New Casual Game Releases
City of Secrets
Time Dreamer: Temporal Betrayal
Atlantic Journey: The Lost Brother
Bedtime Stories: The Lost Dreams
Curse at Twilight: Thief of Souls
Grim Tales: The Legacy
Vacation Quest: Australia
Surface: Mystery of Another World Collector's Edition
The Cross Formula
Elementary My Dear Majesty
Sale Frenzy
Big City Adventure: London Story
Midnight Mysteries: Haunted Houdini Deluxe
Big City Adventure: London Classic
Shadow Wolf Mysteries: Bane of the Family
Nightfall Mysteries: Black Heart Collector's Edition
Gemaica
Galaxy Quest
Mahjong Legacy of the Toltecs
Three Musketeers Secret: Constance's Mission
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A few games for your weekend perusal, all of which summon that coveted "oh, neat!" moment at least once! Also, it's a miracle I didn't type a D instead of a T at the end of the first game.- • Blackfoot
- • STREEMERZ
- • Amphibix
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With aliens, panda bears, yeti, moles, witches, and Kafka, this might be the strangest Link Dump Friday yet! All it needs is for you to click this link and dive on in.- • Wayfinder Episode 1
- • Isora and Muku
- • Great Dungeon in the Sky
- • Before the Law
- • Uncle's Old Times
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Last week was an amazing week to own an iPhone or iPod Touch. 100 Rogues, a highly-anticipated game from Dinofarm Games, finally appeared on the iTunes App Store, prompting thousands of eager gamers to hit that "buy now" button. Not only that, but the massively addictive Sword & Poker received a sequel that does nothing but improve upon the original. We're supposed to be casual gamers and all, but it's ok to spend multiple hours on these games. Really.- • Sword & Poker 2
- • 100 Rogues
- • RPG Snake
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New releases from either Daniel Remar or Ben Chandler, both highly-recognizable figures in the indie community, is always cause for fun-type celebration! Their games aren't as widely known in the mainstream gaming community as they should be, giving us cool people that smug, superior feeling of having a secret source of great entertainment.- • Eternally Us
- • Hero Core
Five amazing, cross-platform indie games, one gorgeous sale. The Humble Indie Bundle lets you pick up World of Goo, Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru and Penumbra: Overture for one magically low price of whatever you want to pay. All titles are DRM-free and run on Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems.Games Featured:
Evildoers, beware! Link Dump Friday is on the prowl! This week we feature some sublime weirdness, point-and-clicks, racing, and some good old-fashioned puzzle/platforming action.- • Secret Dancer
- • Munekyun
- • Tane
- • Async Racing
- • Halo Flower
- • Secret Exit
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I am pleased to report that this week's Mobile Monday features three games that are certifiably "replayable". Each one practically begs you to come back and play again and again, and they all deliver something unique each time you do!- • Paper Bridge
- • Sword of Fargoal
- • Babo Crash
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It's Ludum Dare time again! Another competition, another healthy round of entertainment and creativity. Over 200 games were submitted this time around, each involving the theme of "islands". Below you'll find a few of our choices out of the lot. Be sure to check out all the games and, if you're cool, cast your vote for the winners!- • Brave Island Diver
- • Needles
- • Jump Pirate
- • Paradise Fort
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What waits behind this synopsis text? Is it another installment of everyone's favourite Link Dump Friday, featuring pigs, robots, dummies, and furry stackable monsters? Or is it a horde of flesh eating scarabs just waiting for you to click and set them free so their tiny but so painful pincers can seek out your tender elbows?... well, it's probably another Link Dump, but just in case, you may want to get ready to run.- • Truffle Hunter
- • Mouse Megatron
- • Dummy Never Fails
- • Release the Mooks
- • Haunted Mirror Maze
- • Clockwords Act 1
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How about some arcade games to spice up your Monday? Back in the day, arcade games were designed to challenge players to master the game's mechanics for little more reward than a high score. You don't have to worry about losing quarters now, but the same "play it until you're good at it" gameplay still challenges and satisfies.- • Tilt to Live
- • Bit Pilot
- • Pew!
