Simply Hospital Review (Gamezebo)

When in doubt, use breasts. That seems to be the logic behind 6 Waves’ Simply Hospital, which starts out with a full screen view of a nurse in a low-cut blouse that unavoidably draws attention to certain extravagant proportions. Clicking refresh sometimes reveals yet another voluptuous attendant with her needle at the ready, and certain…

Welcome to Gilneas (GameSpy)

I’ve been on vacation on Washington Island in Door County, Wisconsin for a few days, so I’m just now getting a chance to post this. This is the first entry in my new column at GameSpy focusing on the upcoming Cataclysm expansion. I guess you could say my last entry was kind of a prep…

My Mad Millions Review (Gamezebo)

From Gamezebo: Directly or indirectly inspired by the 1985 comedy Brewster’s Millions, App Genius’ My Mad Millions requires you to spend every last penny of $300,000,000 as quickly as possible to qualify for an even larger inheritance. It’s actually not an easy task, and if you’re like me, you’ll come away from the game wondering…

Ravenwood Fair Review (Gamezebo)

From Gamezebo: Let’s say you come across a hardcore gamer—you know, the kind who wears shirts that say things like “I see fragged people” and “PWN3D!”—and you tell them that John Romero’s released a new game. The geekiest of them will likely have to stop themselves from mimicking cocking a rifle, and others will ask…

Hamster Pirates Preview (Gamezebo)

From Gamezebo: Exactly thirty years ago, Namco changed the world of video games forever when they released a game about an anthropomorphized yellow circle that ran around gobbling up ghosts. This month, the famed developer’s American division jumped into Facebook with the tale of adventurous cricentinae with a taste for plunder and a penchant for…

Ultimate Fan Review (Gamezebo)

From Gamezebo: For some people, “liking” a NFL team’s Facebook page just isn’t enough. These are the fans that scream from the windows of their cars as they drive home from the latest game and plaster their bare chests with images of hawks and angry cows. Yes, some of them may even dress up their…

Treasure Life Preview (Gamezebo)

From Gamezebo: The Indiana Jones series taught an entire generation that archaeology was the profession to take up if you wanted adventure in your everyday life, but sadly the truth is usually much more mundane. Real-life archaeologists spend most of their time toiling in the sun, often finding nothing, and at other times their life-defining…

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm: First Thoughts

Originally published on my GameSpot blog. I’ll admit I was skeptical. When my mage first breathed life in Elwynn Forest almost six years ago, horrors such as Hogger ensured that he died at least five times before Level 10. When he first blinked into Hellfire Peninsula in 2007, Fel Reavers squashed him at least twice…

Bubble Town: Party Planet Review (Gamezebo)

From Gamezebo: Bubble Town is hardly the cozy village that it used to be. After a wise redesign and several incarnations on multiple platforms ranging from PC to the iPhone and Facebook, Bubble Town’s comical little Borbs have their sights on global domination of a sort, and they’re calling it a Party Planet. Bubble Town:…

Assassin’s Creed: Project Legacy Preview

From Gamezebo: When Assassin’s Creed II came out for the Xbox 360 and the PS3 late last year, its award-winning tale of political intrigue and arcane secrets kept me up deep into the night for several weeks. When I learned that Ubisoft had created Assassin’s Creed: Project Legacy for Facebook in preparation for an upcoming…