Author Archives: Dana

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    Solitaire Blitz Is for Lovers

    by Dana Posted on February 14, 2013

    Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Whether you’re giddy with infatuation, deeply in love, comfortably solo, or wistfully longing, there’s a cuddly catfish who can relate. Sophie, the hopeless romantic of the seven seas, needs your help to catch her dreamboat!

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    How a Little Girl Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Chuzzle

    by Dana Posted on January 29, 2013

    Welcome to a new feature on the BlogRide wherein I have the pleasure of sharing some of my favorite questions we’ve received over the years here at PopCap. As you can probably guess, in recent years, they’ve been as zombie-filled …
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    Let the Sunshine In!

    by Dana Posted on January 24, 2013

    Hello, January, you harsh mistress. Mid-winter is a time of cold, a time of grey, or gray if you prefer… I find it’s one of the few things in the wide world of word choices that I don’t care much …
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    Holiday Togetherness Through Gaming

    by Dana Posted on December 11, 2012

    I have, at times in my life, been a little bit of a Grinch. I’ve been known to grumble about commercialism and obligatory, perfunctory, meaningless gift giving. I think we can all get that way at times. But this year, …
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    Dog vs. Zombie

    by Dana Posted on December 7, 2012

    This September, as BlogRiders may recall, a little event known as PAX Prime took place here in Seattle. PopCap was there to represent and give out tons of free stuff, ’cause we’re pretty cool like that. Among the swag that …
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    All Hallows’ Eve… Eve

    by Dana Posted on October 30, 2012

    It’s not Halloween quite yet, sure, but for holidays the federal government has not seen fit to convert to a standardized day of the week, we learn to make compromises. If party holidays fail to fall on a Friday or …
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    Disco Zombie Hops the Pond to London

    by Dana Posted on October 23, 2012

    Last week, I was overjoyed to visit London, the greatest city on Earth. How do I know it’s the greatest city on Earth? Two things: 1. Everything costs double there what it does at home, so it must be twice as …
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    Halloween How-To: PopCapify your Pumpkin!

    by Dana Posted on October 9, 2012

    Here we are again in October, when Seattle once again turns into the dreary place the rest of the world thinks it always is. But the good news is, Halloween is just around the corner! And once again, we’ve got …
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    Disco Zombie Does New Mexico

    by Dana Posted on October 3, 2012

    You may have noticed that no one on the BlogRide team can take a trip for business or pleasure without finding a stowaway in their bags. I just returned from my favorite place in the world, the beautiful state of …
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    Hop a Boat to Kroakatoa Island!

    by Dana Posted on September 18, 2012

    Zuma Blitz has been my personal favorite of our Facebook games from the start. For one thing, it’s Zuma, and I can’t get enough of Zuma in any form. The original, the Revenge, the various platform versions… what’s not to …
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