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This edition of Weekend Download is all about failure. Failure to escape a missile attack, failure to create a non-ordinary game, failure to climb over a wall, and failure to, well, not die. Failure is part of playing video games, as without risk there's no reward for succeeding, but the titles below use failing in some creative ways! - • An Ordinary Shooter
- • There IS A Wall
- • Restricted Recall
- • Aftermath
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Hey there stranger, fancy meeting you again! This week on your Link Dump Friday; bears, sharks, and magical orbs, oh my! Four puzzles with one big action title tossed in to help you start your weekend off right.- • Dreamy Island
- • La Reggina di Ripicche
- • Sydney Shark
- • Magic Orbs
- • Volt Connect
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Hey, remember that Flash game that had a name that we featured before? Me too! I also remember it because I just played it on my iPod Touch.- • LineUp 2
- • Lt. Fly Rise of the Arachnids
- • Vector Runner
- • Numbl
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Meta challenge! If you can choose the game featured below that's clearly better than the others, you win the meta game! Too bad that's impossible, 'cause all of the games are extraordinary pieces of gaming art. :-P- • Zombie Movie
- • LinePatterns
- • Action Fist
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Welcome to your Friday! (We have to stop meeting like this!) This week; fish, birds, dragons, and zombies! It's like the best zoo ever, only in your browser, and with less overpriced souvenirs and crying children. Probably.- • Totem Breaker
- • Flaming Zombooka
- • Tealygotchi
- • Bad Birds
- • Fish Tales Deluxe
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Sweet, sweet nostalgia is the theme for this week's Mobile Monday, as two (arguably all three) of our games bank on invoking that rosey feeling of reliving our past in modern form. A Star Wars game that's actually good? Check. Intellivision? DOUBLE CHECK!- • Star Wars: Cantina
- • Falling Sands
- • Falling Sands 2
- • VH1 Classic Presents: Intellivision
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A handful of simple games to help you pass your weekend! Nothing that will entrance you for hours, just a couple of action arcade games and a platformer that's actually two platformers running at the same time. Nice, simple fun.- • Parallel Universe
- • Blue Roller
- • Ninja Rush
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Another Friday, another Link Dump, another fat dog that needs to find exercise DVDs to escape his house, and another mostly-featureless blobby thing running through a cavern from multicoloured waves. You know, just like any other old week. - • Synopsis Quest
- • Minima Time
- • Plump Escape
- • Flood Runner 2
- • Mechanics
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What kid hasn't had dreams of being an astronaut? Exploring space, bouncing around in low gravity, meeting aliens, piloting a super-cool rocket ship. Ok, so maybe one of those is a bit far-fetched. This week's Mobile Monday features a game that's probably the closest thing most of us will get to flying outside of our planet's atmosphere. Or meeting an alien, for that matter.- • Space Shuttle
- • CookieCat
- • Steam Wars
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Welcome to the woooooorld of tomorrow!!!! That'd be really profound if you read it yesterday. Why isn't it profound to read things about yesterday today? I, for one, am pretty darned impressed people can remember events of days past. Things like the release of Dissipate or Jesse Venbrux's older games. Not that those were small events, mind you, just that they happened at a moment in time that is not this very moment in time...- • Neonite
- • Diminish
- • They Need to be Fed
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A veritable buffet of games for you to gorge upon on this week's Link Dump Friday, including an ambitious Alternate Reality Title, a boar with a gun, and more of Minoto's trademark cute insanity. This is also a serious article for serious people and there are no pop culture jokes in it at all. Nope. Not a one.- • Time Sensitive Materials
- • Unreal City
- • Kaban Steeplechase
- • A Stitch In Time: Fishing Game
- • Bread Girl
- • Tremerz
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Who here hasn't wanted to be a hero and save the world at least once during their life? Trick question, of course we all want to wear spandex and fly around the city doing cool things! I mean, that's not just me, is it? Yellow spandex?- • The Hero
- • Kerplinkus
- • Fox Vs. Duck
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This weekend we have an enormously interesting game to share: Digital: A Love Story. The title encapsulates the experience quite well, as it's a game that's both about 20 year old technology and love. - • Jump, Copy, Paste
- • Digital: A Love Story
- • Ruined
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Rise and shine, internets, it's Link Dump Friday time! Another fresh batch of fun and varied games from around the web for you to test your gaming mettle against. This week; puzzles, adventure, blobs, words, and absolute nonsense. I mean, even more than usual. - • A Blob's Tale 2
- • Rebuzz
- • Don't Save The Princess
- • Speed Escape 2
- • Chain Tower
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Well, it was only a matter of time. While not everyone on the JIG staff is a fan of social games, they seem to be gaining ground like a bowling ball tied to a freight train rolling down a hill. We Rule is the first heavy-hitting social app to hit the iPhone, and it's got the mojo needed to draw in an enormous player base.- • We Rule
- • iDrop Dead
- • Earth vs Moon
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Step one: Push the box, solve the puzzle. Step two: Go into space, push the box, get your stuff. Step three: Build a machine, buy some weapons, pick up some money. STEP FOUR WIN!- • Drone
- • Boxycraft
- • A Weekend in Space
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Another Friday, another Link Dump Friday, and another tasty assortment of games for your esteemed perusal! Have you ever wondered what a raccoon, a ballet dancer, a block-headed dude, and a red mage have in common? Well, nothing, obviously. But they're here in this week's installment of puzzles, point-and-clicks, and RPGs!- • Civet's Odyssey
- • Stoblobs
- • White Day 2
- • Demolition Dude
- • Fantasy XF
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A digging game. A quiz game. And a game about shooting ragdolls out of cannons. It would be a challenge to find a more varied selection of iTunes App Store games. Unless one of them involved monkeys. Monkeys always win the randomness awards.- • Mole: Quest for the Terracore gem!
