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Adventure Capitalist is the 1st idle clicker game from Hyper Hippo. This game takes the idle clicker concept with the goal of making as much money as possible. When one accumulates $100,000,000,000,000, one unlocks the Moon. The game then gives you a second option to continue making money - on Earth as well as the Moon. So you now have two (2) empires to manage.

~~~~~ What is Chain Pop / Chain 3? ~~~~~ Chains 3 is a match 3 game where one must rotate a link of chain to create a chain link of at least three (3) links. Chain Pop is a match 3 game where one must move a chain link to create a chain link of at least three (3) links. This is a different twist on your generic match 3 game. We appreciate that. ~~~~~ Is Chain 3 / Chain Pop to Win? What about in-game advertisements? How many are there? How intrusive are they? Do you get anything for enduring them? ~~~~~ The developers seem to be taking the standard approach here: An advertisement after a level or two. An advertisement to give extra moves or some other in-game benefit. As such, one can pay to remove these ads and receive some in-game benefits. ~~~~~ Is There Any Objectionable Material in this game? ~~~~~ We're sure someone somewhere can find something objectionable with this game. We just can't find anything remotely objectionable. ~~~~~ Is Chain Pop / Chain 3 fun to play? Is the game challenging? Is this game a grind? ~~~~~ Are these games challenging? We do not think these games are overly challenging. We find them a little simplistic. But this is not a bad thing as children can get the hang of this. As the levels are short, there really isn't much a grind. ~~~~~ What are the pros and cons of Chain Pop / Chain 3? ~~~~~ Pros: A nice twist on the Match 3 games. Quick, relatively easy levels. A child-safe game. Chain Pop requires no internet to play. Cons: No music or sound for Chain Pop. Chain Pop has levels which repeat. The game is repetitive. What is the Bottom Line? These games are nice to have in your library. These make for nice games for when one has a couple minutes or when one desires a light brain puzzle game. Music is AI generated from https://ai-music-magic.audoir.com/

〰️〰️〰️ What is Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ Diablo Immortal is a Free-to-Play Large Scale MMO (Massively Multi-player Online) Game created by Blizzard. This game continues the Diablo story and can be played on a normal desktop (which is how this video was recorded) or a mobile device. Accounts can be synchronized so progress in one form is carried onto the other. 〰️〰️〰️ What kind of game is Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ Diablo Immortal is a “hack and slash” game which involves killing demons, beasts and other forms of adventuring dangers in the quest of doing good deeds, saving the world and of course, obtaining better loot. 〰️〰️〰️ Is Diablo Immortal “Pay to Win”? What do you get for spending real world money? 〰️〰️〰️ According to Blizzard, money payments can be applied to cosmetic appearances and to purchase materials. One can play the entire story without needing to spend real world cash. My experience is that while it would speed things up, spending cash is not necessary to enjoy the game. 〰️〰️〰️ Is there any objectionable material in Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ As you would expect in a hack-and-slash game, there is lots of animated violence - typically blood, guts and gore. While female characters can show some cleavage, they are not overly sexualized or objectified. 〰️〰️〰️ Is Diablo Immortal fun to play? Is the game challenging? Is this game a grind? 〰️〰️〰️ Blizzard typically makes their games a little easy on the front side and slowly ramps up the difficulty once one has spent some time with the game. This model appears to be used here as well. One should easily get to level 15 or 20 with no real difficulty. 〰️〰️〰️ Is Diablo Immortal playable on a mobile device? 〰️〰️〰️ Blizzard says Diablo Immortal can be played on a mobile device. This game would not load in Bluestacks, an Android emulator for mobile devices, so we do not have direct experience on mobile game play. Based on the PC version, we do not see how one can reasonably enjoy playing Diablo Immortal on a mobile device. This game takes 27 Gigabytes of space on my PC. While I expect that number to be smaller for mobile devices, even one (1) gigabyte would tax many mobile devices. Secondly, the controls work well with a keyboard. If one has a portable controller, this would be helpful for playing this game on a mobile device. One needs to move the character and press a key which will activate the spell or action the character is to use. How this can be done without a controller and still be enjoyable, I simply do not see. 〰️〰️〰️ What about in-game advertisements? How many are there? How intrusive are they? Do you get anything for enduring them? 〰️〰️〰️ While there is the customary in-game offers for in-game items, I have not encountered any 3rd party advertising. 😊️ This is definitely a good thing. 〰️〰️〰️ What is the story in Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ The events of Diablo Immortal takes place five (5) years after Diablo 2. The story centers around a demon trying to collect shards of the Worldstone - which was destroyed in Diablo 2 - in order to do bad things. You - the hero - need to prevent this from happening. Blizzard is not known for writing engaging stories and this one certainly follows suit. 〰️〰️〰️ Is this a commitment game or a casual game? 〰️〰️〰️ Diablo Immortal is definitely a commitment game. While there are side quests and dungeons which can be done in fifteen (15) minutes or so, this game is meant as a primary game - to be played when one has significant downtime. 〰️〰️〰️ What is this video about? 〰️〰️〰️ This video captures game play from the Tempest's perspective. This video shows the introduction from level 20 to level 30. This continues the main story from the Mad King's Breach repeatable dungeon through Westmarch, with a side trip to Castle Cyrangar, up to the Dark Woods. 〰️〰️〰️ Anything else we should know? 〰️〰️〰️ Blizzard partners with NetEase to handle the micro-transactions and to handle the details of bringing the game into China. Some people may be uncomfortable with this arrangement. 〰️〰️〰️ Other classes in Diablo Immortal: 〰️〰️〰️ Barbarian: https://rumble.com/v1e7bjp-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-barbarian-levels-1-12-august-2022.html Crusader: https://rumble.com/v1e7lb3-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-crusader-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Demon Hunter: https://rumble.com/v1e9l6t-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-demon-hunter-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Monk: https://rumble.com/v1e9s8f-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-monk-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Necromancer: https://rumble.com/v1ea8k7-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-necromancer-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Wizard: https://rumble.com/v1eamj1-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-wizard-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Blood Knight https://rumble.com/v303kdy-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-blood-knight-levels-1-11-july-2023.html

〰️〰️〰️ What is Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ Diablo Immortal is a Free-to-Play Large Scale MMO (Massively Multi-player Online) Game created by Blizzard. This game continues the Diablo story and can be played on a normal desktop (which is how this video was recorded) or a mobile device. Accounts can be synchronized so progress in one form is carried onto the other. 〰️〰️〰️ What kind of game is Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ Diablo Immortal is a “hack and slash” game which involves killing demons, beasts and other forms of adventuring dangers in the quest of doing good deeds, saving the world and of course, obtaining better loot. 〰️〰️〰️ Is Diablo Immortal “Pay to Win”? What do you get for spending real world money? 〰️〰️〰️ According to Blizzard, money payments can be applied to cosmetic appearances and to purchase materials. One can play the entire story without needing to spend real world cash. My experience is that while it would speed things up, spending cash is not necessary to enjoy the game. 〰️〰️〰️ Is there any objectionable material in Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ As you would expect in a hack-and-slash game, there is lots of animated violence - typically blood, guts and gore. While female characters can show some cleavage, they are not overly sexualized or objectified. 〰️〰️〰️ Is Diablo Immortal fun to play? Is the game challenging? Is this game a grind? 〰️〰️〰️ Blizzard typically makes their games a little easy on the front side and slowly ramps up the difficulty once one has spent some time with the game. This model appears to be used here as well. One should easily get to level 15 or 20 with no real difficulty. 〰️〰️〰️ Is Diablo Immortal playable on a mobile device? 〰️〰️〰️ Blizzard says Diablo Immortal can be played on a mobile device. This game would not load in Bluestacks, an Android emulator for mobile devices, so we do not have direct experience on mobile game play. Based on the PC version, we do not see how one can reasonably enjoy playing Diablo Immortal on a mobile device. This game takes 27 Gigabytes of space on my PC. While I expect that number to be smaller for mobile devices, even one (1) gigabyte would tax many mobile devices. Secondly, the controls work well with a keyboard. If one has a portable controller, this would be helpful for playing this game on a mobile device. One needs to move the character and press a key which will activate the spell or action the character is to use. How this can be done without a controller and still be enjoyable, I simply do not see. 〰️〰️〰️ What about in-game advertisements? How many are there? How intrusive are they? Do you get anything for enduring them? 〰️〰️〰️ While there is the customary in-game offers for in-game items, I have not encountered any 3rd party advertising. 😊️ This is definitely a good thing. 〰️〰️〰️ What is the story in Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ The events of Diablo Immortal takes place five (5) years after Diablo 2. The story centers around a demon trying to collect shards of the Worldstone - which was destroyed in Diablo 2 - in order to do bad things. You - the hero - need to prevent this from happening. Blizzard is not known for writing engaging stories and this one certainly follows suit. 〰️〰️〰️ Is this a commitment game or a casual game? 〰️〰️〰️ Diablo Immortal is definitely a commitment game. While there are side quests and dungeons which can be done in fifteen (15) minutes or so, this game is meant as a primary game - to be played when one has significant downtime. 〰️〰️〰️ What is this video about? 〰️〰️〰️ This video captures game play from the Tempest's perspective. This video shows the introduction from level 17 to level 20. This continues the main story at the Mad King's Breach repeatable dungeon. 〰️〰️〰️ Anything else we should know? 〰️〰️〰️ Blizzard partners with NetEase to handle the micro-transactions and to handle the details of bringing the game into China. Some people may be uncomfortable with this arrangement. 〰️〰️〰️ Other classes in Diablo Immortal: 〰️〰️〰️ Barbarian: https://rumble.com/v1e7bjp-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-barbarian-levels-1-12-august-2022.html Crusader: https://rumble.com/v1e7lb3-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-crusader-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Demon Hunter: https://rumble.com/v1e9l6t-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-demon-hunter-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Monk: https://rumble.com/v1e9s8f-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-monk-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Necromancer: https://rumble.com/v1ea8k7-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-necromancer-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Wizard: https://rumble.com/v1eamj1-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-wizard-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Blood Knight https://rumble.com/v303kdy-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-blood-knight-levels-1-11-july-2023.html

