Let’s face it, work is a drag. You’re probably overwhelmed by your burgeoning inbox, trying to prep for a big meeting, or just plain overworked, under-recognized, and poorly paid. Maybe we can’t help you with any of that, but we do think you deserve a break. From virtual worlds to ...

Don’t have an iPhone? Dissatisfied with Yahoo Games? Love Amazon? Okay so that might leave just a handful of you, but starting today you can download your favorite games from Amazon’s new game download store. The new offering, not-so-uniquely labeled as beta, from Amazon comes preloaded ...

If the buzz is to be believed, the games industry is well-placed to ride out the economic recession. But scratch the surface of the spin, and it's apparent that, with layoffs continuing in offices of some of the major players like EA, Disney, NCSoft and EIDOS, and losses recorded by Sony, Nintendo a...

How do you get people to stay engaged on your site? You could work really really hard to produce stellar content, or you could take an easy way out and start embedding highly addictive games to do all the hard work for you. The fact of the matter is that even the most compelling content will be skim...

Some interesting commentary around the Web today from game publishing execs in rethe Wii market. Ubisoft senior brand manager Ann Hamilton tells Tulsa World that Wii is a "female-driven platform," saying that "women, girls, and families" are the main force behind the explosive sales of Nintendo's co...

Steven Kent, author of The Ultimate History of Video Gamesand one of the best-known journalists on the gaming beat during the last console generation, left journalism behind a few years back to concentrate on writing novels. So it was a lucky thing that I ran into him at a Nintendo event in 2007, wh...

Sooner or later someone is going to have to give us a definitive answer in the "will gaming survive the recession" debate. This week, 'analysts' reckon that the answer for casual gaming is 'maybe not'. The problem is in the 'Casual' bit. The scores of newly minted gamers attracted to shorter, shallo...

Games, Economy, Media Wade Roush wrote: “Countercyclical” is a word you’re probably going to hear a lot in the coming months—from entrepreneurs professing that their businesses are not only recession-proof, but will actually fare better during lean times. It’s a word th...

Talk about a delightful surprise when I heard Chocolatier 2 was coming out. I never imagined Chocolatier would get a sequel as it’s a long and involved game. Not something that you can use the original game play and change up the story like in diner-style games. Chocolatier 2 not only expands ...

So after all the griping about big AAA games lately, you may wonder whether I actually like any games. And the answer is yes, yes I do. The game I am currently playing day and night is Fairway Solitaire. It’s a variant of Solitaire dressed up as golf. It is very easy to get into, but very hard...