Review – Marble Saga: Kororinpa

When I first got Marble Saga: Kororinpa I was excited to check out what looked like it would be a very fun marble maze game. I had read about improvements that were going to be made from the first game, such as more levels, so I was looking forward to playing a revamped and fun puzzle game. Rating: E for Everyone Genre: Puzzle Publisher: Hudson Soft Release Date: March 17, 2009 RENT In general the game is pretty fun. You have 150 stages to play through, each one featuring interesting twist and turns that you have to guide your marble through. The one part that is off is the weird story that they try to insert regarding Anthony the Ant who needs to get the Golden Sunflower. You can get through this dialogue fairly quickly and move into the various stages of the game. The first few stages get you

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Review: My Sims Agents

ESRB: E Genre: Adventure/Puzzle Number of Players: 1 Publisher: EA Play Release Date: September,2009 Available on Wii and DS. Buy MySims Agents is the newest title in the MySims franchise. MySims Kingdoms was the first title to include a story and it was easy to fall in love with MySims Kingdoms characters. Since MySims Kingdoms sold well, it’s great to see the team back with a new title. MySims Agents uses characters that we met in My Sims Kingdoms and adds a few new ones. Players start by creating their own customized secret agent. Customizing your agent is very easy and throughout the game you gain more items to change into. More items than you really need actually, but there is nothing wrong with an abundance of choice. Customizing doesn’t stop at hair or clothing, gamers are also able to customize the pitch of their agent’s voice and decorate their

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Gryomancer Trailer and release date announced!

Gryomancer is a title we first got information on during Gamescom. It’s been silent since then, but today we got some news about the puzzle/rpg game from Square Enix and PopCap Games. The brand new trailer shows some of the characters, art and gameplay action. At the end of the trailer, we see that the release date is set for November 18, 2009 for PC and Xbox Live Arcade. The title joins the story of Square Enix RPG with the puzzle aspects from PopCap Games. It has 12 stages with over 50 monsters to use in battle and an online leaderboard. Here is the new trailer:

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Guest Review – Drawn: The Painted Tower

Platform: PC ESRB: E Genre: Puzzle/Adventure Combo Number of Players: 1 Publisher: Big Fish Games Release Date: 10/2009 Official Website A family with the gift of drawing items that then come to life is under attack from a king and his dark chancellor. The parents ask Franklin, the house servant, to take and protect their youngest daughter, Iris. She too has inherited her family’s gift of animation and entertains herself with the sketches to pass the time while separated from her family. That is, until the dark chancellor puts a curse on her tower and traps her. You must rescue Iris using her art as clues to find her before the king and chancellor come for her. Graphics: The graphics in this game are luxurious and rich. It’s almost like walking into an interactive graphic novel done with a touch of Tim Burton meets the Brothers Grimm style. The game

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Review – Zenses: Oceans

Platform: Nintendo DS ERSB: E Genre: Puzzle Number of Players: 1 Developer: Neko Entertainment Release Date: November 4th , 2007 There is a moment in every person’s life when they need to disconnect. They need to remove themselves from the stress of their work, the yelling of their kids or the shrill voice of their parent. Sometimes you just need to unplug and relax. Well, that is the goal of Zenses: Ocean. To plug into to a relaxing environment. The question is, will I be relaxed after playing or just frustrated? The game graphics are without harsh, bright and grading colors. Instead all the colors through the game are soft blues, tans, browns, pinks and reds. The colors contribute to the relaxation goal of the game. This is also true about the effects. There is no harsh bangs, flashing lights or other distracting game affects. Instead there are smooth, clear

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Join Us For Our Pogo Party! Sunday, September 27th!

[ Come join us at Pogo.com THIS SUNDAY at 7 pm Eastern/ 4 pm Pacific where we will be playing 3 fun, social, casual games in exclusive GamingAngels rooms and handing out all sorts of fun Pogo prizes! You will win just by playing! We will be playing Poppit, a fun balloon-popping color matching puzzle game which is a Pogo.com favorite, Yahtzee Party, a cool spin on the classic dice throwing game I know I always played growing up, and Bingo Luau, a great social way to play pattern Bingo in a sweet island atmosphere. Join us in the "Ze Gaming Angels Party" rooms in the "topics" tab in Poppit, the 3-card "Speedy" tab in Bingo Luau, and the "Classic" tab in Yahtzee Party. There are three rooms in each game, you might have to click on these tabs and scroll down to see them. Stop by any of those

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Review: Professor Layton & The Diabolical Box

ESRB: E for Everyone Genre: Puzzle Adventure Number of Players: One Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Level-5 Release Date: August 24 2009 Rating: Buy it! Purchase Prof Layton & the Diabolical Box from Amazon Visit the official Professor Layton website Hershel Layton and his young assistant Luke return this fall as they investigate the murder of the professor’s mentor and the disappearance of a cursed box the scholar had been in possession of. A train ticket leads them to hop aboard the Molentary Express, where they travel along the rails, investigating the passengers as well as exploring the towns they pass through. Several interesting characters join the ride, providing some wonderful mystery and humor: Molentary Express’ owner Mr. Beluga, the outrageous Babette and her little Tom, and rocker train conductor Sammy Thunder, to name a few. Some friendly faces from the first game also make appearances (but will not be revealed as

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Guest Article: Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box Tea Party in NYC

Nintendo celebrated their launch of their highly anticipated, “Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box;” the follow up to 2008′s acclaimed “Professor Layton and the Curious Village” with a posh tea party at the Carlyle in New York City. Upon being seated, beside a teacup and a dessert dish at each table was a DS Lite, for us to try the game on. While being served a variety of pastries, scones and tea, I noticed nearly all of the guests present were women, interestingly. We opened our DS Lites and were given a chance to try the game. Fans of “Curious Village” and gamers new to the series alike will not be disappointed. Boasting over 150 unique puzzles, including brain teasers, logic, sliding, memory and even math oriented mini games, to name a few. The game opens with Dr. Andrew Schrader, Professor Layton’s mentor and friend, inviting him and Luke to

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Dream Chronicles Review

Platform: PC ESRB: Everyone Genre: Puzzle Number of players: 1 Publisher: PlayFirst Buy Graphics: The graphics are really nice. This is a good thing, since most of the game involves the finding of objects hidden in the scene. The backgrounds have a really beautiful style to them. The lighting in some scenes just adds a little more of a challenge to the game itself. Really, there’s very little to complain about here. Controls: The controls are simple enough. Everything is done with the mouse. The player clicks on things to interact with them. If the object can’t be used, then nothing happens. There is also a journal that keeps track of important events, shows how many dream jewels you have filled up, and a map that has all of the locations the player has visited. The crystal ball is the biggest help. When it is clicked on, the man in

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Rubik’s World for the Wii

Genre: Puzzle Platform: Wii Publisher: Game Factory Release date: November 2008 Official Website Rent A few weeks ago, I announced that Rubik’s World was the recipient of the 2009 Parent’s Choice Silver Award. Here is the full review.  This family friendly puzzle game offers seven minigames designed to stimulate the mind and teach children how to use reasoning and creativity.  By giving life and character to each of the building blocks of the Rubik’s Cube, Rubik’s World has created the cubie. Graphics: From the title screen through each of the minigames, Rubik’s World is a vivid and beautiful design. Colorful cubies exist in their own universe. The color and graphics create a wonderful place to explore. Sound: The music and sound really help to create the alternate universe. Rubik’s World takes the traditional music scoring to a new level by using a minigame to allow players to help develop this

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