Neighborly Games is the place to find news and reviews of Facebook games and web-based games. We’re just getting started, so check back often for new content!
What kind of Facebook games do you review?
Right now we’re covering the most popular games, plus any others that catch our fancy. Please do send an email to jeremy AT neighborlygames.com if you want to see a review of a particular game – we’ll be sure to add it to the list!
What are web-based games?
Web-based games are games that are played entirely in your browser, like Evony or Neopets. Games like Free Realms, that are started from your browser but have a large download required, are not on our list right now. If you have an idea for a web-based game we should review, we’d love to hear it!
The game loading screen says it’s in Beta – why are you reviewing it now?
Beta testing used to mean a game was only open to select players for certain kinds of testing and development. Now it seems to mean something different for every company, so we’re imposing a much simpler definition – if it’s available to everyone, then it’s fair game for reviewing. We do try to note in the body of a review if a game was only recently launched, but that’s the only distinction we can make.
I commented on a review, but the comment didn’t show up! Why not?
Right now we have comment moderation turned on – this means that until we approve a comment, it will be hidden. If your comment doesn’t show up in 24 hours (and wasn’t spam, full of profanity, or completely off-topic) drop us a line and we’ll make sure it didn’t go astray.
You’re running ads for a game you review! Does this mean the review is worthless?
No – in fact, we don’t even know for sure what ads you’re seeing! All of our advertising is through Google AdSense – no one at Neighborly Games chooses or approves the ads that we run before they appear. (Of course, if offensive ads happen to slip through, we can veto them, but we don’t pre-approve anything.) Because Google tries to put ads in front of interested audiences, it’s almost certain that we’ll have some overlap between ads and reviews, but we don’t make any decisions based on which ads might run. If in the future we move to a direct ad sales model, we’ll make that very clear right here.
Furthermore, we receive no consideration, monetary or otherwise, from game companies for writing reviews. Company representatives can suggest a game to review (just like everyone else,) but we get no money if you visit a game’s page, sign up for it, or anything else. If a company gives us anything (such as in-game cash, items, or levels) to help us write a review, we’ll state that very clearly at the beginning of the review.