~~~~~ What is Boomland? What kind of game is Boomland? ~~~~~ Boomland is a destruction game along the lines of Angry Birds. Unlike Angry Birds where the player launches birds using a giant sling, the player places explosives in strategic places and attempts to do as much damage as possible. ~~~~~ Is Boomland “Pay to Win”? What do you get for spending real world money? ~~~~~ We have not found any money transactions in this game. ~~~~~ Is there any objectionable material in Boomland? ~~~~~ If the player is comfortable with the idea of blowing stuff up, then nothing else in the game will be objectionable. ~~~~~ Is Boomland fun to play? Is the game challenging? Is this game a grind? ~~~~~ There are times when someone will have the desire to blow stuff up. There are times when someone wants a different kind of game to play. Boomland fits that description. Boomland can be challenging although we have found this game more frustrating than challenging. We do not mind learning and experimenting to clear a level. However when one is failing dozens of times, we believe the game may be frustrating. When we are failing dozens of times, we believe that the level is too difficult. ~~~~~ What about in-game advertisements? How many are there? How intrusive are they? Do you get anything for enduring them? ~~~~~~ We have not encountered any in-game advertisements. We applaud this game for that feature. ~~~~~ What are the pros and cons of this game? ~~~~~ Pros: A simple game to pick up and understand. The player gets to blow stuff up - sometimes sky high. Has background music. Cons: Very difficult game, especially in the early levels. While this game has a 3 level tutorial, this game could use a longer one to learn the nuances of the game. ~~~~~ Do you recommend this game? ~~~~~ If one played Angry Birds and got frustrated because one could not get the birds to do what was desired, this game eliminates that frustration. If one enjoys destruction-type games, this one will suffice. As far as children goes, we will leave that up to the parents. While we have found nothing beyond the obvious, it is that obvious that some parents may object to.

