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Willy Wiener and the Tunnel of Doom is a bizarre but enjoyable game. It’s short but has plenty of craziness to offer.

Planet Cazmo is a virtual world for kids that was launched in November, 2007. The site began as a beta test site for a year until the official public launch in December 2008. The site is aimed at children from age 8 to 14. This virtual world exists on an alien planet where players socialize with each other, play games and generally exist with much more freedom than they do in their normal lives.

Pandanda is an online social networking game that was launched in 2008. It is currently a live site that is aimed at children from ages 6 to 14. The site was originally tested in beta mode for free until the program worked out its kinks and programming issues. The site is a cute-looking, innocuous children’s website with cuddly non-threatening red panda bears and small forest animals – much like children’s stuffed animals or animated animals on a preschooler’s television show. Members choose a red panda as an avatar and move through the site chatting with other avatars.

Club Penguin is massively multi-player online role playing game (MMORPG) that was launched in October 2005. It was developed by Club Penguin Entertainment and purchased by The Walt Disney Company in 2007. The website consists of online games and activities for children from age 6 to 14. The site has a typical Disney-looking feel to it with cartoon penguin avatars that children customize to use as their online personality. The game has also spawned physical video games for Nintendo and books.

The problem with the relatively new market of mobile games has been the limitations of the mobile devices but are we beginning to see those restrictions ease? Games designed for playing on handsets and other mobile devices are improving as game developers are able to build more elaborate graphics and, whilst we probably won’t see serious gamers flinging their PS3s, Xboxes and Nintendo in the trash just yet, there are new breeds of games coming out that do offer more. Typically the type of game on offer for the average iPhone user little more than a year ago…

Cause of Death is an interactive story of the likes of an adult Choose Your Own Adventure book. It’s free to download, with free content added regularly. It’s a murder mystery that puts you in several different roles, even the murderer!

Battlefield 3 was my most anticipated first person shooter (FPS) game of the year. The previews looked stunning, but there was some fear that what was in the previews was the PC version, and would be watered down to play on the consoles. Thankfully console owners will not be disappointed.

EPOCH is a post-apocalyptic 3D iPhone/iPad game that features cover-based shooting to deliver fast-paced and addictive gameplay. Just about anyone can easily enjoy this game.

Baby Monkey (going backwards on a pig) is exactly what the name suggests. If that’s not enough to pique your curiosity, how about a catchy theme song you won’t be able to get out of your head?

The name itself is a definition of terror and adventure, and Dead Island games is much more than that. The video game was developed by Tech land and has become an instant rage for players all over the world. The game was developed for Microsoft windows, PlayStation, etc and cam be assessed on most gaming interfaces.