Joel Brodie

Are you feeling lucky this St. Patrick's Day Weekend?  You should with these 50% off sales on casual games at iWin and Big Fish Games. Get 50% off all games on iWin until March 18 when you enter coupon code POTOGOLD upon checkout.  Get 50% off everything at Big Fish Games until March 17 when you use coupon code LUCKOFTHEIRISH.

When a giant menace threatens the village, the young faeries Delfbert, Wilf and Angelica set out on a journey to save their home in the new puzzle game, A Fairy Tale, from Reflexive and Rock Solid Arcade.Our review is coming soon.  Download A Fairy Tale for the PC, write a review, or discuss the game in our forum.  Own a Mac?  You can download A Fairy Tale for the Mac as well!

When John Barbour was announced as president of RealNetworks' Games Division in October 2008, I was intrigued:  One, John is a toys industry veteran and I'm fascinated by the convergence of toys and games; two, John is an outsider joining the casual games industry at a critical juncture.Gamezebo sat down with John to discuss the similarities and differences between casual games and toys, the impact of the dreaded "R" word on casual games (OK, I'll say the word, recession, and it's not so dreaded), and his plans for RealGames in the next 12 months and beyond.

One day Angela thought she was falling asleep but ended up in a mysterious dark forest... What was she doing there and would she find her way home? Angela Young's Dream Adventure is a new hidden object game that just launched on PlayFirst.  Will our review and tips be posted before Angela makes it home?Download Angela Young's Dream Adventure, write a review, and discuss the game in our forum.

Big Fish Games has released a very large file adventure game, Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon, with the ominous warning "contains some mature content and mentioning of the occult" (shutter!)There is no free trial for this game, but if you are into large file adventure games, vampires, or dragons, this game could interest you.Our review is coming soon.  In the meantime, download and purchase Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon, write a review, and discuss the game in our forum.

Imagine if the next episode of the Indiana Jones saga took place on a Solitaire and Puzzle board.  That's essentially Jewel Quest Solitaire III, released today on iWin.  Our adventurous review is coming soon.Download Jewel Quest Solitaire III, write a review, and discuss the game in our forum.

Enkord has released a new casual game that is hard to pigeonhole, Inca Tomb, boasting 5 different game types!  Our review is coming soon.Download Inca Tomb, write a review, and discuss the game in our forum.  Thank you Hicham for the tip.

Usually when I write an article for Gamezebo, I write out a draft, pontificate, revise, ponder, re-write, and post, a month later.  Half my editorials end up forever hidden on my laptop, never to see the light of day.No more!  I'm a blogger, a twitterer, a man of action. Welcome to The Brodie Blog, where I'll tell you my thoughts on casual games, as they magically occur!Today's Entry:  How Movies can be a good sign of things to come in casual games.