- • Ragdoll Blaster 2
- • Quizarium
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It's a roguelike-like Weekend Download! Two of our games this weekend snuggle up to the famously non-casual sub-genre without turning up the complexity. Same RPG flavor, one tenth the time commitment! Quaffing potions should be a standard roguelike feature, though...- • Fatherhood
- • Fishface
- • Desktop Dungeons
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Friday has once again arrived to shower you with pre weekend joy and a fine assemblage of games indeed! Test your geography skills, your typing skills, your... duck... skills?... hmm. Well, it's awesome. Just trust us.- • Keyboard Mayhem
- • Valthirian Arc
- • DuckLife
- • GeoGame
- • Sideways
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One of the darling developers on the iTunes App Store, NimbleBit, has released yet another simple but crazy fun game. Sometimes I wonder if those guys stay up at night thinking of ways to make me stare at my iPod for hours on end. Between Text/Fishtropolis and Dizzypad, I'm going to have a hard time putting that little device away for long periods of time...- • Dizzypad
- • Comet Racer
- • Doodle Bomb
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Why spend all of your time toiling away on one game when you can make a ton of them? The 529-in-1 Klik & Play Pirate Kart II: Kart Harder is all about that, and the games featured below are from this recent event. 102 people contributed a total of 529 games over the weekend, each made in under two hours. It's quantity over quality, so don't expect the next Sprout, but do expect a lot of wacky ideas, one-trick games, and maybe even a few things that, once seen, can never be unseen. Check out a random selection of the 529 games, and don't be afraid to download and play many more!- • Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage
- • Animal Control
- • Six-Chamber Champion
- • Watch Ducks
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We know it says Link Dump Friday on this article, but there really isn't. No games here at all. You probably shouldn't bother clicking this link. It's not like we have awesome games for you this week or anything. Nnnnnooope.- • Theia
- • Smogout
- • Shields of Gemland
- • Catch a Star
- • Neon Rider
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HI. MY NAME IS AN INTRO PARAGRAPH. I hope you enjoy reading me, as I'm here to provide a fuzzy, comfortable buffer between the beginning of the article and the games below. Did you like it? I hope so, because you'll really like the games below. I know I do!- • FlipWorld
- • Strimko
- • Collide
- • Super Search 60
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Games are fun. Jam is delicious. Why not combine the two? The Game Jolt Weekend Game Jam has both of those words (even though its jam is less strawberry flavored) and contains exactly the same amount of yum. Check out a few of the top games from this 48 hour competition.- • Vatn Squid
- • Paper Dreams
- • Dissipate
We have just finished a massive walkthrough guide for Virtual Villagers 4: The Tree of Life. This guide will provide all you need to help you get the most from your experience with the latest Virtual Villagers game. Be warned: This guide does contain spoilers, so proceed with caution and as a last resort!Games Featured:
There're two shooters, two physics puzzles, and a sidescrolling commentary on the intolerance of man on this week's Link Dump Friday. Sounds like a winning combination to us! Like chips and dip, peanut butter and jelly, or ham and blueberries!- • Bloons Super Monkey
- • Craqua
- • Fenticore
- • ImmorTall
- • Sally's Cats
Today a very special Casual Gameplay Design Competition comes to a close, one dedicated to the realm of interactive fiction. We are very fortunate to have received so many excellent entries, and we are grateful to the development community for taking on our challenge.Games Featured:
How's this for a theme: three games that make you scratch your head! Colorbind because you can't figure out how to do what's right in front of your face. Gravity because you can't figure out how to precisely set up a chain reaction to tap a little button. And NOBY NOBY BOY because you have no earthly idea what's going on (even though you love it).- • NOBY NOBY BOY
- • Isaac Newton's Gravity
- • Colorbind
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This week's selection of downloadable games seems to ask a lot of questions. Not because one of their titles practically is a question, but because of the way they're made. What rests beyond the next corridor? How can you get to the other side of that waterfall? And if I step out into that suspiciously dark and open wooded area, will I get attacked by something hideous?- • Lunnye Devitsy
- • Which
- • The Hunt
