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Game Picks Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 11:43PMThe stats are out there. Despite the clichéd reputation of gamers as a closed-off, shut-in group, there are more people gaming now than ever before.
Kids play 'I Spy' through the 'Universe' Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 7:22PMThe ever-popular "I Spy" franchise, based on books by Jean Marzollo and Walter Wick, appears for a second time on the Nintendo DS platform with the release of "I Spy Universe" from Scholastic Media. For kids who like puzzles, "I Spy Universe" would make a great addition to their library of DS games.
Macgamestore hosts Dream Sleuth, Vault Cracker Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 4:52PMMacgamestore.com is publishing two new games, Dream Sleuth and Vault Cracker. Dream Sleuth is a hidden object game, in which players search their dreams for clues in order to save a little kidnapped girl. Beyond searching for items, players complete mini-games and solve puzzles. Gamers must also interview characters and search through recorded facts.... game - Puzzle video game - Minigame ...
News: City Interactive releases Chronicles of Mystery for iPhone Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 1:39PMCity Interactive has released Chronicles of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple, a new game for the iPhone and iPod touch which combines features of point and click adventure, logic puzzle and hidden object games. In Chronicles of Mystery, the player takes on the role of Sylvie, a young archaeologist who travels to France to visit her uncle, a renowned historian, to find that he has gone ...
New iPhone Game: Chronicles of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 10:27AMCity-Interactive has released a new game Chronicles of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple for iPhone and iPod touch on the Apple App Store. Chronicles of Mystery is a puzzle filled adventure game with mini-games. Here is more info ...
Alawar Entertainment Releases Snark Busters: Welcome to the Club for the PC Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:42PMAll-new hidden object adventure sends players on an unusual quest.
Woman's Day and Big Fish Games Announce Exclusive Partnership Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 11:00AMSEATTLE----Woman’s Day, the fourth-largest magazine in America, and casual-games leader Big Fish Games, Inc. are partnering to offer a wide range of casual games to Woman’s Day readers and WomansDay.com visitors.
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" Now Available for Digital Download Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 1:12PMThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz (PC) L. Frank Baum's beloved tale has been faithfully recreated in digital game format for you to enjoy.
Jim and Frank Mysteries: The Blood River File iPhone Review Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 3:58PMThe Jim and Frank Mysteries: The Blood River Files (iPhone) Layton-esque, to say the least.
Jim & Frank Mysteries: The Blood River Files is available now Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 2:25PMPut on your thinking cap! Jim & Frank Mysteries: The Blood River Files just might be the puzzle adventure you’ve been waiting for on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Solve a variety of puzzles, visual, analytical, and even mathematical, while journeying through hand-drawn landscapes with Jim and his pal Frank. Over 60 different kinds of [...]
New iPhone Game: Jim & Frank Mysteries: The Blood River Files Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 10:12AMPut your thinking cap on Jim and Frank Mysteries: The Blood River Files is the puzzle adventure you've been waiting for on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Solve a variety of puzzles, visual, analytical even mathematical while journeying through ...
Mushroom Age ports to Apple devices this week-end Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 8:55AMMushroom Age is scheduled to release July 10 on both the iPhone and iPad platforms. The title is a classic tale of girl meets boy, girl loses boy. You travel through time looking for Vera’s fiance, Tom, a scientist who is trying to save the human race from evolving into mushrooms. Help Vera track down [...]
Analysis: Vampiric Intentions - Story In Love and Death: Bitten Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 12:52AM[In this critical analysis, interactive fiction author Emily Short comments on PlayFirst's vampire-themed hidden object game Love and Death: Bitten, the latest in her ongoing series of looks at storytelling and narrative in games of all flavors.] According to some branches of non-Stoker lore, vampires have an obsession with tidiness: they can't pass by a knot without untying it, or a spill of ...
Toy Story 3: The Video Game - Walkthrough (X360) Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 11:13PMToy Story 3: The Video Game (PS3) Toy Story 3
Majesco Entertainment Company Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2010 Financial Results Monday, June 14, 2010 @ 3:01PMMajesco Entertainment Company , an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today reported financial results for the second quarter and six months ended April 30, 2010.
FixPix: An Addictive Fit of Pixelated Madness Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 7:42AMThere was a fair degree of anticipation surrounding "FixPix" a few weeks ago before it launched at the App Store. Delicious Toys posted a video of an early version in action, and viewers sat transfixed by the retro appeal of its artwork. It's a throwback to 1980s Atari, Nintendo and Commodore 64 aesthetics, when video game artists had to make due with a technically limited palette.
