Casual Games as a Time Warp
August 23, 2009 by Amy Tucker
Filed under Gaming
Since I’m still waiting on some kickass games to come out, I figured why not go play a “casual game” and forget all of my worries for a few minutes.
After thirty minutes, I finally remembered why it’s not a good idea for me to play casual games – I have an addictive personality and I don’t like to lose. Both traits lead me to play WAY TOO MUCH of these damn games and when I finally look up, I’ve wasted half a day popping stupid balloons.
OK. So maybe I didn’t waste half a day playing Poppit, but Diner Dash can …read more
Hardboiled Left Me Cracked
December 29, 2008 by Amy Tucker
Filed under Gaming
I read about Hardboiled today while I was reading the reviews at Jay is Games. Psychotronic did such a great job on the review that I popped on over to give the game a try.
In my rather vast experience of playing games, I’ve found that sitting at a desk and using a mouse is the best way for me to play a casual game requiring any skill past what an earthworm might possess in its pinky -if worms had pinkies…and hands and arms for that matter.
I blame my dismal performance on Hardboiled on the fact that I was sitting on …read more




