Our modern world is constantly driven by innovation and invention, and it’s exciting to see that such a practice isn’t just restricted to industry research. Here are three indie titles that feature new control methods for play, as proof that creativity is still alive and kicking in this overly-saturated world of games.

Bored at work? Need a five-minute break? Instead of playing your usual games, why don’t you make your own game and show it off to your friends? Large Animal Games has created a whole slew of PlayWidgets, 10 little Flash applications for you to use and reuse to your heart’s content. Customize each Playwidget to [...]

The lush live orchestral score for Hidden Expedition: Amazon was the latest creation of SomaTone Interactive Audio, one of the big names in the industry when it comes to game audio. Once again, we speak to Kane Minkus of SomaTone to learn more about the music of gaming.

The music of games is a delicate matter, and it takes special talent to compose for each and every game. Walz Music, the award-winning team behind the soundtracks of Aveyond, Aveyond 2 and now Yummy Drink Factory, shares a few secrets of game music design with us.

Wendy the Stitch (as she calls herself) and her mannequin companions will be traveling through various cities, in order to recover a gift of secrets stolen from her. That becomes the motivation for you to set up clothing stores, serve customers, and earn enough to pay for the transport. Vogue Tales is your standard time-management [...]

“Dream it, manage it, rock it!” – the Rock Tour motto says it all. A small-time band dreams of making it big, and it’s your job to help them get there. Let’s make something clear though – you are NOT one of the band members, nor will you play any virtual instruments a la Rock [...]

The great wonders of the world make a fine theme for a hidden object game, and this is something that the Hidden Expedition series has specialized in, ever since Hidden Expedition: Titanic. The latest of these is Hidden Expedition: Amazon, which I have to admit is one of the prettiest and best sounding games of [...]

Let’s get this out of the way right at the top of this review: Go download and play this game. It’s a solid game, and 10x more fun than 90% of what we have reviewed over the last year. To be really honest, I was supposed to write this review about 24 hours ago, but [...]

We make no secret of the fact that there are a few developers out there that we really like. Small innovative studios like Amaranth, Katgames, and Enkord have consistently put out games that either created or reinvented genres, and we’re always happy to help them pimp their stuff. Codemenion is definitely one of those studios: [...]

The premise: you belong to a group of people called the Zombie Smashers and your job (coincidentally) is to smash zombies. Lucky for you, they don’t seem to stay down. Isn’t job security nice? So you’re back on the job of smashing some zombie brains.