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Another Friday, another Link Dump, and another tasty assemblage of the best bite sized games plucked from the bakery that is the internet. This week; movies, physics, rabbits, and fantastical hats! - • Hats
- • Rabbit Rustler
- • Colour My Life
- • Streets of Gotham Full Throttle
- • Let's Currrl
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Multiplayer games are a bit scant on the iTunes App Store. This week, we've got an excellent online-enabled title that serves as an example of how mobile devices can be used to bring people together for collective gaming experiences. Friendly game of Pictionary, anyone?- • Trenches
- • Choice of the Dragon
- • Charadium
- • Bird Strike
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The recently-completed TIGSource Assemblee Competition was all about artists and programmers working together as one big happy family-like unit. The two-part competition began with artists/musicians creating assets, then programmers came along, scooped up the goodies and used them to make games. The results, as you can see, are extraordinary, with over 70 games submitted in the end. Below are a few highlights of the competition.- • BirdyWorld
- • Mr. Kitty's Quest
- • Bitworld
- • Dungeons of Fayte
Want six of 2009's biggest indie games for the price of one? The Indie Love Bundle is here to make your wildest wishes come true! And Yet it Moves, Auditorium, Aztaka, Eufloria, Machinarium, and Osmos are available for a special price now through February 19!Games Featured:
A Friday, like any other... or IS it?! ... well, okay, since it's yet another installment of Link Dump Friday it probably IS just like any other. Which is to say, chock full of new games hungry for your perusal! Platformers, puzzlers, brain-benders, and more. And they still have that great new game smell!- • Skywire VIP
- • Beulah and the Hundred Birds
- • Finding Fairytales: Castle Party
- • Romance Maker
- • Invisible Runner
- • I Hate This Game
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One secret fact about iPhone games is that they can make you do weird things. Tilting the device to steer a car, for example, seems innocent enough, but when you're operating a flying taxi cab or flinging enemies up into the virtual sky, it's easy to get carried away. But you know what? Who cares if you look like a weirdo. You're having fun, and that guy making fun of you is not.- • Cabby
- • Plushed
- • Trundle
- • Castle Frenzy
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Sometimes you don't want an epic story or 80 hours of gameplay out of your game. Sometimes you just want to mess around, experience something quirky, and call it a day. All of the games below are extremely short. They're "just 'cause" games, because the only reason you play them is just because you can!- • A very brief tale
- • Strangers
- • War and Peace
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Need some sunshine in your day? How about bright colours, bizarre imagery, and a monkey in an iron barrel? That's right, this week's Link Dump Friday celebrates the weirdly wonderful games of the World Wide Web. Point-and-clicks, defense, physics, puzzles, all for you, dear reader. So hold tight to your no-nonsense socks if you value them, because this one is going to knock them right off with cuteness.- • Gluey
- • Turtillion Island
- • Bananafoot
- • Them Coconuts
- • Choco Valentine 2
The entries for the 7th Casual Gameplay Design Competition are now online and ready to play!! All entries are available to play immediately on the competition page. There is a place to enter comments for each game, so please use each respective thread to leave your kind feedback and constructive criticisms for the game authors. The competition period will span 3 weeks, and we will announce the winners of the competition at that time. Please help us spread the word!Games Featured:
Puzzles come in a variety of forms, from straightforward "here, solve this" to more convoluted riddles in story-driven games. The puzzles in this week's titles are wrapped in different cloths, but they all provide a great challenge no matter what your preference.- • Broken Sword: Director's Cut
- • Cogs
- • Aargon
- • Train Conductor
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Ahem. Here we go Loopty Loo! Here we go Loopty Li! Here we go Loopty Loo! Because it's Weekend Download that you can possibly read on a Saturday night!- • TowerClimb
- • Sheep
- • Heartwild Solitaire Classic
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Puzzles, puzzles, and more puzzles! Featuring cows, genies, helmets, and more, this week's Link Dump Friday is for those of you who like figuring things out, particularly when those things involve physics, zoo animals, and miniature labourers. - • Zoo Escape 2
- • ShipWrecked
- • Fuli
- • Wyzau Circle Tower Defense
- • Cargo Bridge: Armor Games Edition
