My mom is far from a "power user" when it comes to computers. She's never sent an e-mail. She's never browsed the web. She probably isn't proficient enough with a keyboard to type a simple "hello." A few years ago, she started playing the addictive word game Bookworm on my sister's computer, A family friend built her a simple Windows
Generally speaking, I'm not much of a game player. I do play the occasional game of Solitaire, or Words With Friends, not so much to win but more as a challenging exercise to see what words will go where and what letters can be made into words that function within the WWF framework. I recently came across a simple yet
Some of you may know the game Pitfall thanks to it being kept alive through computer emulators, and a few of you may even remember playing it on your Atari game console. Now Activision has revived the classic with a remake for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices. The game has been redesigned for modern mobile devices, so don't expect any nostalgic
iPieces from Jumbo are a new range of games that join traditional tabletop games with iPad game apps. In a nutshell, the iPad becomes the game board and game pieces are placed on the iPad. The game app displays the board but being an app, can bring animation and other effects to the game. Sheer genius. There are four games
Mitch Perliss of Sunflex USA (www.snakebyte-usa.com) presents the Snakebyte brand of game controllers. Folks have been having a lot of fun with this one, you can write on the TV with the controller and a host of other fun things. Interview by Jeffry Powers of Geekazine and Esby Larsen of MrNetCast.com Please Support our CES 2011 Sponsors Get your 14