— The Lost and Damned puts downloadable content in the spotlight: Xbox 360 owners will sink their teeth into a new chapter in Rockstar's GTA franchise next week, when The Lost and Damned, an expansion pack for GTA IV, goes live; PS3 owners will get their own episode later this year. IDC analyst Bi...

I have 11 Hidden Object games for the computer...$5.00 each...hardly been used. Big City Adventure, Pirateville, Day Dream Wedding, Death on the Nile, Titanic, Mystery PI - the lottery ticket, Huntsville, Mystery Case files - Ravenhearst, Hide & Secret, Forgotten Riddles, Dream Day - First Home emai...

[We're talking to this year's Independent Games Festival finalists, and this time Eric Caoili interviews KranX Productions' Alexander Porechnov about Musaic Box, a hidden object game featuring puzzles that have players arranging blocks to complete music arrangements -- nominated for the Excellence i...

I've been thinking about blogging, but somehow I run out of time and interest. Right now I have a cut on my index finger, which makes typing difficult and painful. I've been trying to keep a fire going in the fireplace all evening. I'm not sure if it's the wood or what, but it's starting to piss me ...

No, not top sellers like Braid. Ordinary indies that don’t manage to hit the top of the charts or land an XBLA deal — the stuff that comes and goes on the web portals, made by a guy or gal in the evenings working on it, often churning out hidden object games or another match-3 game becau...

I don't often talk about my Multiple Sclerosis progression, my daily symptoms -- the loss of some cognitive ability, difficulty swallowing, difficulty breathing, depression, neuropathic pain - especially in my legs.  I don't talk about it because for the past twenty-five or so years, I've had t...

During my practically nonexistent downtime, I wandered down to check out the offerings at the E3 installation of Indiecade 2008. Indiecade is, as the name implies, a celebration of a variety of indie games ranging from 'art games' to more mainstream-type titles. We've covered at least two of the gam...

I really like the idea of turning classic literature into games, mostly in the form of parodies (but moderately thoughtful ruminations are welcome, too). Over at GameSetWatch, Emily Short looks at the literature/game combination in the one genre that churns out book-related games at an alarming pace...

['Homer in Silicon' is a biweekly GameSetWatch column by Emily Short. It looks at storytelling and narrative in games of all flavors, including the casual, indie, and obscurely hobbyist.] I find the hidden object game a bit of a frustration. Here is a genre in which a great deal of effort goes into ...

July 1, 2008 7:36 AM Inside Mac Games has posted a review of the hidden object game The History Channel Lost Worlds. Here is a clip from the review: Let me go over the selling points again. We have 1) Multiple Game Types. Four game types do count as multiple, so that is not a lie. 2) Authentic Image...