Monthly Archives: June 2006

The Nintendo Wii made an appearance on the Yahoo! front page this evening, highlighting some recent Yahoo! Buzz info gathered during June. Although normally overrun with queries for Runescape, Halo, Zuma, puzzle games and other quasi-fluff, Yahoo! Buzz is a … Continue reading →

I just received my copy of Magnetica, Mitchell Corporation’s little DS puzzle game (thank you, GameBrink!). If your memory is as sharp as my wit, you’ll remember they also made Polarium way back in the dark days of the Nintendo … Continue reading →

My recently acquired and sporadic new past-time (wrap your head around that phrase), surfing through Flickr, has turned up a few video game-related images. From Mario plus muffins to a LEGO-made Metal Gear scene, there’s no shortage of user-submitted strangeness. … Continue reading →

I just published a review of Gamma Bros., a flash-based space shooter by PixelJam, over at JayIsGames. At first I wasn’t thrilled by the game, but after a few minutes I was really drawn in. Using simple graphics that could … Continue reading →

A strange smattering of games hit the shelves this week, continuing the summertime slump gamers dread every year. A handful of sports and racing titles such as Juiced for the PSP hit, while a few, uh, “lesser known” games like … Continue reading →

The deservedly popular Cave Story (Doukutsu Monogotari) has, in addition to near-flawless game design, one of the best original soundtracks of any game out there, freeware or otherwise. The melody of simple tunes are unbelievably catchy. When asked about his … Continue reading →

The Circuit City $8.96 video game sale (not officially going on until July 4, but the unmarked games ring up at the right price) gave me a great excuse to go game shopping. I had a whole list of stuff … Continue reading →

Aah, Armadillo Run. How you have captured my creativity. The 2D physics-based building game is turning into a surprise hit in the indie game world. I reviewed the title back in May for JayIsGames (warning: glowing praise). Now, an interview … Continue reading →

I just found out about an indie-developed MMO game in the works called Infinity: The Quest for Earth. Normally I glaze over at most of the games (MUDs are where it’s at!), but this one caught my eye with a … Continue reading →