Let’s face it, I’m a big fan of the Build-a-lot series – two award winning casual games that allowed the player to construct an entire neighborhood, earn lots of cash from selling real estate, and admire his or her own handiwork from a birds’ eye view at the end of it all. The feeling of [...]

In reality, air traffic control is a really serious task. In casual games, however, it doesn’t have to be. What we have here is a catchy, light-hearted game even air traffic controllers wouldn’t mind playing during lunch break.
Airport Mania has the management game elements we are familiar with. You’ll be showing planes the way to [...]

I’ve always liked games that have a twist. Aloha Solitaire is solitaire with a tropical twist. Scrabble Blast is a word search with a Scrabble twist. These games are the ones that break out of their respective genres and become something more. Totem Quest is match-3 with a twist, in more ways than one.

If you haven’t heard of this game already, it’s because you haven’t been paying attention. At the 2005 Independent Games Festival it won best overall game, best visuals, and best innovation in a game design. And it deserved all of those awards - and more besides. It’s a truly great game.

You’re alone in an empty field when suddenly an army of hideous aliens appears, hungry eyes gleaming as they lurch sickeningly towards you! But you’re not afraid. Fixing the nearest critter with your steely gaze, you smile to yourself. As the heavy metal soundtrack booms in your ears you begin the wanton slaughter in a [...]

Do you remember your first pet fish? You were so excited to bring it home and watch it swim happily around in its little bowl– for about two days. Then you realized something that millions already know… while they may be pretty and ideal for children learning to care for a pet, fish get boring [...]

One of the biggest names in casual games, Reflexive Entertainment was founded in Orange County, California, in 1997, and since then it’s produced such amazing hits as the Ricochet series and Big Kahuna Reef, as well winning accolades and awards for games like Ricochet and Wik and the Fable of Souls. Today, Reflexive, through its [...]