Plant of the Week - Blockoli - was offered between May 26, 2024 through June 2, 2024. Blockoli is a member of the Reinforce-Mint family. Blockoli costs 75 Sun. (-25 Sun at levels 5 and 10.) Blockoli heals 400 hit points to the plant on its immediate right. (+50 healing per level except levels 4 and 8.) Blockoli can heal every six (6) seconds. (-1 second on levels 4 and 8.) When given plant food, Blockoli heals all plants in a 3x3 area around it. This effect happens every time Reinforce-Mint is planted. Commentary: While the obvious use case would be for plants like Wall-nut or Tall-nut, Endurian would be a nice plant as it damages zombies who eat it. Same with a powered up Murkadamian Nut. Chard Guard would be nice allowing for quicker regeneration of the leaves. Pumpkins would also be a nice plant as it would allow for some melee plants like Bonk Choy or Snapdragon to be better protected while being on the front lines. Bottom Line: Blockoli's 75 + Pumpkin's 150 = 225 Sun * 5 = 1,125 Sun which is quite a lot to spend on defense. Blockoli + Wall-nut = 125 which is not a bad block. Although Tall-nut costs the same and has many more hit points, blocks fliers and saves a column. We do not “hate” Blockoli. It's not a bad plant. We just find the use case quite limited. (Survive for X minutes.) The game also requires the player to eliminate the zombies and Sun spent on defensive plants is Sun that is not spent on offensive plants. Level 1 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2. Survive the zombie attack - Last Stand Style. Chosen Perk is Sun Break. Sun drops from sky. Survive and protect the endangered plants - Chard Guards on column 2 Stun zombies not offered / 30 / 30 times. Level 2 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 0 of 2 Survive for three (3) minutes - Last Stand Style. Chosen Perk is Zom-B-Gone - no ZCorpions. Survive and protect the endangered plants - Sweet Potato on R3C5 Defeat Cardio zombie 1 / 2 / 3 time(s). Starting Sun = 1,200 / 1,000 / 750 Level 3 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - FAIL*2 Survive the zombie attack - Last Stand Style. Chosen Perk is Zom-B-Gone - no ZCorpions Survive and protect the endangered plants - Caulipower on R3C1 Fill a horizontal row with plants. (All 9 tiles must have a plant on it.) Special Delivery levels should not have money plants (Level 1) against super high level zombies (Level 7+). Level 4 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 0 of 2 Survive the zombie attack - Locked and Loaded style. Chosen Perk is Sun Break. Sun drops from sky. Defeat 1 / 2 / 2 Yeti(s). There are precious flowers on the lawn which can not be trampled - not offered / 4 & 5 / 4 & 5 Level 5 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2 Survive the zombie attack - Last Stand style. Chosen Perk is Zom-B-gone. (Removes ZCorpions) Do not lose more than 4 / 2 / 1 plant(s). Never have more than not offered / 18 / 15 plants. Starting Sun = 2,200 / 2,000 / 1,750 +Timestamps 00:00 Level 1 - Difficulty 3 02:09 Level 2 - Difficulty 3 04:22 Level 3 - Difficulty 3 06:26 Level 4 - Difficulty 3 10:34 Level 5 - Difficulty 3