Big Fish Games Brings Hidden Object Game into Focus with High-Definition Graphics Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 2:00AMSEATTLE----Big Fish Games today announced the release of its first true high-definition game, Flux Family Secrets™: The Rabbit Hole. Available exclusively from Big Fish Games, this hidden object puzzle adventure game offers four HD modes so players with HD-capable monitors and video cards can enjoy every detail as they discover objects in the beautifully designed scenes.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Preview Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 9:12PMAmnesia: The Dark Descent (PC) The scariest game of the summer?
Is iPad gaming living up to the hype? Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 8:26AMTwo months after the iPad's launch, the games available in the App Store are expensive and not exactly magical. But surely it won't be long before they wow us. AppStore - IPad - Games - Video Games - Apple
A quarter-century of recreational mathematics Saturday, May 29, 2010 @ 7:11AMEdit or's note: In light of the recent death of Martin Gardner, we are republishing this article from the August 1998 issue of Scientific American. Gardner wrote the "Mathematical Games" column for Scientific American from 1956 to 1981 and continued to contribute columns on an occasional basis for several years afterward . This article, which includes four puzzles by Martin Gardner, was his ...
A Quarter Century of Recreational Mathematics, by Martin Gardner Saturday, May 29, 2010 @ 7:11AMEdit or's note: In light of the recent death of Martin Gardner, we are republishing this article from the August 1998 issue of Scientific American. Gardner wrote the "Mathematical Games" column for Scientific American from 1956 to 1981, and continued to contribute columns on an occasional basis for several years afterward . This article, which includes four puzzles by Martin Gardner, was his ...
What's New on the Wii/DSi Shop Channel for May 24, 2010 Monday, May 24, 2010 @ 1:57PMThe Art Style series returns to the Wii with a game that shares a little bit of something with Tron.
Frogger hops on DSiWare bandwagon Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 7:50PMNintendo Store Update: Konami's latest amphibian revamp highlights a busy week as Bit.Trip Runner sprints to WiiWare and Kirby Super Star shines on Virtual Console.
Quick Review: Picross 3D for Nintendo DS Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:32AMSummary: Picross 3D is Minesweeper for the 21st century. A 3D shape is hidden within a block of cubes. Some of those cubes have numbers on them telling you which blocks need to stay and which need to go. Using the available information you need to reveal the object within as quickly as possible. Verdict: [...]
NintendoWare Weekly: Bit.Trip Runner, Looksley's Line Up, Kirby Super Star Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 9:40AMIt's quite the week for the DSi and Wii as far as downloadables go -- Bit.Trip Runner arrives on WiiWare today and EA, Tecmo Koei and Konami all offer solid titles for DSiWare. Oh, and you can finally get your hands on Looksley's Line Up , the interesting 3D DSiWare game from Nintendo. There's even a new Virtual Console game starring a certain hungry pink blob to check out! Continue reading ...
Tech Beat : New game titles provide 3-D thrills Monday, May 10, 2010 @ 4:17AMThe 3-D craze has spread from movies to video games. Adam Balkin filed the following report.
Games: New dimension in puzzles Saturday, May 8, 2010 @ 10:51AMThe numerals on the sides of the cubes in “Picross 3D” indicate how many “hits” are in a row or column. Knocking out the right cubes reveals a hidden object, such as this monkey.
New Game Titles Provide 3-D Thrills Wednesday, May 5, 2010 @ 11:10AMThe 3-D craze has spread from movies to video games.
NEWS: This Week in Nintendo Downloads Monday, May 3, 2010 @ 10:42PMVirtual Console sees no releases today, while DSiWare gets the most releases with five titles.
Picross 3D Review Monday, May 3, 2010 @ 9:29PMPicross 3D (DS) One of the best DS puzzle games heads to another dimension.
Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley - Walkthrough/guide Thursday, April 29, 2010 @ 12:50PMHarvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley (PSP) Harvest Moon Hero of Leaf Valley
iPhone Game Review: Paranormal Agency Tuesday, April 27, 2010 @ 2:51PMiPhone Game Review: Paranormal AgencyReviewed by JadeDragonFrom the creator of The Mystery of the Crystal Portal comes another hidden objects game. This time around is about ghosts and paranormal activities. To solve mysteries and exposing ghosts, Heather Mills, our ...
Nimbus Games Launches Bounty Quest Mystery on Facebook Monday, April 26, 2010 @ 12:20PMNimbus Games, creators of innovative viral games for worldwide social networks, today announced that Bounty Quest Mystery has launched on Facebook. Bounty Quest Mystery takes the immensely popular genre of hidden object play to a whole new level by introducing social networking features and upping the ante with weekly cash prizes.
