Playing Quidditch
“Stick? Can you play Quidditch for me?” I recently rented Harry Potter for the DS, and the Quidditch parts are just as annoying as they are in the books and movies. Unlike the books and movies, I can’t...
View ArticlePlay! A Videogame Symphony
Stick and I went to Play! A Videogame Symphony at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre a few weekends ago. We joined the crazy quilt of blankets, over a carpet of drying pine needles, and unpacked our cheese,...
View ArticleLost in Blue 2
I’ve been playing Lost in Blue 2 on the DS for a while now, and while I always love games about island survival, like MyTribe, Sims 2: Castaway, etc., there’s a lot of room for improvement in Lost in...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Been Up To
So, I’ve been working on some other projects, and now I’m going to recycle snips of those articles into a blog post, I mean, share what I’ve been working on! First, I recently reviewed the new...
View ArticleStill Lost In Blue
The other day I was googling for “I’m stuck on an island with a total moron,” er, I mean, reading a bit about Lost in Blue 2, and I stumbled upon this Guide 2 Games review of Jack and Amy’s adventures....
View ArticleExtreme Shopping
I’m reviewing Cooking Mama 3 for ThumbGods right now. I was expecting more of the chopping and frying fun of Cooking Mama 2, but a new shopping game has me hungry for melon popcorn, drinking yogurt and...
View ArticleCake Mania 3
I have a new review of Cake Mania 3 up over at Casual Gamer Chick. Cake Mania 3 is an adorable time-management game for the Nintendo DS. Jill, our heroine from Sandlot Games’ PC versions of the Cake...
View ArticleGame Review: My Boyfriend
I was way too excited for the new My Boyfriend game. I anticipated all the fun of Sim dating, plus my favorite guilty pleasure (changing my avatar’s clothes every five minutes), without all that...
View ArticleThe Daring Game For Girls
When I wasn’t teaching or running around Manhattan with packs of teenagers, I checked out The Daring Game For Girls on the DS. I know this is the girl-player stereotype, but I just can’t overstate how...
View ArticleRevisited Game Review: Women’s Murder Club
Originally written for ThumbGods, a coupe years ago, but I recently dug out my DS for visiting some old favorites. James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club has been a successful series of novels, a TV...
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