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Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst Review

Nov 27, 2008

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I hope wherever you are there's a storm on the horizon, the trees are creaking in the wind, and a cat with a stiff neck is yowling intermittedly in the dark. Hidden object game fans have great reason to rejoice, for the creators of the genre, Big Fish Games, have at long last released a sequel to what is probably the... Read More

Call of Atlantis Review

Nov 26, 2008

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You can search through your Past Worlds atlas as often as you like, but you'll never find mention of the fabled continent of Atlantis. To find the island paradise, now sunk beneath the waves, you need to conquer the match-3 games of Playrix Entertainment. So grab an oar and get ready for a spin around the... Read More

Spooky Spirits Review

Oct 29, 2008

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Halloween is here, and if you're like me you face two tough choices: (1) Do I give out some of the Reece's Peanut Butter Cups to trick or treaters... or eat them all myself? And (2) what horror movie should I watch on October 31st? But if you've lost your job in these tough economic times, you probably have bigger... Read More

Miss Teri Tale: Vote 4 Me Review

Oct 28, 2008

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I can't remember an election where as much emphasis was placed on polls as this current U.S. presidential election. (Actually, I can't remember many elections at all.) Both sides, the press, and everyone in the middle wants to know who's going to be the next president. Imagine how they'd love to sneak into voters'... Read More

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  • Easy St. Tycoon
    Dec 3, 2008
    Ever wanted to randomize the spaces on your Monopoly board? Easy St. Tycoon is a slightly rough but playable Monopoly-inspired multiplayer board game from MindToy Games. Play against computer opponents (or your friends) as you attempt to tycoon it up with property buys and career advances.
  • Wacky Golf
    Nov 29, 2008
    Claymation meets minigolf in Sunbeam Software's new Wacky Golf (or is it called Goofy Golf?). Play through six different courses of eighteen holes each in this slightly amateurish, yet cheerful game. And if you do decide to purchase it, the price is right.
  • Bipo: The Mystery of the Red Panda
    Oct 15, 2008
    In the mood for an RPG Maker adventure with better than average story and professional voice acting? You could do worse than try Red Panda Games' new release. Solve puzzles and explore a fantasy world as Bipo, the panda that can't speak yet is understood by his human friends.
  • Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble
    Jun 21, 2008
    Mousechief has released their new, odd, early 20th century styled girl simulation strategy game. Flirt, pull boyfriends' strings, and be naughty oldschool style to solve puzzles and get ahead in 1920's smalltown, USA.
  • Sixty Five Million And One BC
    May 4, 2008
    Not the most casual of indie games, but this platform/fighting game has plenty of humor. Play as one of many wisecracking velociraptors trying to save the dino world from death by meteorite.

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