Author James Patterson's thrilling Women's Murder Club hit book series (and now television series) is coming to life in this soon-to-be-released murder-mystery game. Meet Lindsay Boxer, Claire Washburn, Cindy Thomas and Jill Bernhardt - four friends who together form the Women's Murder Club, or WMC for short - as they work together to solve a gruesome homicide.

Virtual Villagers 3 is inching ever closer to launch, and we have the video to prove it! Click the video below, courtesy of Last day of Work, to take a look at some of the cool new features you can expect to see.

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Have you ever wanted to run your own farm? Here is your chance in the new game Virtual Farm. Till your fields and plant your crops to see if you can turn a run down farm into a prosperous business in this cute simulation game.

So I am working on an editorial, where I recount how a year ago I made a prediction that the average price per download game would be $10 each (which it is if you factor in Game Clubs) and make a bunch of new predictions, with the lead predication that RealNetworks will spin off its Games Group as a separate company.

Lo and behold, I go to CNN and see this headline: RealNetworks Announces Intention to Spin Off Its Casual Games Business

If I had only gotten my editorial up one day earlier, I would have looked like Nostradamus. Regardless, this is big news. We'll investigate!

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Although an Internet-only diversion (and Pogo.com exclusive at that), fans of popular TV game shows can't help but be drawn to Word Riot. Despite being a strictly multiplayer endeavor - and one that's built around a fairly limited rule set, no less - there's much to like about the skillfully-presented title, which takes the form of a virtual primetime broadcast. Even if, that is, it isn't always for the impatient. And, of course, diehard fans of the English language, who'll find the outing won't improve your vocabulary so much as text messaging skills and ability to understand Internet parlance, or "leet" speak, as it's known to the online generation.

CD-ROM games never die. They are simply reborn as casual game downloads. Such is the case with 1996's Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express, a classic point-and-click adventure game based on the beloved murder mystery novel penned by Agatha Christie.

How time flies... the same fresh-faced Carrie who began her first assignment with Caregivers International as an infant nurse is now married and raising two children of her own: Safi, the daughter she adopted from Africa in the previous game, and her husband's son Peter - both of whom are now teenagers! Camp Funshine: Carrie the Caregiver 3 finds Carrie assuming the role of head counsellor at a summer camp for 7- to 13-year-olds with a new set of time management challenges to face.