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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.
 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 »
Let's get the technical details out of the way first: * Expander 2.1 runs on Macintosh and Windows, and activates through any application that produces sound. read more »
The point of Legacy Interactive’s Pet Pals games is to experience life as a veterinarian. Substituting a mouse for any number of medical tools, Pet Pals New Leash on Life gives you a chance to try your hand at saving a variety of tiny lives. 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. 
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. 
Rohos Logon Key is a small program that runs on your Mac to lock your computer to prevent unauthorized use. The Rohos Key utilizes any USB port to secure your Mac thus providing hardware support to lock your laptop. 
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: 
Keyboard Town PALS is an interactive, educational tool for teaching children ages 7-12 how to type. Through the use of associative learning, drills and speed tests are eliminated and children can learn to type words and sentences in as little as one hour without the pressure to perform. 
Yes, LEGO Rock Band is due out this year, but that's not the only big LEGO game in your near future. LEGO Universe promises to take the virtual world to a new level as you build that virtual world. Including both pirates and ninjas, as well as spacescapes and many more environments, we have built a library of images for your perusal to get a taste of this new world. Visit our image gallery to piece together an understanding.
Astound Sound from GenAudio promises to improve your audio experience with music, movies and games and it delivers. Since using Astound Sound I've heard things in music and movies that I didn't hear before. It totally changes the way you hear audio on your computer. For this review I've used screen shot from the Mac
