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Memorex offers a comprehensive line of Wii accessories including a wireless sensor bar and a racing wheel. read more »  Party games and the Wii go hand-in-hand (or Wiimote-in-hand, as the
case may be), and Nintendo has dominated that market with its
first-party Mario Party series. The secret to their success seems to
have eluded most other game makers, so when Guilty Party arrived at our
door, I was intrigued, but not optimistic. Would the genre again be
murdered by another attempt? read more »
 A few years back, a child in our home got his hands on one of our mobile
phones. He knew he wasn't supposed to have it, so when he heard us
coming, he got rid of it as quickly as possible...into the kitchen
sink, where it landed in a pot full of water. Since we hadn't for the
insurance, we had to find a used one to replace it (which
was still cheaper than the insurance, by the way). But if we'd had
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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. 
I suppose it a sign of the times that the rebellious rock stars of the sixties are now so completely mainstream that they appear on children's television. Who would have guessed that Roger Daltry, lead vocalist and founder of The Who, would wind up giving voice to a friendly dragon named Argon in the award-winning DVD series The Wheels on the Bus? 
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 
Storm City Games has been an aggressive player in the DS market over the past year bringing out some engaging games (Jewel Master Egypt), some innovative games (System Flaw), some ambitious, but ultimately flawed games (T.A.C. Heroes). While not all of these games have lived up to their potential, neither have any of them been a serious disappointment. 
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. 
The danger in writing a review of anything Sherlock Holmes related -- book, movie, DVD, video game, board game, card game, con game, action figures, play sets, makeup kits, mobile phones, meerschaum pipes, drain snakes or home chemistry sets -- is the temptation to lapse into cliched references to the great detective. Fortunately, for a writer of my talents, succumbing to this temptation is elementary. 
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. 