Just a quick reminder that there is just 1 week left until the deadline for our 7th Casual Gameplay Design Competition. It is a very special competition that will feature one-room games of interactive fiction incorporating the theme of "ESCAPE". See the official competition announcement for all the details. Also, if you wish to be a judge, please request to be added to the judges list on the official competition announcement page.Games Featured:
Tumbledrop! The most smilinglyest game ever made, with more grins per geometric shape than an LOLboxfactory, has made a surprise appearance on the iPhone. Quick! Must get star to platform!- • CatchMe! if you can
- • Bee Spelled
- • Tumbledrop
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Simplicity is often overlooked in modern games. Whereas early programmers had little more to work with than a few lines of code and a green-on-black screen, modern game makers can have armies of programmers, artists, and computers on their side. It doesn't take 3D visuals and realistic physics to make a good game, though, as indie game creators prove time and time again. This week's games are small in some ways, but enormous in others, and all have that special something that makes you treasure the time you spend with it.- • TimeStill
- • Flood the Chamber
- • This Is How Bees Work
- • Probability Zero
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Mechs, chefs, rats, and more on this week's Link Dump Friday! After all, what better way to start your weekend off than with time management and bullets. I don't want to get your hopes up, but there might be a pony inside this one!... I said, might.- • Mecharon
- • Rotato
- • What's For Dinner?
- • Lab Rat: Quest For Cheese
- • vel.blast
After nearly 40,000 votes counted and compiled, we are pleased to present the results of the Best of 2009! This year it was all up to you, the JIG community, to hand out the awards to those games that earned the most votes. In a few categories the JIG editorial team has chosen a game to share the award to be sure some notable titles received the recognition and praise that we feel they deserve, but we didn't have to work very hard because we agreed with most of your selections!Games Featured:
We hereby declare this Mobile Monday "International Skip the Lite Version Edition"! We had such a great time with the games below, we're confident enough to suggest you just take the plunge and skip all that extra downloading and such. It's especially true for Sword & Poker, as if you try the lite version and fall in love with the game (which, you will), nabbing the full version will force you to start over again from the beginning. :-O And congratulations to our BLOCKOBAN giveaway winners!- • Imp or Oaf?
- • Sword & Poker
- • Blocks with Letters On 'A'
- • Mr. Space!!
Just a quick reminder for those who might have been waiting until the last minute to cast those important votes: We are heading into the final hours of voting. All voting will end Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 11:59PM (GMT-5:00), so don't delay. VOTE NOW!Games Featured:
Reflexes are a mixed bag, aren't they? On the one hand, they cause you to do things like uncontrollably kick people if they look at your knees (that's a reflex, honest), on the other hand, they jerk your hand away from painful objects and let you play insanely fast and chaotic games.- • Wave Goodbye
- • Squid and Let Die
- • Wave Goodbye
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Puzzles and strategy abound on this week's Link Dump Friday, featuring modern twists on age old game ideas, long ears, and a whooole lotta tanks. Really, what else could you ask for to start your weekend off with? Except maybe a pony. A pony... with purple wings. And... magical breath that smells like cotton candy. ... well, now I'm all depressed. Try to enjoy this week's offerings anyway!- • Battalion: Vengeance
- • Mahjong Dark Dimensions
- • Jigsaw.X0.com
- • Bongo Boom Battlegrounds
- • Lapinka and the Hidden Shield
Just a quick reminder for those who may have missed our announcement late last week: Cast your votes now for the Best of Casual Gameplay 2009! You can vote for your favorite games once each day during the voting period. Voting period to end sometime this weekend, so don't delay! Vote now and vote every day!Games Featured:
It's time for free stuff! Accompanying this week's Mobile Monday feature, we've got a handful of unlock codes for last week's puzzle game (which is also a browser game, by the way), BLOCKOBAN. Want one? All you have to do is sign in with a Casual Gameplay account and leave a comment below. Winners will be chosen at random and announced on next week's Mobile Monday, so be sure and check back then to see if you've won!- • Doodle Jump
- • Aztec Quest
- • Mondrian
- • Jounce