The Tarot’s Misfortune PC review Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 11:36AMPublisher: Triple Hippo Developer: Triple Hippo System requirements: Windows XP/Vista, 1.0 GHz CPU, 128 MB RAM, DirectX 9.0, 193 MB hard-drive space Genre: Puzzle Release date: Available now My only experience with Tarot cards was when my family and I went to New Orleans a few years back. We were walking in the French Quarter and saw a woman with [...]
Picross 3D Hands-on Friday, April 16, 2010 @ 6:34PMPicross 3D (DS) One of the greatest DS games ever is getting a phenominal sequel.
PlayFirst announces Love & Death: Bitten hidden-object game Thursday, April 15, 2010 @ 6:00PMPlayFirst has announced a new hidden-object adventure game, Love & Death: Bitten. The romance plot follows a young man, Damon, who has been cursed by Celeste, the vampire queen, while a mortal woman named Victoria might be able to save him. Players embark on a puzzle-solving adventure complete with hidden clues and secret passages. Features include over 30 different locations to explore, nine ...
Embark on Treasure Hunting Adventure As New Casual Game Deep Blue Sea 2 Launches Today Thursday, April 1, 2010 @ 3:30PMDeep Blue Sea 2 (PC) Match-3 puzzles and hidden object challenges for PC and Mac entertain and engage casual gamers.
WarioWare D.I.Y. Review Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 11:49AMWarioWare D.I.Y. (DS) Don't just play games. Make them.
Jolly good fun Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 3:22PMThe point-and-click adventure has gone to the dogs. The past few years have seen games like Heavy Rain, Mass Effect and Fable take adventure games in interesting new directions, but there are still countless gamers who still enjoy the kind of point-and-click adventures that built the LucasArts and Sierra empires. After many years of being starved of any new point-and-clicking action, this ...
Epic showdown Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 2:10AMCan anything stop Kratos from getting his revenge in the final chapter of the God of War series?
Kirby Super Star Ultra - Walkthrough Friday, March 19, 2010 @ 5:12PMKirby Super Star Ultra (DS) Kirby Super Star Ultra
Facebook Games: Spirit of Adventure Friday, March 19, 2010 @ 3:01PMSpirit of Adventure (Web) This interactive "soap opera" contains puzzles sprinkled in with an episodic story.
Majesco Entertainment Company Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Financial Results Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 3:05PMMajesco Entertainment Company , an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended January 31, 2010.
Game du Jour Deals: March 15 - 21 Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 6:02PMNew puzzles await you this week at Game du Jour.
Deep Blue Sea 2 PC preview Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 2:00PMPublisher: The Game Equation Developer: The Game Equation Requirements: Windows or Mac OS X Genre: Puzzle Release Date: March 2010 It’s been a few years since the events of Deep Blue Sea. Jessica, the former advertising executive turned treasure hunter, has disappeared. Her younger sister, Melissa, receives a worn postcard with a note in Jessica’s handwriting, written in [...]
Macgamestore.com releases Simplz Zoo, Hostile Makeover Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 10:41PMMacgamestore.com has released two new games, Simplz Zoo and Hostile Makeover. Simplz Zoo is a time-management simulation where players take the role of a zoo manager. The game contains over 90 various animals to watch over, as well as match-3 puzzle levels which allow users to collect resources such as money and food. The design layout of the zoo can be changed by incorporating up to 50 ...
Games: GameStreamer Adds Mac Games; Is Steam Next? Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 12:36PMGameStreamer Inc. on Wednesday announced that their digital distribution web site now also sells Mac games. Available titles include PlayFirst’s Diner Dash series and other puzzle, adventure, and hidden object games from several publishers. GameStreamer said it will add more publishers in the coming months. Meanwhile, evidence recently emerged that Valve may be releasing a Mac version of its ...
Dave on Demand: The more inappropriate the better on 'Bachelor' Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:02PMIt was a reality-show steel-cage match this week on The Bachelor : The Women Tell All. Our wily combatants: Rozlyn Papa and host Chris Harrison.
Jonathan Smith Talks Wizards and Hogwarts Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 11:50AMQ&A: The head of production at TT Games tells us all about working on Lego Harry Potter, flying broomsticks, and joining the Warner Bros. group.
Calypso Games Announces Release of L. Frank Baums The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 11:44AMHidden object casual game for PC and Mac based on L. Frank Baum’s classic novel is coming soon for download purchase. The yellow brick road will soon be open for travelers!