Comments on: Plants VS Zombies: An Addictive Gardening Video Game http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/08/plants-zombies-addictive-gardening-video-game/ Helping you take joy in creating and maintaining the garden of your dreams... in the Pacific Northwest Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:22:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Best of the Web: Focal Points, Garden Tours, and Zombies, naturally | North Coast Gardening http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/08/plants-zombies-addictive-gardening-video-game/#comment-2276 Best of the Web: Focal Points, Garden Tours, and Zombies, naturally | North Coast Gardening Tue, 04 May 2010 12:02:52 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1421#comment-2276 [...] What do you mean, we weren’t speaking of the coming zombie apocalypse! We should be.  They’re infiltrating our literature, t-shirts and video games (check out my review of Plants VS Zombies here). [...] [...] What do you mean, we weren’t speaking of the coming zombie apocalypse! We should be.  They’re infiltrating our literature, t-shirts and video games (check out my review of Plants VS Zombies here). [...]

]]> By: Mr. McGregor's Daughter http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/08/plants-zombies-addictive-gardening-video-game/#comment-1791 Mr. McGregor's Daughter Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:05:43 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1421#comment-1791 I was thinking this morning, wouldn't it be cool if there was a video game where you had to kill things like slugs, earwigs & aphids to protect your plants. This game is pretty close to that idea. Monica (The Garden Fairie) sent me. .-= Mr. McGregor's Daughter´s last blog ..<a href="http://mcgregorsdaughter.blogspot.com/2009/11/adventures-in-welding.html" rel="nofollow">Adventures in Welding</a> =-. I was thinking this morning, wouldn’t it be cool if there was a video game where you had to kill things like slugs, earwigs & aphids to protect your plants. This game is pretty close to that idea. Monica (The Garden Fairie) sent me.
.-= Mr. McGregor’s Daughter´s last blog ..Adventures in Welding =-.

]]> By: Anna/Flowergardengirl http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/08/plants-zombies-addictive-gardening-video-game/#comment-1537 Anna/Flowergardengirl Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:16:30 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1421#comment-1537 Oh no!!!! I'll be hooked. I want an aphid eater in my garden of the cyber world. .-= Anna/Flowergardengirl´s last blog ..<a href="http://flowergardengirl.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/asclepias-monkey-balls/" rel="nofollow">Asclepias Monkey Balls ;)</a> =-. Oh no!!!! I’ll be hooked. I want an aphid eater in my garden of the cyber world.
.-= Anna/Flowergardengirl´s last blog ..Asclepias Monkey Balls ;) =-.

]]> By: Genevieve http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/08/plants-zombies-addictive-gardening-video-game/#comment-1534 Genevieve Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:15:52 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1421#comment-1534 Hey Sarah, thanks for stopping by!! You've got to try it, I know you'll dig it. Iona, thanks for your nice comments! I'm glad you like the new site layout - I was trying to make it easier to navigate for people, now that I've been blogging a while I want people to be able to find what they're looking for! And - no, unfortunately <hangs head in shame> no support group or twelve steps for the game. Just choose a week with nothing going on and install it on asll your home computers so the other half doesn't get jealous! Gardenmad1! Thanks for stopping by! I've actually gotten some farmville requests, but I usually delete all the application requests. But maybe I'll try Farmville now I know what it is!! Fern, I still haven't bought Viva, but I just noticed it on xbox 360 for ten bucks. I might get it to play with on labor day! LOL, Monica, yes, that would have been super cool - praying mantids of doom and evil stick insects and the like. But - zombies!!! They are cool as well. Susan, unfortunately, I think the game only converts one way - from gardener to gamer. <sigh> If only we could buy cabbage-pults - the damn raccoons just ate all my yellow plums that were slated for liqueur and sorbet making!!! I'd like to whomp them good. Hey Sarah, thanks for stopping by!! You’ve got to try it, I know you’ll dig it.

Iona, thanks for your nice comments! I’m glad you like the new site layout – I was trying to make it easier to navigate for people, now that I’ve been blogging a while I want people to be able to find what they’re looking for! And – no, unfortunately no support group or twelve steps for the game. Just choose a week with nothing going on and install it on asll your home computers so the other half doesn’t get jealous!

Gardenmad1! Thanks for stopping by! I’ve actually gotten some farmville requests, but I usually delete all the application requests. But maybe I’ll try Farmville now I know what it is!!

