order. Hmmm… …
The Pyraplex Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips at Jay is Games
Man, those ancient pharaohs had it rough. Keeping cobras out of the marketplace. Trying to collect stamps by fulfilling citizen requests. Dealing with the Pyramid Association. And how’d they ever decide where to build their hammer shop?! Kairosoft, makers of Kairobotica, Beastie Bay, and the Story series of games, has recreated a slice of the ancient world with The Pyraplex, a mobile simulation that will steal massive chunks of your time and refuse to let go until you’re the pharaoh of all the pharaohs. You play the role of a pharaoh (or whatever you want to be called, chief) building a pyramid in the desert out of sweat, stone, and …
Christmas Escape Toy Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips at Jay is Games
It’s that merry time of year again— celebrations, good friends, lots of presents, decorations and (huzzah!) a festive new creation from Neutral: Christmas Escape Toy. Ah, thank you, Neutral. What a thoughtful gift! Best of all, this is a gift that’s made to last: a mini escape game that gives no signs of temporary status unlike Neutral’s Christmas banner escape which shows up just once a year during the month of December. You want to feel like a kid on Christmas who is locked inside his room and needs to puzzle his way out? Well, maybe that didn’t come out right. Either way, it’s the usual scenario: follow the changing …
Symbiosis Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips at Jay is Games
It will come as a surprise but aliens may not be as we imaged and there’s a possibility our greatest salvation will come from none other than… plants? Before you scoff at the idea of Mother Earth being our best defense check out Symbiosis, a pleasant tower defense strategy game by The Gamest Studio that will prove to that dead fern that you do have a green thumb! To fight off the cursed crystal aliens you will place plants on the map and decide whether the plant will grow, attack, or defend by clicking on the plant itself or using [A, S, D] keys. Close proximity to the enemy will …