Plant of the Week - Blockoli - was offered between May 19, 2024 through May 26, 2024. Blockoli is a member of the Reinforce-Mint family. Blockoli costs 75 Sun. (-25 Sun at levels 5 and 10.) Blockoli heals 400 hit points to the plant on its immediate right. (+50 healing per level except levels 4 and 8.) Blockoli can heal every six (6) seconds. (-1 second on levels 4 and 8.) When given plant food, Blockoli heals all plants in a 3x3 area around it. This effect happens every time Reinforce-Mint is planted. Commentary: While the obvious use case would be for plants like Wall-nut or Tall-nut, Endurian would be a nice plant as it damages zombies who eat it. Same with a powered up Murkadamian Nut. Chard Guard would be nice allowing for quicker regeneration of the leaves. Pumpkins would also be a nice plant as it would allow for some melee plants like Bonk Choy or Snapdragon to be better protected while being on the front lines. Bottom Line: Blockoli's 75 + Pumpkin's 150 = 225 Sun * 5 = 1,125 Sun which is quite a lot to spend on defense. Blockoli + Wall-nut = 125 which is not a bad block. Although Tall-nut costs the same and has many more hit points, blocks fliers and saves a column. We do not “hate” Blockoli. It's not a bad plant. We just find the use case quite limited. (Survive for X minutes.) The game also requires the player to eliminate the zombies and Sun spent on defensive plants is Sun that is not spent on offensive plants. Perks = Plant Food Perk / Zom-B-gone (Zcorpions removed) / Boss Buster (Damages Zomboss) +Timestamps 00:00 | Difficulty 3 = Meteor Flower 02:13 | Difficulty 3 = Shadows 04:38 | Difficulty 3 = Repeater / Sling Pea + Blastberry Vine / Dazey Chain + Pokra 06:31 08:43 Level 1 Objective - Remove three (3) health bars in three (3) minutes. Reward is 10 Blockoli seeds. Players start with 1,875 Sun. Level 2 Objective - Remove five (5) health bars in three (3) minutes. Reward is 15 Blockoli seeds. Players start with 1,675 Sun. Level 3 Objective - Remove seven (7) health bars in three (3) minutes. Reward is 20 Blockoli seeds. Players start with 1,425 Sun. We do not get a preview of Penny's Pursuit before it is released. So what you see is what players get. We also try to vary the strategies from week to week and showcasing different plants and strategies and ideas. Using the same strategy week after week would be boring to see. As always, if you appreciate these videos, learned something from them, please subscribe. This incentives me to continue making these videos.

The Zombosseum was offered between May 26, 2024 through June 8, 2024. 2,500 coins, 2 pinatas, 25 Sea-shroom and 50 Guard-shroom seeds are awarded for completing this event. Rather than do all 15 levels using the same strategy, we showcase a different one for each level - all of which can be done with just the core plants. So you can choose the strategy which best suits your play-style and available plants. • Selected means plant occupies a seed slot. • Given means the plant is on the lawn. • Chosen means what we selected. +Timestamps 00:00 Level 1 - Locked and Loaded level. (Has intro dialogue) 01:42 Level 2 - Guard-shroom given and selected. Peashooter chosen. 03:02 Level 3 - Electric Peel given and selected. 04:51 Level 4 - Blockoli selected. Cabbage-pult and Kernel-pult chosen. Trample line 2/3. 06:15 Level 5 - Bowling Bulb Selected and given. 07:08 Level 6 - Bzzz Button selected. Snapdragon chosen. 09:01 Level 7 - Spore-shroom selected and given. 10:55 Level 8 - Lily Pad, Giard-shroom and Sea-shroom selected. 12:32 Level 9 - Hurrikale and Electric Currant selected. Hot Date chosen. Trample line 2/3. 15:20 Level 10 - Lily Pad and Electric Peel selected. Lightning Reed chosen. 17:03 Level 11 - Boomberry selected. Bonk Choy chosen. 18:21 Level 12 - Sea-shroom and Blockoli selected. Protect Guard-shrooms. 20:00 Level 13 - Dragon-Bruit selected. Bowling Bulb selected. (Not using a shadow plant without Moonflower) 21:08 Level 14 - Toadstool chosen. 23:12 Level 15 - Guard-shroom, Sea-shroom and Electric Peel chosen. Has outro dialogue..

