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Annie’s Millions Review

Jan 8, 2010

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Annie Bright came home to her apartment one afternoon after a long day of shopping to find her uncle's lawyer waiting for her. Uncle Dave has offered a challenge to Annie and her cousins, Carl and Milly: Whichever one of the three manages to spend one million dollars the fastest and the most wisely... will win Uncle... Read More

Nat Geo Games: Mystery of Cleopatra Review

Jan 6, 2010

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One of history's most fun sex symbols, Cleopatra was only 21 years old when she had herself smuggled into Caesar's palace inside a bedroll. That trick has never failed and it wasn't long before the two had a son, Caesarion. Cleopatra VII the pharaoh and coquette could charm anyone and used her charms to get what she... Read More

Tinseltown Dreams: The 50’s Review

Jan 5, 2010

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Hop into your time machine and travel back to the sunset years of the studio system, when films were created on big lots starring studio contract players, directed by studio directors. Our story begins in the 1950's, just as the Golden Age of Hollywood is coming to a close. TV (and the Supreme Court) killed the... Read More

Youda Legend: The Golden Bird of Paradise Review

Jan 2, 2010

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Hey you, yes you, do you like games written in the second person, where the game tells you the action rather than showing you? And puts thoughts in your head? You know the kind of writing I'm talking about. If second person adventures are for you, Youda Legend: The Golden Bird of Paradise is right up your... Read More

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  • Immortal Defense
    Dec 30, 2009
    In these last few days of 2009, Radical Poesis is offering a "Pay What You Want" sale of their kinda sorta casual tower defense game, Immortal Defense. Pay $1, $5, $65, it's your choice. Designer Paul Eres frequently loans to 3rd world businesses using the popular charity kiva.org, so show him some love and check out his story-driven abstract tower defense game.
  • Aqualux
    Dec 22, 2009
    Goo (or is it water?) needs to get from point A to point B in Aqualux from Milkman Games. Swap pipe segments to keep the aqua flowing in this 100 level Windows puzzle/logic game. Strangely (and unfortunately) the aqua doesn't seem to spill from the pipes or behave realistically as a fluid... so you don't need a sealed system of ducts like in classic Pipes games. An online browser-based demo is available.
  • Christmas Eve Crisis
    Dec 5, 2009
    Help Santa deliver presents in Christmas Eve Crisis from InterAction Studios. This very polished free platform game (for Windows, Mac, or Linux) follows Santa's adventures after a sleigh mishap scatters presents across the land. Search for Christmas ornaments and secret areas for bonus points. The fallen presents have landed sort of near the houses where they need to go, but Santa will have to collect and deliver them the final short distance before dawn breaks.
  • Santa’s Workshop
    Dec 1, 2009
    Another Christmas game has come in out of the cold for a hot mug of cocoa. Santa's Workshop, from GetPerplexed Games, finds you pushing presents around the cramped rooms of Santa's workshop. This super-cute Sokoban variant features 96 seasonal levels. (And if you purchase before December 15th you'll receive a 25% discount.)

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