For those wanting a brief excursion from the chores of everyday life, Pool Master may be the remedy. This two minute title provides simplistic, quick-fire fun at the expense of any depth or longevity.

What'sgood about Pool Master is that you don't need to put in hours of sacrifice to enjoy the game. You have two minutes to pot as many balls as possible, with every successful shot netting an extra 4 seconds playtime. With only one mode to pit your skills against, however, the novelty soon wears off.

It's been 80 years since teen sleuth Nancy Drew debuted in her very first detective novel, and she's still going strong both in print and as part of Her Interactive's Nancy Drew adventure game series. To celebrate the milestone, Her Interactive is re-releasing the very first Nancy Drew adventure: Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill. The game has been remastered with updated graphics and sound, characters, puzzles and more - plus a brand new ending.

All aboard! Travelling by train can be a majestic way to ride, but managing those trains can be a whole other story. Hopping from track to track at any given second, ensuring passengers arrive safely at their destination – the life of a railroad worker can be a harrowing experience. We thought we’d all but mastered it in the Australian outback in Train Conductor. Now the developers have brought their frantic train puzzler to the west with the release of Train Conductor 2: USA.

If you take a closer look at the casual games market you’ll find a lot of diversity. Some games offer more than 30 hours of playtime, some just over six hours. Some games have an old fashion art style, while some are made with 3D graphics that have Pixar quality written all over them. Some genres are relatively easy to develop and other genres are harder for developers to master.

Phantom hauntings and malevolent ghosts are typically explored in grisly horror films and creepier flicks, but the iconic Ghostbusters films of the 1980s put a funny spin on paranormal activity that made the subject more digestible to younger audiences. While games with movie tie-ins seem to have a bad habit of flopping miserably, Ghostbusters: The Video Game is among the first I’ve encountered that really manages to nail down and masterfully emulate everything that’s so great about the films it draws inspiration from.

In case you ever wondered who the mastermind behind the Playrix characters is, and how these characters take shape out of ideas and concepts to the actual game, this article will be of interest to you. We are about to unveil our magical recipe of creating charming, quirky and most importantly, memorable and unique characters. Trust us, it works.

Codeminion's Brunhilda and the Dark Crystal has launched! Dragons sleeping over pots of gold, pirates flying in their airships, deceptive flesh eating fairies, skilful goblins, giant trolls and wicked witches - will they all stand in your way? Or will they help you master the arcane minigames of Alchemy, Wizardry and Telepathy? It's all for you to discover in the magical adventures of Brunhilda! Download the game, write a review, or chat about it in our forum.