About as much fun as having to escape an actual disaster.
Continue reading...Thursday, January 22, 2009
Though hidden-object games are plentiful on the PC, they've recently branched out to other platforms, including XBLA and the DS. Now, with "The Stone of Destiny," you can test your visual acuity on the iPhone, and find that the mobile device makes a surprisingly good medium for the genre -- even if "Stone" itself has [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 20, 2009
2D Boy have graced the internet with another great gift for fans of their work, as the complete soundtrack of their critically acclaimed game is now freely available. Here's what Kyle had to say about this offering. Thanks to everyone who wrote in asking about a soundtrack! I probably never would have put this together otherwise. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 19, 2009
D3 Publisher and Inifinite Interactive have launched the first playable demo of their upcoming "Puzzle Quest: Galactrix", a successor taking the familiar puzzle-RPG hybrid formula into the vast space. It's actually quite limited, only offering a showcase of the combat mode, so it's not a proper representation of the full game. Fans familiar with the gameplay [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 15, 2009
Indie studio Secret Exit released another trailer of their upcoming rope physics game "Zen Bound," which willbe available for the iPhone and iPod Touch (PC, Mac and DLC console versions are being considered). "Zen Bound" is the sequel to the freeware PC game "Zen Bondage" and tasks you with the goal of binding various objects until [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
"Crayon Physics Deluxe" was one of the most talked about indie games of 2008. Now that the final product is on the market, does it live up to the expectations surrounding it?
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 7, 2009
The hotly anticipated -- at least by those who check on promising independently developed games -- Crayon Physics Deluxe is now honest-to-goodness available for you to buy, download and play. Not only that, but the Playground, used to host user generated levels, is also accessible and ready to deliver the goods. Crayon Physics Deluxe is, as [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 31, 2008
What's really puzzling is how someone manages to mess up a game that has been done a hundred times before.
Continue reading...Thursday, November 6, 2008
Have you ever wondered what a gaming classic looks like on paper? Tim Schafer, founder of Double Fine Productions and creator of some of gaming's most cherished adventures, has a treat for everyone today: The original design documents for Grim Fandango, the critically-acclaimed afterlife adventure which would be the last of LucasArts' phenomenal contributions to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 10, 2008
The developer behind Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir is Big Fish Games, a company that makes no secret of its specialty. Visiting the Big Fish website, one will see "Hidden Object" as the top genre of their catalog, a link to "10 New Hidden Object Games!" and a handful of editor's picks, half of which are [...]
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
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