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It's Ludum Dare time again! Ludum Dare 16 has come and gone, leaving with us dozens upon dozens of unique, quickly-crafted games to enjoy. The latest competition's theme was "exploration", and here are a few of the top games as voted by the LD community!- • Apocalypse Adventure
- • Penguinagain
- • Scavenger
- • Cat Planet
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Another Friday, another week, and still we don't have houses on the moon or flying cars! Some new decade this is turning out to be. Why not cheer yourself up with tiny dragons, racing hounds, or gears? This week's Link Dump Friday has it all... provided your definition of "all" is a limited selection of five games.- • Gone to the Dogs
- • Wheel It
- • Find Tealy 2
- • Speed Escape
- • Soul Arms
Another year for the record books, 2009 sure had its ups and downs. Throughout the year we aimed to bring you the very best online, mobile and downloadable casual games available on the Web, and now it's time for you to choose the best of the best, la crème de la crème. Yes, it's time for our sixth annual Jay is Games "Best of" feature. Vote for your favorite games of 2009! Vote now, and vote once per day during the voting period!Games Featured:
Big games, small packages. Well, iPhone apps don't really have packages, but you get my point. Without losing their pick-up-and-play appeal, this week's games stuff a lot of content into your hands, offering weeks upon weeks of casual entertainment.- • Fishtropolis
- • Red Conquest
- • Blockoban
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It's the first Weekend Download of 2010! We thought we would go easy on you while you break in your new calendar, so all of the games below have a light download footprint. You can handle a few megs worth of games, can't you? Sure you can!- • ArGeeBee
- • Opera Omnia
- • Audia
To celebrate the passing of a year (and of a decade), Joe, Dora and John sat down around a cozy fireplace, sipped some sort of expensive kind of drinks we couldn't even pronounce, let alone afford (it was hot cider), and had a nice little chat about the year behind and the year ahead. How was 2009 for casual games? What does 2010 promise? We don't know. But we sure sound like we do!Games Featured:
Happy 2010, dear reader! We hope it's filled with even more awesomeness for you than the last. What better way to start your year off on the right foot than with this week's Link Dump Friday? It's a well-known fact that people who start their Fridays with a strict regime of games are guaranteed to grow only the most luxurious of beards in the new year, men and women alike!... hmmm, or maybe it was just "have a lot of fun"? I can't remember, they're so similar!- • Alter
- • Shrink It
- • Blasting Agent
- • The Well
- • Icebreaker: The Gathering
Oh ho ho, we are so back with more casual gameplay in podcast form! Just in time to wave goodbye to the holiday season, Joe from FlashGameLicense along with Jay, Dora and John from JIG managed to get Eli Piilonen, creator of The Company of Myself, to sit down and be subjected to questions of all kinds. We get serious with the games this episode, so you don't want to miss the shouting matches, dirty glares, roundhouse kicks, and thoughtful gifts of chocolates and cheeses exchanged between us.Games Featured:
Hugely, hugely, hugely addictive games on this edition of Mobile Monday, apps we just couldn't keep our smudging little fingers off of for very long. Each should be familiar to anyone who follows the casual/indie gaming scene, but their transition to the mobile platform introduces new controls as well as our favorite hook: complete portability!- • Spider: Hornet Smash
- • VectorTD
- • Stair Dismount
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If games weren't challenging, we wouldn't bother with them, right? Games create a set of rules that cause certain actions to be difficult, then you, the player, must try to perform those actions. It's a narrow definition, to be sure, but challenge on any level is something that sits at the core of gaming. Each of the games below throws challenges at you in a different way, whether it's via enemies, puzzles, restrictive physics, or a combination of all three. Sometimes you have to form a strategy, but sometimes it's about fighting with the game itself to make it all work. Either way, it's fun.- • Shards
- • Hydorah
- • Battle of Tiles
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It's a super-sized holiday edition of our famous Link Dump filled with seasonal games to help you get your celebrate on! With puzzles, action, adventure, and even some point-and-clicks, it's everything you need to make your Friday complete, minus all that pesky "sustenance" and "nutrients", of course.- • Santa Hair
- • Icebreaker: The Gathering
- • Civiballs X-Mas Levels
- • Save the Bunny: X-Mas Edition
- • Infectonator Christmas Edition
- • Mezzo Special Edition
- • Santa Rockstar 2
- • Chompy's Winter Rescue
- • Snow Day
- • Santa Fu!
