Newsletter 128

Ads are a common income stream for many free-to-play games.

Even your daily Pair Down and Queens Ultimate games have minimal ads (though we GUARANTEE we keep it unobtrusive!)

So why would this Finnish game dev, who worked on smash hits like Angry Birds and Best Fiends, want to build mobile games with no ads?

5 brainy game insights you’ll love!

(Games, links, and resources we've bookmarked for you.)

Alright, time to address the elephant in the room. Are ads bad?

Skilled game devs tend to eventually hit a big fork in the road: Sell or Scale? Both have their pros and cons, so choose wisely!

Most choose to be practical and sell, but the creator of Waffle passed up life-changing money to stick to his passion.

This week’s web game pick is: Lexispell (Demo)! This free-to-play demo is filled to the brim with content for word gamers, and we actually spent way more time than we expected on this one.

For last week’s trivia, the answer is… Aspic! A lot of people got it right, but probably remember the weird, savory taste of it 😅. The other foods listed were real dishes of North American cuisine, but aspic was the staple for rich feasts back then.

This week’s trivia question will be:

Spring is just around the corner. Greet the blooming of flowers and plants by making your daily Crosswordle turn fully green as well!

That’s all for this month. See you on March!

The Hey, Good Game Team