This is all the dialogue for this thymed event, and only the dialogue. The Zombosseum was offered between May 26, 2024 through June 8, 2024. 2,500 coins, 2 pinatas, 25 Sea-shroom and 50 Guard-shroom seeds are awarded for completing this event.

35 Blockoli seeds are awarded for completing this event consisting of five (5) levels. Plant of the Week - Blockoli - was offered between May 25, 2024 through June 1, 2024. Blockoli is a member of the Reinforce-Mint family. Blockoli costs 150 Sun. (-25 Sun at levels 2, 5 and 10.) Blockoli has 6,000 hit points. (+1,000 per level. An additional 500 at levels 9 and 10.) Blockoli swings his florets dealing 95 damage. (+10 damage per level. +10 additional damage from level 4, +10 additional damage from level 7. +30 additional damage at level 10.) When Blockoli attacks, zombies will be stunned for 3 seconds. (+1 second at levels 2, 4, 7 and 10.) Blockoli is immune to the special abilities of the Fisherman Zombie and Excavator Zombie. When given plant food, Blockoli will do 285 damage and stun all zombies in a 3x3 area. This effect also happens every time Reinforce-Mint is planted. Commentary: One of the early strategies that players quickly learn is a short range/melee plant behind some sort of nut: Bonk Choy + Wall-nut or Snapdragon + Tall-Nut for instance. Blockoli is definitely worth considering. It has lots of hit points and the ability to stun zombies for a decent length of time allows for more Sun-intensive plants like Banana Launcher or Winter-melon. The immunity to the Fisherman zombie's pull effect makes Big Wave Beach much easier. Ignoring Excavator zombie's shovel makes Blockoli much more desirable. Being a Reinforce-mint plant, whenever this mint is planted, its plant food effect would be triggered. While Blockoli would gain additional armor, the knockback effect of Reinforce-mint means Blockoli's floret attack would most likely be wasted. Bottom Line: While Blockoli is at its core a defensive plant, it has enough desirability to make it a solid addition in certain circumstances. It is definitely worth obtaining and upgrading. +Timestamps 00:00 Level 1 01:25 Level 2 03:47 Level 3 05:24 Level 4 07:44 Level 5

The Alliance Dungeon was offered between May 26, 2024 through June 1 , 2024. This video shows the completion of the Alliance Dungeon for May 2024. Each dungeon lasts one (1) week and consists of three (3) levels which must be completed as a gauntlet. No swapping of leaders or troops is allowed and must be completed by a leader of the faction of the week. Completing the dungeon allows for Army Upgrades which allows certain minis in certain spots to gain up to three (3) levels. Warcraft Rumble was released on November 3, 2023. Based on the World of Warcraft cast of characters, Warcraft Rumble is a miniature 4X game where each round lasts no more than four (4) minutes. This game is designed to be played on a mobile device and does require an internet connection, although it does run quite well in an emulated mode on a personal computer. Bucking the trend of most mobile games, Warcraft Rumble has NO ADVERTISING! We appreciate this trend by Blizzard. That said, they do have a store for micro-transactions. After all, the bills need to be paid somehow. We'd rather have a store than the constant barrage of annoying, intrusive and data-sucking advertisements.

Block Blast is a game reminiscent of old 8-bit console games where the player needs to slide a block on a rising stack of blocks over its color. Once there is a match, then the entire row disappears. This goes on until the top block reaches the top of the screen. This is one of those situations where the descriptions which will make sense once you see the video. This game has no advertisements. This game has no objectionable material. This game feels like a proof-of-concept project which was released. Probably one of those code-camp challenges and the author just released it because the author could. A tutorial or instruction screen would be nice but not really needed as you can figure out the game fairly quickly. So what's the bottom line? As a code challenge, this game passes. The game works. This game has music. This game has no bugs that we were able to see. As a game though, this game will get boring very quickly. How could the game be made better? We are not sure. Making the block rise faster doesn't make the game challenging. That just makes it difficult and frustrating.

What is Logo Guess Challenge? Logo Guess Challenge is a game where a logo is given and the player complete the word using the supplied letters. It makes more sense once you have done a level or two. Is there any objectionable material? This game has no objectionable material. At least that any reasonable person would find objectionable. What are the pros and cons of this game? Pros: Young children can play this game. It's a different kind of game compared to the match 3, shooters, idle and all the other genres available. Cons: There is no soothing background music. That would have been nice. Some of these logos and companies one has never seen before, especially early on. One either knows the company's logo or one does not. There is no “guess” mechanism. One is encouraged to use the hint system which requires viewing ads or paying cash. Some of the logos are altered to remove letters. This makes them unidentifiable if one uses a tool to identify pictures. A skippable ad appears after every three (3) levels. What's the bottom line? This is the kind of game which can be a fun party or social game. It can also be depressing at how many corporate logos one can identify. That said, there should be ramping up system. Better known companies should be at the beginning and lesser known companies should be later. Bottom line - this game is OK. AI generated Background Music generated from https://ai-music-magic.audoir.com/