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This week's Mobile Monday fell off the wacky train! Fortunately it hit a pack of wacky grass which cushioned its fall, but the train kept going to Wacky Town all the same. Now Mobile Monday has to hitchhike. The bus from Wackyville should come by soon, Tomena Sanner is driving today.- • Tomena Sanner
- • Vortex
- • Undead Attack! Pinball
- • bitFLIP
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Ever wonder what happens to the games we feature on Weekend Download? Think the respective developers just take a nap and start on something new? Oh ho HO! You would be wrong! Two of this week's games are updates of titles we featured in the past, proving once and for all (insert significant philosophical observation here).- • GunFu Deadlands
- • !
- • Sumotori Dreams
- • Magic Planet Snack
- • Dawn's Light: A Christmas Tale
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A fantastical hodge-podge of internet gaming delight awaits you this Link Dump Friday! Physics, puzzles, RPGs, and so much more! Do you have what it takes to conquer them all?!... well, okay, yeah, probably. But it's hardly as exciting if we say that, now, is it? - • Steady the Yeti
- • Blosics
- • Arcuz
- • Platonic Archetypes of Dice
- • run.don't.stop
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Ever wonder what it would be like if we lived underwater? Like, if it were normal that everything was surrounded by water and we could breathe with gills and stuff. I'm thinking ice cream would be an entirely different concept on that wet world...- • Beat It!
- • Tipoli
- • Decades
- • Arcade Solitaire: TriTowers
Historic Dire Grove, although closed for the season, is now open to the public for only $6.99 or a Big Fish Game Club credit. The game lives up to the quality expectations of the Mystery Case Files series, and fans of hidden object and adventure games won't likely be disappointed. Download the demo, read our review, or consult our Dire Grove Walkthrough.Games Featured:
I'm a sucker for cute, quirky games. Throw a few chunky pixels in my direction, slap on a coat of "retro, yet new" gameplay on the top, and you've got my attention. All three games this weekend have that quirky old-school charm, and all three were thoroughly played/nommed by yours truly!- • Lily
- • We Want YOU
- • Kaiser Kitty
After a miniature holiday-induced delay, Way Too Casual has returned with more splendid casual gaming splendidness! For our second episode, Joe, Jay and John have summoned a guest speaker: Chris from GamerSafe.com. Why? Because we have a very serious topic to discuss, something that makes gamers near and far shudder with fear: microtransactions. That heavy topic along with a full arsenal of game reviews can be yours with one simple click!Games Featured:
It's Friday, and you know what that means, don't you? Zombies, foxes, ants, and more! If you guessed correctly, you get to play this week's Link Dump Friday lineup! If you didn't guess correctly, well... you can still play, but you'll sense our parental disapproval the entire time. We're not upset. Just... disappointed.- • Infectonator
- • The Ant Explorer
- • Fox and Roll
- • Zoo Escape
- • Pac Vs Alien
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What a lineup! The four games in this edition of Mobile Monday feature more addictiveness than a bag of Scrabble tiles containing only the letters S, N, A, E, T, I, V, C, and D!- • Lock 'n' Roll 2
- • geoSpark
- • Monopoly
- • PathPix Pro
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Exploration is most of the reason why many of us play video games. When a developer crafts an entire world for you to play in, it's easy to get giddy with the concept of probing every corner and climbing on top of every boulder. This week's selection features several games that are heavy on the discovery aspect of gaming. Whether it's a magical world filled with moonlight or a dark pixel cave, you never know what's around the corner until you look...- • Focus
- • Dreamside Maroon
- • Saut
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This season, a very special Link Dump Friday, full of ghosts, spaceships, monsters, and other festive cheer. It's just our little way of saying... we care about you. And we feel this affection is best expressed in a distant, non-committal way through online flash gaming. No, no, it's okay. We love you, too.- • Red Fluxion
- • Shadowreign
- • Scamper Ghost
- • Droppy
- • Hippie Phuzzle
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I promised myself I wouldn't make this introduction all about the hyper-addictive sequel to the hyper-addictive loot gathering game I Dig It. But I did anyway. To be honest, when I made that promise, I secretly knew I was joking with myself.- • Auditorium
- • Cross Fingers
- • I Dig It Expeditions
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RUUUNNNN!!!!! Escape games of the non-point-and-click variety are well-represented in the indie gaming community. What could be more basic than "get away from the thing that's chasing you"? Two of this weekend's titles focus on running away from something really scary. And you'll have a good time doing just that!- • Restraining Order
- • Focus
- • rComplex
- • Igneous
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Look sharp, casual gamers! Some of us might be laden with copious amounts of turkey and stuffing, but that's no reason to let yourself get rusty! Link Dump Friday is here to help keep your gaming muscles in fighting shape with puzzles galore!- • Glow Cut
- • Revert to Growth
- • Magic Factory
- • Ononmin
- • Shapely
For this week's You Are Games, we want you to put on your level design tin foil hats and dial them to "R-I-D-D-L-E". We are looking for submissions of one-panel riddle puzzles to create one big honking JIG community riddle puzzle game that we will share with everyone once it's finished. Prizes will be awarded, and anyone who gets their idea(s) into the game will have a place among the credits inside the game.Games Featured:
Oh, happy day! It's a bunch of games I get to play! From bombs to swords to ghosts in a maze. Now its time to sit and be lazy. Laze. Lazey. Laz— oh, forget it.- • Minimae
- • Haunted Mirror Maze
- • Implode!
