We take a step away from casual games and into the indie realm with Toribash, a violent 3D fighting multiplayer game with some very involved controls. It’s a game that takes a lot of effort to master, but is also extremely rewarding once you get the hang of it.
Toribash is the creation of Singapore-based Nabi [...]

Casual online multiplayer games are all the rage now, and Cafe.com is one of those little wonders that you may have not discovered yet. Cafe.com lets you play Flash games against real opponents for free, and with added features like multiplayer “boosts”, avatars, chat, and leaderboards, you’ll experience your favorite casual games like never before.

Innovation is hard to come by, especially in the casual games industry where the same old game idea can sell more than a creative one. So when Punch Entertainment’s EGO came along, and we heard it won the Most Innovative Game award at this year’s Independent Games Festival (IGF) Mobile, we wanted to see what [...]

Who knew there were so many ways to play Mah Jong? I used to play it on our Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) when I was a kid. Mah Jong here refers not to the Chinese four-player game played on a table. The tile set is the same - bamboo, dots, Chinese characters, flowers, and others [...]

There just aren’t enough good casual bowling games out there. And this Christmas season, Mumbo Jumbo has tried to do something about it with Elf Bowling 7 1/7. Good for them. Better yet, for a holiday themed casual bowling game, it’s pretty sweet. Shame we didn’t get around to reviewing it ‘till way past Easter… [...]

If you’ve ever spent some time huddled in a freezing cold duck stand in the middle of nowhere at 6AM being very quiet while someone makes duck calls near you, you’ll appreciate exactly why duck hunting makes such a good videogame (the answer is that you can stay inside and drink hot chocolate while you [...]

It’s been a very long time since we have been as completely blown away by a game as we were with Defcon. Sure, it’s no virtual gem-swapper, and the subject matter is probably going to turn off a lot of people who play casual games, but work this good deserves to be seen as much [...]

I have to admit, we wanted to dislike this game. There are just so many Zuma clones that the world can bear, and as a sequel to Atlantis, this is actually a sequel of a clone of a clone. That’s not a pedigree to inspire confidence in innovation. However, there is a surprising amount of [...]

Not to be mistaken for other online hotel games like Habbo Hotel, Brain Hotel or even Pet Hotel, Jane’s Hotel holds its own rather well. Created by Russian developers Realore Studios, Jane’s Hotel will please many management/service game fans. It’s about time that games like this finally made the cross over into the hotel industry. [...]

So you’ve sampled the food, greeted the host and chatted with the three people at the party you’ve actually met before. Now with drink in hand you’re for the dreaded small-talk. Which reliable topic is it going to be tonight? The weather, last week’s Grey’s Anatomy, the Yankees? Not this time. You can retire them [...]