Fern, I still haven’t bought Viva, but I just noticed it on xbox 360 for ten bucks. I might get it to play with on labor day!

LOL, Monica, yes, that would have been super cool – praying mantids of doom and evil stick insects and the like. But – zombies!!! They are cool as well.

Susan, unfortunately, I think the game only converts one way – from gardener to gamer.
If only we could buy cabbage-pults – the damn raccoons just ate all my yellow plums that were slated for liqueur and sorbet making!!! I’d like to whomp them good.

]]> By: Susan (garden-chick) http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/08/plants-zombies-addictive-gardening-video-game/#comment-1530 Susan (garden-chick) Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:46:12 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1421#comment-1530 Could this video game be the solution to getting teen-aged boys interested in gardening? FYI, if the game becomes popular enough that a client asks to include cabbage-pults in their planting plan, I'll let you know. .-= Susan (garden-chick)´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/CIRU/~3/Mpv7Vcff0Z8/before-and-afters-of-my-garden-mine.html" rel="nofollow">Before and After - Starring Purple, Orange and Black</a> =-. Could this video game be the solution to getting teen-aged boys interested in gardening?

FYI, if the game becomes popular enough that a client asks to include cabbage-pults in their planting plan, I’ll let you know.
.-= Susan (garden-chick)´s last blog ..Before and After – Starring Purple, Orange and Black =-.

]]> By: Monica the Garden Faerie http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/08/plants-zombies-addictive-gardening-video-game/#comment-1529 Monica the Garden Faerie Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:29:25 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1421#comment-1529 LOL, I'm just old enough that I never really got into video games, though this one looks awfully fun. Except I think instead of zombies they should have been invasive insects and plant diseases, but, yeah, I get that this isn't a game for hort peeps! :) .-= Monica the Garden Faerie´s last blog ..<a href="http://gardenfaerie.blogspot.com/2009/08/im-back.html" rel="nofollow">I'm back!</a> =-. LOL, I’m just old enough that I never really got into video games, though this one looks awfully fun. Except I think instead of zombies they should have been invasive insects and plant diseases, but, yeah, I get that this isn’t a game for hort peeps! :)
.-= Monica the Garden Faerie´s last blog ..I’m back! =-.

]]> By: Fern http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/08/plants-zombies-addictive-gardening-video-game/#comment-1527 Fern Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:38:44 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1421#comment-1527 Heh. I haven't played Viva Pinata in awhile. I might have to dust off my xbox. I might have forgotten enough for it to be "challenging" again. I wish there was a more adult version. Maybe something like Sims Farmer... .-= Fern´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LifeOnTheBalcony/~3/_OwuYq-bGF4/" rel="nofollow">Twitter Updates for 2009-08-24</a> =-. Heh. I haven’t played Viva Pinata in awhile. I might have to dust off my xbox. I might have forgotten enough for it to be “challenging” again. I wish there was a more adult version. Maybe something like Sims Farmer…
.-= Fern´s last blog ..Twitter Updates for 2009-08-24 =-.

]]> By: GardenMad1 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/08/plants-zombies-addictive-gardening-video-game/#comment-1523 GardenMad1 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:54:47 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1421#comment-1523 I don't like video games but this did make me smile! My kids are addicted to another game/site: Farmville which is a facebook application I think. They choose crops to grow and have to tend them at specified times. Then the harvest them and sell them or even give them to other farmers. It sounds a bit like the old tamagotchees - gardening without the fresh air and getting out of bed!! I don’t like video games but this did make me smile! My kids are addicted to another game/site: Farmville which is a facebook application I think. They choose crops to grow and have to tend them at specified times. Then the harvest them and sell them or even give them to other farmers. It sounds a bit like the old tamagotchees – gardening without the fresh air and getting out of bed!!

]]> By: Iona http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/08/plants-zombies-addictive-gardening-video-game/#comment-1522 Iona Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:03:17 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1421#comment-1522 Love the post!! Looks like so much fun. Do they have 12 step programs for this type of addiction? I need to know b4 I start playing!! Love from SF. The new site layout is just gorgeous!! Love the post!! Looks like so much fun. Do they have 12 step programs for this type of addiction? I need to know b4 I start playing!! Love from SF. The new site layout is just gorgeous!!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/08/plants-zombies-addictive-gardening-video-game/#comment-1519 Sarah Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:11:47 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1421#comment-1519 That is too cool! That is too cool!

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