Still can't get enough Machinarium? Amanita Designs, creator of our favorite little lost robot, has just done everyone a wonderful (and free) favor. Now available for your listening pleasure: five previously unreleased MP3 tracks from the Machinarium soundtrack!Games Featured:
Two things the indie gaming community thrives on are experimentation and nostalgia. Some developers push their concepts so far the resulting experience is unlike anything we've ever seen. It may be fun, it may be frustrating, but we love it for the boundless innovation. Other developers take classic concepts and reinvent them for the modern player, resurrecting proven gaming mechanics for everyone to enjoy once again. The selection of games below illustrates both concepts quite well, with a few games blending both nostalgia and experimentation in equal parts. Gotta love indie game creators!- • Harmony
- • Featherweight
- • Dungeon
- • Devil's Tuning Fork
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Link Dump Friday is here again, to put a song in your heart, a twinkle in your eye, and a new batch of games in your hot little hands. Featuring precious cargo, 3D platforming, rodents, and more, it's the Link Dump-iest day of the week, and all for you! - • Cargo Bridge: X-Mas Level Pack
- • HiRoads
- • Fly Squirrel Fly
- • R.I.F.T.
- • Beastie Burgers
- • Sketcharoo!
The JayIsGames staff along with FlashGameLicense have finally gone mad and decided to start a podcast! We call it Way Too Casual because, well, that's what we are. The bi-weekly episodes will focus on casual gaming news, events, reviews and lots more. We have some great surprises planned for future episodes. It's a great way to keep up on the biggest browser game releases and current events in the world of casual gaming. All while you go on your morning jog!
We're pleased to announce a very special Casual Gameplay Design Competition, one focused entirely on interactive fiction! For CGDC #7, we're calling on IF authors to craft one-room games incorporating the theme "escape". It's text-only this time around, so you can spend your time polishing puzzles instead of pixels. Full details are below, so fire up your Z-code compiler and get to writing!Games Featured:
This intro paragraph was written under duress. I, a lonely garden gnome, am being held inside the house against my gnome will. I am being forced to eat vegetables, exercise regularly, and weave baskets as a hobby. If you read this, please send help. And cookies.- • Rope'n'Fly 2
- • Red Planet
- • Edge
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Alternate title for this edition of Weekend Download: The Balloon Bros. Return of the Attack of the Wrath of the Download: Episode 2 Part 4 - Tetripongfetusausable's Revenge.- • The Balloon Bros Tumble-Top Sideshow Spectacular!
- • Au Sable
- • Fetus
- • Tetripong
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This week on Link Dump Friday! Games to brighten up your day, whether the weather's got you down, you're not feeling well, or you feel fine and dandy but you just really like games. We have tiny dragons, big dragons, and physics puzzles, oh my! So what are you waiting for? Click on over to us and turn that frown upside down!- • Find Tealy
- • Dragon Boy
- • Haystax
- • Save the Bunny
- • Adventurous Eric
Don't miss our CGDC #7 announcement coming November 16th!
Our 6th competition today comes to a close and we are here to honor all of the games that were entered, as well as award a few prizes, too. The "explore" theme proved a formidable challenge, while one entry captivated and moved the indie games community with its tiny worlds of pixel art.Welcome! We review, discuss and recommend only the best Flash and Casual games available on the Web.
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Welcome! We review, discuss and recommend only the best Flash and Casual games available on the Web.
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