…I recommend the Professor Layton games on the DS.

I grew up with puzzles books and 3D puzzles, my mom loved them mainly and spread the love to the kids.

They are fun, little mysteries, incorporate over a hundred little brain benders of various classic types (match moving, logic, lateral thinking), and it’s digestible in little chunks. And, like ALL games should do, gives you a recap of where you were when you last stopped playing.

And guess what? My mom is playing it, too!  Nothing like a senior citizen rockin’ on a DS!

I tell dumb jokes most of the time, but it’s more interesting than what I ate.

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Enjoy!

Word is that 3D Realms is shutting down.

Thoughts go to all the folks over there, I spend a few years there, good buncha folks.

Take care all, and best of luck.

Wolfenstein 3D is 17 years old today!

(It’s also Adrian Carmack’s birthday, the brilliant artist on that game.)

Joe Siegler over at 3D Realms has a nice post about Wolf3D.

Wolf3D at 17

It’s also Cinco de Mayo!

Apparently, Wolfenstein 3D made Lucy Liu’s character on Ugly Betty cry….

http://www.gamesradar.com/f/wolfenstein-made-lucy-liu-cry/a-2009030414323426031

I will personally apologize to Lucy, if she apologizes for mispronouncing Wolfenstein on national television (it rhymes with “fine”, Lucy!)

Jake Hughes and Richard Gaubert, the director and writer of Anachronox’s great cutscenes, are back… doing the Watchmen Motion Comic! And DVDs and Blu-rays of their awesome work are coming out soon! Go buy it!

CLICK HERE!

Massive Online Gamer has announced their 3rd Annual MOG Reader’s Choice Awards!

I’d love to see our Wizard101 take 1st place, and to do this, I’m askin’ for your help!

There are seven different categories. They include the following:

-Best New MMO Release of 2008
-Best MMO of 2008
-Best Fantasy MMO of 2008
-Best Sci-Fi/Historical MMO of 2008
-Best Expansion/Addition of 2008
-Best MMO Trailer Released in 2008
-Most Anticipated MMO

To vote for Wizard101 simply select the ‘Other’ option and type in Wizard101. (You can vote for something else for historical!)
It would be so wonderful for a smaller game to take home the gold instead of one from the behemoths… let’s vote for the little guy!

This is a Survey Monkey survey that does not require login or registration.

Click the link below to VOTE NOW!

Survey Link

Massive Online Gamer has announced their 3rd Annual MOG Reader’s Choice Awards!

I’d love to see our Wizard101 take 1st place, and to do this, I’m askin’ for your help!

There are seven different categories. They include the following:

-Best New MMO Release of 2008
-Best MMO of 2008
-Best Fantasy MMO of 2008
-Best Sci-Fi/Historical MMO of 2008
-Best Expansion/Addition of 2008
-Best MMO Trailer Released in 2008
-Most Anticipated MMO

To vote for Wizard101 simply select the ‘Other’ option and type in Wizard101. (You can vote for something else for historical!)
It would be so wonderful for a smaller game to take home the gold instead of one from the behemoths… let’s vote for the little guy!

This is a Survey Monkey survey that does not require login or registration.

Click the link below to VOTE NOW!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=RtKwUaPwB2eNWutR33f8Og_3d_3d

A dude named Ian just sent over a Flickr link of a guy that does Keen tagging (graffiti) all over the place. Actually, looks like his tagging medium is colored tape.

Check it.

Keen Tagging

All cool and pixelly! Thanks, Ian!

Commander Keen — basically my childhood in a game. Except my IQ wasn’t over 300, but I was called an “egghead”, heh. Oh and the traveling to space thing. But I did in my dreams. And the alien for a pet. I had a dog. But otherwise, pretty much the same.

The Escapist recounts Keen’s history briefly… published… cough… eighteen years ago.

The Escapist

(thanks to Joe Siegler for the link)