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China's online gaming industry is booming; Positech Games (makers of the Kudos series) offers free copies of its political simulator Democracy 2 to politicians around the world for them to "practice" with, and Gamezebo discusses our favorite games of 2008. These headlines and more behind the cut.

SecretBuilders: Learn, play and create

In 2006, CEO Umair Khan hatched a concept for a virtual world that would expose kids to literature, music and fine art by encouraging them to explore their own creativity through drawing, writing, publishing and community participation. The result is SecretBuilders, a browser-based MMO where players have a direct impact on how the world evolves, looks and plays. (Read more.)

Social Saturdays: Pet Society

Ever wanted a pet but just didn't have the space, time or money to raise one? Well, if you're a Facebook user all you need is a few minutes per day to make a cute and cuddly bunny, kitten, puppy or even a bear happy in the new year.

The game is Pet Society, a cute little world created by Playfish, a social game company founded by casual and mobile industry veterans.

iPhone Fridays: Take Fish Tycoon with you!

The first time I played a game on the iPhone, I remember thinking: this would be such a great device for Last Day of Work’s (LDW) real-time game environments. The folks of LDW must have come up with the same obvious conclusion, because they recently launched their virtual fish-breeding game, Fish Tycoon, for the iPhone/iTouch.

Gamezebo's Best of 2008

From December to January, Gamezebo writers played, reviewed, analyzed and picked apart hundreds of games, so it takes something pretty special to stand out from the crowd. The following list contains our picks for the most memorable games of 2008. Some are simply best-of-breed, while others just stuck out in our minds for being particularly fun or unique. (Read more.)

Evolution of a HOG - Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst

Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst is the fifth title in one of the most popular hidden object game franchises in casual game history. But how close did "R2R" come to abandoning its hidden object game roots once and for all?

This was just one of the issues touched on when Gamezebo sat down with Return to Ravenhearst's Lead Designer Adrian Woods, Art Director Jeff Haynie and Producer Chris Campbell, and Big Fish Games VP Patrick Wylie as they reflected on the making of the game. (Read more.)