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I always enjoy reading Developer's Blog posts. (Maybe because, as a critic, I get to deconstruct games so it's fun to see them constructed.) Legacy started a new series of posts from the developers of the forthcoming "Criminal Minds" tie-in game. You can find the first post here.
On September 13, Legacy Interactive is releasing a licensed game based on the series House MD. Like the series' perpetually cranky protagonist, the game is a mixed bag. But, perhaps it would be best to let the characters themselves give you the low down. read more »
I like books. A lot. I mean I really, really like books. I’ve spent a lifetime building a library with more than 3,000 volumes. It’s not the Library of Alexandria, but it’s important to me. read more »
I can only imagine the pitch meeting for the series House MD "Well it's about this doctor who is brilliant but he's also a total narcissistic jerk. He's rude to patients, rude to the staff, rude to random strangers in the street." "It sounds perfect for the eighteen-to-twenty-four demographic. Let's give it the green light!" read more »  The video game industry has become huge, a multi-billion dollar
industry, far from the early days of Pong and Pac-Man. As it has
blossomed, it has developed its own trends and set its own records. To
commemorate the industry's various accomplishments, the Guinness Book
of World Records has published a specific volume just for video games,
the Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's Edition.read more »
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As part of the on-going celebration of the 80th anniversary of Nancy Drew, Her Interactive is releasing an updated version of the very first Nancy Drew computer game; Secrets Can Kill. Based on the 1986 novel in the Nancy Drew Files series, the game begins with the death of a high school student named Jake Rogers. 
Legacy Interactive has a lot to offer fans of medical TV shows. On the side of drama, they're offering the soon-to-be-released 
I am not the core demographic of Immortal Lovers from Legacy Interactive. In fact, I'm so far outside the core demographic I need to use the Hubble Telescope if I want to see them. Yet, I found the game strangely compelling. 
After 80 years in the detective biz, you’d think that Nancy Drew was ready to hang up her magnifying glass. But if Her Interactive’s newest game is any indication, Nancy is firmly committed to living on the edge. 
2009 saw the release of a lot of great video games, plus a few serious
clunkers. While you can check out our reviews for all kinds of ideas,
here are some of our favorites from the past few months that we
recommend for families: 