〰️〰️〰️ What is Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ Diablo Immortal is a Free-to-Play Large Scale MMO (Massively Multi-player Online) Game created by Blizzard. This game continues the Diablo story and can be played on a normal desktop (which is how this video was recorded) or a mobile device. Accounts can be synchronized so progress in one form is carried onto the other. 〰️〰️〰️ What kind of game is Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ Diablo Immortal is a “hack and slash” game which involves killing demons, beasts and other forms of adventuring dangers in the quest of doing good deeds, saving the world and of course, obtaining better loot. 〰️〰️〰️ Is Diablo Immortal “Pay to Win”? What do you get for spending real world money? 〰️〰️〰️ According to Blizzard, money payments can be applied to cosmetic appearances and to purchase materials. One can play the entire story without needing to spend real world cash. My experience is that while it would speed things up, spending cash is not necessary to enjoy the game. 〰️〰️〰️ Is there any objectionable material in Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ As you would expect in a hack-and-slash game, there is lots of animated violence - typically blood, guts and gore. While female characters can show some cleavage, they are not overly sexualized or objectified. 〰️〰️〰️ Is Diablo Immortal fun to play? Is the game challenging? Is this game a grind? 〰️〰️〰️ Blizzard typically makes their games a little easy on the front side and slowly ramps up the difficulty once one has spent some time with the game. This model appears to be used here as well. One should easily get to level 15 or 20 with no real difficulty. 〰️〰️〰️ Is Diablo Immortal playable on a mobile device? 〰️〰️〰️ Blizzard says Diablo Immortal can be played on a mobile device. This game would not load in Bluestacks, an Android emulator for mobile devices, so we do not have direct experience on mobile game play. Based on the PC version, we do not see how one can reasonably enjoy playing Diablo Immortal on a mobile device. This game takes 27 Gigabytes of space on my PC. While I expect that number to be smaller for mobile devices, even one (1) gigabyte would tax many mobile devices. Secondly, the controls work well with a keyboard. If one has a portable controller, this would be helpful for playing this game on a mobile device. One needs to move the character and press a key which will activate the spell or action the character is to use. How this can be done without a controller and still be enjoyable, I simply do not see. 〰️〰️〰️ What about in-game advertisements? How many are there? How intrusive are they? Do you get anything for enduring them? 〰️〰️〰️ While there is the customary in-game offers for in-game items, I have not encountered any 3rd party advertising. 😊️ This is definitely a good thing. 〰️〰️〰️ What is the story in Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ The events of Diablo Immortal takes place five (5) years after Diablo 2. The story centers around a demon trying to collect shards of the Worldstone - which was destroyed in Diablo 2 - in order to do bad things. You - the hero - need to prevent this from happening. Blizzard is not known for writing engaging stories and this one certainly follows suit. 〰️〰️〰️ Is this a commitment game or a casual game? 〰️〰️〰️ Diablo Immortal is definitely a commitment game. While there are side quests and dungeons which can be done in fifteen (15) minutes or so, this game is meant as a primary game - to be played when one has significant downtime. 〰️〰️〰️ What is this video about? 〰️〰️〰️ This video captures game play from the Tempest's perspective. This video shows the introduction from level 10 to level 17. This continues the main story until the Mad King's Breech. 〰️〰️〰️ Anything else we should know? 〰️〰️〰️ Blizzard partners with NetEase to handle the micro-transactions and to handle the details of bringing the game into China. Some people may be uncomfortable with this arrangement. 〰️〰️〰️ Other classes in Diablo Immortal: 〰️〰️〰️ Barbarian: https://rumble.com/v1e7bjp-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-barbarian-levels-1-12-august-2022.html Crusader: https://rumble.com/v1e7lb3-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-crusader-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Demon Hunter: https://rumble.com/v1e9l6t-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-demon-hunter-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Monk: https://rumble.com/v1e9s8f-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-monk-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Necromancer: https://rumble.com/v1ea8k7-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-necromancer-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Wizard: https://rumble.com/v1eamj1-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-wizard-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Blood Knight https://rumble.com/v303kdy-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-blood-knight-levels-1-11-july-2023.html

This is the idle game "The Tower". This is a run at Tier 4.

This is the idle game "The Tower". This is a run at Tier 4.

