Zoo Games, Inc. today announced the opening of a European office in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England. This division will be called 'Zoo Entertainment Europe Limited'. The parent company Zoo Games, Inc. has undergone a rapid period of growth in North America and this new office will enable them to become a major player in the European casual gaming market.
Brandon Coppernoll catches himself before deriding the Hello Kitty game that his 5 year-old son chose to play and learns a bit about his own behavior in the process.
The game is based upon the photography of Yoneo Morita, who popularized the Hana Deka style of photos, which means "big nose" in Japanese. Hana Deka might not be a term familiar to western players, and while you might think you're not familiar with Morita's photography, chances are that you've seen it just about everywhere. It's the fish eye style of animal photos that shows them with enormously huge heads attached to pictures of various creatures, and while the popularity has fallen off a bit in recent years, there's still plenty of merchandise out there that sports this look, so it's no surprise that someone thought it would be a great idea to make a video game out of it.
In Pipe Mania you must lay down a pre-ordained set of pipes on a tiled grid in order to keep the constantly flowing Flooze moving for as long as possible without it spilling out. The game requires quick thinking, hand-eye co-ordination, forward thinking and keen spatial awareness.
