During the 1980s, role-playing books were all the rage. The Choose Your Own Adventure series allowed readers to decide the outcome of the story by making decisions and then turning to the appropriate page. If the right choice was made, the story would continue. While innovative, The Choose Your Own Adventure series was limited. Steve Jackson and Ian Livingston took the concept further by publis... more.

Ever wish you could design the interior of a beautiful house? Playrix's Gardenscapes Mansion Makeover (PC $13.95) allows you to do that. You start by talking with Austin, your faithful butler. Austin will guide you through the game, listening to him will give you hints and tips on completing the renovation of your house. You must renovate your house for a party that friends are coming over fo... more.

Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater is one of the more popular games in the MGS series.  It was first released on the Playstation 2 in 2006 and it recently appeared in a compilation for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. More recently, it has been revamped for the 3DS containing true 3D graphics and gyroscope controls. Despite the age of the game it's based on, Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D's story is tim... more.

Looking for a game that you can jump into? Zuma's Revenge by Popcap (DS $19.99) allows you to do just that. You need to destroy color balls by shooting them with matching ones. You must shoot balls of various colors at their matching balls as they roll by. You must have at least 3 balls of the same color to have them disappear before they get to the end of the track. You can also destroy ba... more.

Binary Domain’s premise is about replacing mankind with hollow children. Hollow children are the perfect race; they never get tired and live forever. They resemble human beings and blend in with society perfectly. Problem is, they haven’t the faintest clue what they really are. The Hollow children were developed by Amada Corporation in a race to beat the yankees (i.e. the Americans). Amada ... more.

Those zany zombies that will stop at nothing to feast on human brain matter have staggered their way on to the PSVita. Popcap's award-winning game, Plants vs Zombies, places you in the shoes of a survivor living in a neighborhood infested by the undead.  Your only means of defense is your garden. As the game begins, you are given a brief tutorial about planting in your front yard. A seed packe... more.

Available at launch for the PSVita, BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend brings 2D competitive fighting to Sony's new handheld. An evolution of the Guilty Gear series,  BlazBlue has  seen a release on just about every console system, including the Sony PSP. The PSVita version includes a variety of changes. For starters, the combat system has been revised. All fighters, new and old, have been throu... more.

Nexuiz is a futuristic sci-fi shooter for Xbox 360. You might be thinking that as a game, this is nothing more than a standard ‘Halo’ clone; this couldn’t be further from the truth. The game resembles Halo in some ways, but it offers enough originality to stand on its own merits. Nexuiz is a fast-paced shooter with gameplay that borderlines ‘twitch’ reactions. The action happens so fa... more.

For those who haven’t played the original, Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2 is a virtual world within a virtual world. I had problems wrapping my head around this concept at first, but it’s truly remarkable in itself. It is unlike anything you have ever experienced before. Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2 resembles a computerized world. Everything electronic lives and breathes; each entity has it... more.

Ever wish you could use your natural gas to get you going? Meet Houston, star of Tradewest Digital's, “Tiny Toots”. Houston eats beans to try and escape from Professor Beanstock, who is trying to catch him via helicopter to return him to the Dino farm where he lives. When the Professor is approaching , you will hear sirens and the screen will start to flash. You will see him hanging out ... more.