〰️〰️〰️ What is Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ Diablo Immortal is a Free-to-Play Large Scale MMO (Massively Multi-player Online) Game created by Blizzard. This game continues the Diablo story and can be played on a normal desktop (which is how this video was recorded) or a mobile device. Accounts can be synchronized so progress in one form is carried onto the other. 〰️〰️〰️ What kind of game is Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ Diablo Immortal is a “hack and slash” game which involves killing demons, beasts and other forms of adventuring dangers in the quest of doing good deeds, saving the world and of course, obtaining better loot. 〰️〰️〰️ Is Diablo Immortal “Pay to Win”? What do you get for spending real world money? 〰️〰️〰️ According to Blizzard, money payments can be applied to cosmetic appearances and to purchase materials. One can play the entire story without needing to spend real world cash. My experience is that while it would speed things up, spending cash is not necessary to enjoy the game. 〰️〰️〰️ Is there any objectionable material in Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ As you would expect in a hack-and-slash game, there is lots of animated violence - typically blood, guts and gore. While female characters can show some cleavage, they are not overly sexualized or objectified. 〰️〰️〰️ Is Diablo Immortal fun to play? Is the game challenging? Is this game a grind? 〰️〰️〰️ Blizzard typically makes their games a little easy on the front side and slowly ramps up the difficulty once one has spent some time with the game. This model appears to be used here as well. One should easily get to level 15 or 20 with no real difficulty. 〰️〰️〰️ Is Diablo Immortal playable on a mobile device? 〰️〰️〰️ Blizzard says Diablo Immortal can be played on a mobile device. This game would not load in Bluestacks, an Android emulator for mobile devices, so we do not have direct experience on mobile game play. Based on the PC version, we do not see how one can reasonably enjoy playing Diablo Immortal on a mobile device. This game takes 27 Gigabytes of space on my PC. While I expect that number to be smaller for mobile devices, even one (1) gigabyte would tax many mobile devices. Secondly, the controls work well with a keyboard. If one has a portable controller, this would be helpful for playing this game on a mobile device. One needs to move the character and press a key which will activate the spell or action the character is to use. How this can be done without a controller and still be enjoyable, I simply do not see. 〰️〰️〰️ What about in-game advertisements? How many are there? How intrusive are they? Do you get anything for enduring them? 〰️〰️〰️ While there is the customary in-game offers for in-game items, I have not encountered any 3rd party advertising. 😊️ This is definitely a good thing. 〰️〰️〰️ What is the story in Diablo Immortal? 〰️〰️〰️ The events of Diablo Immortal takes place five (5) years after Diablo 2. The story centers around a demon trying to collect shards of the Worldstone - which was destroyed in Diablo 2 - in order to do bad things. You - the hero - need to prevent this from happening. Blizzard is not known for writing engaging stories and this one certainly follows suit. 〰️〰️〰️ Is this a commitment game or a casual game? 〰️〰️〰️ Diablo Immortal is definitely a commitment game. While there are side quests and dungeons which can be done in fifteen (15) minutes or so, this game is meant as a primary game - to be played when one has significant downtime. 〰️〰️〰️ What is this video about? 〰️〰️〰️ This video captures game play from the Tempest's perspective. This video shows the introduction to level 10, where the player reaches the main town. 〰️〰️〰️ Anything else we should know? 〰️〰️〰️ Blizzard partners with NetEase to handle the micro-transactions and to handle the details of bringing the game into China. Some people may be uncomfortable with this arrangement. 〰️〰️〰️ Other classes in Diablo Immortal: 〰️〰️〰️ Barbarian: https://rumble.com/v1e7bjp-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-barbarian-levels-1-12-august-2022.html Crusader: https://rumble.com/v1e7lb3-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-crusader-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Demon Hunter: https://rumble.com/v1e9l6t-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-demon-hunter-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Monk: https://rumble.com/v1e9s8f-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-monk-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Necromancer: https://rumble.com/v1ea8k7-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-necromancer-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Wizard: https://rumble.com/v1eamj1-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-wizard-levels-1-11-august-2022.html Blood Knight https://rumble.com/v303kdy-diablo-immortal-introduction-to-blood-knight-levels-1-11-july-2023.html

