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Play Marbles

While Marbles wasn’t the most popular game when I was a kid (for some reason, I remember Jacks), we did play it to the point of collecting individual marbles and even used them as antes to enhance the competitive zeal during gameplay.  Basically, looking back at it now, Marbles was our Magic: The Gathering, but with zero role-playing, marbles for cards, and [...]

Magic Ball 2

Boasting 100 levels in full 3D graphics, Alawar Entertainment’s Magic Ball 2 caught my eye for another reason.  During the mad rush to celebrate birthdays last month, there was always a need to entertain kids.  Whether it was my own child or someone else’s, something was always needed to quell the source of the loud ringing in my ears perpetrated by a pair of strong lungs and a pig-headed [...]

3D Spinball (3D Pong)

Aren’t you getting sick of all the movie remakes?  First, it was Psycho with Vince Vaughn (stick to comedies, buddy) and most recently, Star Trek…  Well, that was actually pretty good.  But now, Paramount just started casting Footloose… Freakin’ Footloose, man?!  Really?  The same can be said about most game remakes, but fortunately, this ain’t one of them.  Based off the original [...]