UPDATE: Xtux was turned away from the convention because the building was too full. Sorry everypony!

Equestria Gaming's very own XTUX345 (in other words, me) will be attending the Calgary Comic Con on Saturday. So if you're attending the convention, see you there!

Also, brief post is brief.

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Ruckus Media, the company behind the Ruckus Reader and Twilight Sparkle, Teacher for a Day have released some new iReader stories for the iPad. These games are pretty special in that they are officially endorsed by Hasbro. You can get the first one, Things that Go Bump in the Night, absolutely free, and the other two, Twilight Sparkle's Special Lesson and Rarity Loves Fashion, in a bundle of two for $5.99.

Lately we have been making many changes to Equestria Gaming. Most of them were behind the scenes such as performance optimizations and while those were quite useful we always had it in the back of our minds to make visible improvements to our site. So as you've probably noticed, we've currently themed our site around Queen Chrysalis to celebrate the season finale and the reveal of a new villain, along with an entire race of emotion-eating monsters. This theme will probably not be permanent and is not yet complete, we would appreciate it if you leave some feedback in the comments.

Background and title vector by Gig Mendecil.

A short while ago the Pony Emblem team decided to make a survey on the fandom's opinion on a few aspects of their game. Partaking in this short survey will help them decide how to develop some very important features of the game, and would be a huge help to them.

So if you're interested in taking their survey, you can find it at http://ponyemblem.com/survey/index.php/survey/index/sid/978353/lang/en

Attention readers!

Due to circumstances beyond our control we have been forced to create a new Youtube channel. Our old one was only accessible to Strawberry Spice (who is now inactive), but the new channel is accessible to the entire team, which means that you should be seeing more videos from us such as playthroughs, trailers, and maybe even a video review or two!

So in case you were wondering, here is the link to our new channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/EquestriaGamingVideo.

Enjoy!

Apparently the fellows who run The Round Stable have recently interviewed Manestream Games, the developers of Cutie Mark Crusade: A Dash of Adventure. The interview is rather short and thankfully doesn't spoil much, but it does reveal some of the developer's inspirations, their intentions for the game and various other random stuff. In case you're interested you can read it at http://www.mlponies.com/2012/04/11/interview-manestream-games/.

Do you have an amazing idea for a pony video game, but lack the game developing experience to make it a reality? Are you in the process of developing a pony video game, but need some added help from programmers/artists/musicians/writers/et cetera? Are you a person with game developing skill, but no project to work on? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then the Game Design Document List, henceforth known as Lyra's List (cause she likes stuff named after her) may be helpful to you. Learn more after the break...

The team behind Legends of Equestria (and the original Equestria Online before the team split) recently sent out an announcement for their "24 Hour Livestream Challenge". They intend on creating the entire Everfree Forest area for the game during that event, which includes "buildings, plants, NPCs, creatures, and the map layout." This must-see event will start at 2PM EST on April 14, and will end at the same time on the 15th, all which will be shown live at http://www.livestream.com/legendsofequestria.

For more information about Legends of Equestria please see their website at http://www.legendsofequestria.com/ or their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/legendsofequestria. Hope to see you there!

Mark Sprague has proved me wrong once again with the third release in the excellent Pony Platforming Project series, and unlike the last two games this one stars Colgate, a time-manipulating unicorn who wants to change her destiny and become a dentist instead. Thankfully Mark has decided to continue this series despite his involvement with Mane 6, and he has stated that he specifically addressed many of my complaints in this new instalment of the Pony Platforming Project. To be honest, it's really nice when developers listen to feedback from critics and address their problems; many are too stuck-up to admit that they did anything wrong and refuse to change anything.

So what do I think of the third Pony Platforming Project? Has Mark Sprague managed to create yet another fantastic fangame, or has my overall praise gotten to his head? Find out after the break!

At times, a genre becomes so oversaturated that you wonder exactly why people even bother to make them any more. Sure, there is an occasional breath of fresh air (although that's rare), but most of those games just end up being an endless string of cliches, and are best avoided at all costs. Now, the cloud dodging genre isn't quite that bad, but it's getting there, and along comes a game that actually bears that title as its name (with only a slight adjustment to the last bit). It's not quite as blatant as somepony releasing a game called "WWII First Person Shooter", and to be frank, the cloud dodging genre isn't near as oversaturated as that genre, but there are still a huge amount of fangames starring Rainbow Dash as she flies through the air and dodges pesky clouds.

Still don't know what Cloud Dodger is about? Go ahead and read the above paragraph again to get the general idea, and then download the game at http://www.mediafire.com/?f8f37927u79iuav.

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Please note that this article was an April Fools day joke and is not meant to be taken seriously.

Let me just start this review by saying that this game is quite possibly the best pony game we've seen to date. The concept is simple, yet elegant: you must click Twilight Sparkle, and as you do, you earn points. The author behind this game is anonymous, and after months of work, he or she has finally completed this masterpiece of a game. If it were up to me, this game would get a Game of the Year award, hands down. Read more after the break...