There's a classic line from the movie Ghostbusters in which Winston looks at Ray and says, "When someone asks you if you're a god, you say 'Yes!'". Well, thanks to Bolt Creative and Frima Studio, you've always been able to keep proof of your deity status close at hand with Pocket God. Well now the hit handheld game, has found a new home on Facebook. So how has this perpetually punished population of Pygmies adjusted to their new life in realm of social media games? Let's just say that their life insurance premiums have got to be skyrocketing into the stratosphere.

In case you've missed what Pocket God is all about, the game puts you in the role of the titular omnipotent being ruling over an island of small Pygmy natives. While most gods might have to concern themselves with things like resource management or blessing people for every sneeze, the god you play has a little more of a malevolent streak. Like a mischievous little kid playing a magnifying glass on an anthill, your goal is to cause the islanders as much grief as possible before shuffling them off to the great beyond. Of course, a click of a button brings them dropping out of the sky right back onto the island, where the twisted version of the Circle of Life can start all over again.

Making the jump from smartphones to Facebook wasn't an easy move for Pocket God. One of the biggest draws of the portable version was its fun use of the touchscreen and accelerometer features of the hardware. Feel like firing off a Pygmy into the smoldering volcano sitting in the background? You'd just flick the screen to send him flying. Want to turn their world upside down and watch them try to keep from "falling up" to their doom? Well, just turn the phone around. Unfortunately, you just can't do that with a web brower. Instead, you've got to use the mouse to click and drag for certain features. It works well enough, but it takes a lot out of the intuitive nature of the original game.

Although the move to Facebook meant that Pocket God had to leave some stuff behind, those versatile little natives managed to pick up a few new features to help make their new house a home. For starters, players now have a reason to send their Pygmies to their doom, as they can now earn experience over the course of the game. By leveling up, players earn different currencies with which to purchase new items or powers with which to customize their island playgrounds. Also new to Pocket God's gameplay are challenges. Players are given certain goals to attempt, such as feeding Pygmies' coconuts or electrocuting them with summoned lightning. Achieving these goals gives the player bonus experience and currency. There are even special team challenges, wherein a rival god disputes your powers, leaving it up to you and your team of Pocket God cohorts to lay a divine smackdown and prove your worth.

Pocket God on Facebook is a pretty faithful port of the smartphone hit. The game looks and sounds exactly like it does on portable devices, and still manages to pack a lot of personality into its bite-sized package. Is it violent? Well sure it is, but it's that cartoony, tongue in cheek sort of violence, like you'd see on a Saturday morning episode of Tom & Jerry. Fans familiar with the franchise might feel a little disconnected due to the necessary changes in the game's controls, but the new features and social options should help to ease the pain. It may not be easy to be a god, but in the end, Pocket God proves it can still be a lot of fun.

Final Score: B