What's New in Gamezebo

New study challenges assumptions about casual gamers

"Casual" and "hardcore" gamers were once thought to be two distinct groups, eyeing each other warily from across the wide chasm of the Internet. But a new study conducted by NPD Group on behalf of Big Fish Games has found that there is actually more overlap between the two groups than one might think.

Posted on 7/23/2008, 12:08pm

Cake Mania 3 Preview

When we interviewed Sandlot Games CEO Daniel Bernstein last month about Cake Mania 2 being nominated for a couple of Zeeby Awards, he dropped some hints about the upcoming Cake Mania 3 as well. Today we have new information to share with you about the game, including screenshots and a launch date of August, 2008. (Psst, that's next month!)

Posted on 7/23/2008, 10:21am

The Hidden Object Show: Season 2 Preview

Gogii Games' The Hidden Object Show offered seek-and-find gameplay in the setting of a somewhat quirky - and very long - game show. Now, Gogii is boasting that the game's follow-up, The Hidden Object Show: Season 2, is going to be the longest hidden object game to date. Since the first one lasted more than 100 rounds, we're certainly interested - and a little scared, perhaps - to see just what the sequel has in store when it launches next month. It's set in a theme park and features new mini-games and modes, including a ticket redeption store.

Posted on 7/23/2008, 10:17am

Crumb Review

3 Stars

Many Gamezebo readers will remember the old "parking puzzle" games, such as Carm Jam, where the goal is for your car to reach the exit by first moving objects around vertically or horizontally in the right order. This concept now gets a fantasy twist in Reflexive's Crumb, a story about searching for the Forest Mother through an enchanted world during four seasons.

Posted on 7/23/2008, 9:54am

Brain Challenge Review

3 Stars

When the cool and awesome folks at Gamezebo (I didn't overdo that, I hope?) asked if I wanted to review Brain Challenge, I jumped at the chance to turn my flabby brain into a lean thinking machine, since all that yellow tennis ball hitting and doing strange yoga moves won't do much for the little gray cells.

Posted on 7/23/2008, 9:41am