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Ib Sanchez–the king of pain–reviews the first medical/musical gaming experience, Karaoke Surgeon, from Sing Science. Ib says it’s a cut above the competition and rates it One spicy chalupa? Read the full story>>

Watcher is a real-time, GPS-enabled, freak-out from Freaking Maniacs for iPhone users like me who love being scared shitless. Let’s face it–I’m the girl in the horror flick who goes down to the basement to investigate a strange, sickening crunching sound that really couldn’t be anything other than your boyfriend being ground up into hamburger. I love being scared, and so do my friends, which is why we love Watcher. How does it work? Simple. You sign up for a Watcher account and your Watcher whereabouts are broadcast to other users in the vicinity, who can track you. Read the full story>>

More than a puzzle and almost a philosophy of life, that’s the enigma of egg in a box by Birdvine. Personally, I just enjoy contemplating what the egg is becoming as I carefully remove the puzzle pieces and try to guess at the contents before the creation turns into a pool of yolk. When the pelicans fly through the box and you have to feed them sardines, well, that’s when egg in a box becomes truly enchanting. Read the full story>>

When international bad guys plot against the United States, Leonetta–the super alter-ego of CIA Director Leon Panetta–is sure to be on the case, hunting them down through his octopus-like network of shadow agents and contacts across the globe. The game play unfolds in two very different ways: first, you’ll direct the Agency in the resource management panel, allocating budgets, reviewing the latest intelligence, doing backroom deals with other leaders of the government, choosing colors to paint your new office and briefing the President when steaming piles of shit hit the “national interest” fan. Read the full story>>

Such simplicity and such joy! Don’t Lose Your Marbles! is simply perfection that you must experience yourself. It is the caviar of video games, the Dom Perignon, the Madame Francoise, to whom I extend my warmest wishes and an invitation to renew our “splik” at her earliest convenience. But let us not speak of love but of fascination. DLYB is a battle of fascination, with each opponent forever on the edge of oblivion. Read the full story>>

Kraft Foods, hoping to reach a new generation of consumers, has teamed up with Megalon World Props, the creator of MMORPG hits Gastroverse and Pandora’s Pie, to build a new food-centric multiplayer world featuring Kraft’s family of congestible products. Read the full story>>