Adventure Capitalist is the 1st idle clicker game from Hyper Hippo. This game takes the idle clicker concept with the goal of making as much money as possible. This video shows the beginning of the Cashellal event which started on May 24, 2024. Since there is not a lot of time left in this event, we just wanted to get started and not worry so much about efficiency. As you would expect from a mobile game, there is advertising and micro-transactions. However, none of these were forced - just optional.

~~~~~ What is Chain Pop / Chain 3? ~~~~~ Chains 3 is a match 3 game where one must rotate a link of chain to create a chain link of at least three (3) links. Chain Pop is a match 3 game where one must move a chain link to create a chain link of at least three (3) links. This is a different twist on your generic match 3 game. We appreciate that. ~~~~~ Is Chain 3 / Chain Pop to Win? What about in-game advertisements? How many are there? How intrusive are they? Do you get anything for enduring them? ~~~~~ The developers seem to be taking the standard approach here: An advertisement after a level or two. An advertisement to give extra moves or some other in-game benefit. As such, one can pay to remove these ads and receive some in-game benefits. ~~~~~ Is There Any Objectionable Material in this game? ~~~~~ We're sure someone somewhere can find something objectionable with this game. We just can't find anything remotely objectionable. ~~~~~ Is Chain Pop / Chain 3 fun to play? Is the game challenging? Is this game a grind? ~~~~~ Are these games challenging? We do not think these games are overly challenging. We find them a little simplistic. But this is not a bad thing as children can get the hang of this. As the levels are short, there really isn't much a grind. ~~~~~ What are the pros and cons of Chain Pop / Chain 3? ~~~~~ Pros: A nice twist on the Match 3 games. Quick, relatively easy levels. A child-safe game. Chain Pop requires no internet to play. Cons: No music or sound for Chain Pop. Chain Pop has levels which repeat. The game is repetitive. What is the Bottom Line? These games are nice to have in your library. These make for nice games for when one has a couple minutes or when one desires a light brain puzzle game. Music is AI generated from https://ai-music-magic.audoir.com/

Adventure Ages is the 3rd idle clicker game from Hyper Hippo. The first was Adventure Capitalist and the second being Adventure Communist. This game takes the idle clicker concept of resource management and puts a story about fixing the space-time continuum. This video shows the progression of the game from the tiers listed above. We went about as far as we could go before the grind starts to take over. As you would expect from a mobile game, there is advertising and micro-transactions. However, none of these were forced - just optional.

Traffic Jam Cars Puzzle Legend is a combination Match 3 game with a nice dash of Parking Lot games where the player needs to clear the cars from a full and mixed up parking lot. How difficult is this game? So far, this appears to be a game meant for the majority of people. We've not encountered any serious difficulties. But then, we are still in the adventure / extended tutorial stage. This game does ramp up the difficulty level. What about advertising? Sadly, these appear. But that's the sad reality these days. Not many people want to do micro-transactions and a game like this appears to be more filler than a commitment game. Any objectionable material? The Policewoman and the Nurse are attractive and portrayed in an appealing manner. They are not depicted as showing any skin or in any sexual manner; however some may view their depiction in a negative light or reinforcing negative female stereotypes. What are the Pros and Cons? Pros: A nice twist on Match 3 games, adding a parking car element to the game. Nice power-ups. Decent challenges. Cons: Levels get a little challenging a little too quick. Should not be a problem for adults but children could get frustrated. Music can get repetitive. Too many requests for purchases. Bottom line: If you are a fan of puzzle games, this is a nice one to add to your collection.

Heroic Missions are unlocked once the player has completed the requisite fifty (50) levels in adventure mode - through Tier 10 Map 5. In order to clear each Heroic Mission, each boss must be defeated by a leader from each faction. In other words, five (5) separate defeats. This is made more difficult as the mini levels for each boss is increased by ten (10), in addition to other unique effects that these bosses have. We show how to defeat each boss with each and every faction. When defeating a heroic boss, the player receives a major tome of the leader's faction. +Timestamps 00:00 General Strategies 00:10 Alliance 02:00 Beast 05:12 Blackrock 06:11 Horde 08:03 Undead

This is the idle game "The Tower". This is a run at Tier 4.

~~~~~ What is Chain Pop / Chain 3? ~~~~~ Chains 3 is a match 3 game where one must rotate a link of chain to create a chain link of at least three (3) links. Chain Pop is a match 3 game where one must move a chain link to create a chain link of at least three (3) links. This is a different twist on your generic match 3 game. We appreciate that. ~~~~~ Is Chain 3 / Chain Pop to Win? What about in-game advertisements? How many are there? How intrusive are they? Do you get anything for enduring them? ~~~~~ The developers seem to be taking the standard approach here: An advertisement after a level or two. An advertisement to give extra moves or some other in-game benefit. As such, one can pay to remove these ads and receive some in-game benefits. ~~~~~ Is There Any Objectionable Material in this game? ~~~~~ We're sure someone somewhere can find something objectionable with this game. We just can't find anything remotely objectionable. ~~~~~ Is Chain Pop / Chain 3 fun to play? Is the game challenging? Is this game a grind? ~~~~~ Are these games challenging? We do not think these games are overly challenging. We find them a little simplistic. But this is not a bad thing as children can get the hang of this. As the levels are short, there really isn't much a grind. ~~~~~ What are the pros and cons of Chain Pop / Chain 3? ~~~~~ Pros: A nice twist on the Match 3 games. Quick, relatively easy levels. A child-safe game. Chain Pop requires no internet to play. Cons: No music or sound for Chain Pop. Chain Pop has levels which repeat. The game is repetitive. What is the Bottom Line? These games are nice to have in your library. These make for nice games for when one has a couple minutes or when one desires a light brain puzzle game. Music is AI generated from https://ai-music-magic.audoir.com/

Adventure Communist is the 2nd idle clicker game from Hyper Hippo. The first was Adventure Capitalist. This game takes the idle clicker concept of making as much money as possible and puts a communist twist as well as add a few features. This video shows Tier 10.4 until Tier 11.3. Collected a bunch of stuff. Collected some rewards. Did a few objectives, until the grind started to set in. As you would expect from a mobile game, there is advertising and micro-transactions. However, none of these were forced - just optional.