One topic that surprisingly hasn't been mentioned on CyberNet yet is Guitar Hero.

Not that I need any excuse to waste time, but I always keep an eye out for the "Time Wasters" that Download Squad writes about. They're usually pretty fun, and one in particular I recently got hooked on.  It's called Tower Bloxx, and the flash-based game is about how well you can stack swinging building blocks. It sounds easy, but it can get tricky pretty fast.

PopCap Games is known for their collection of fun-to-play casual games which can be played in a limited version (for free), or the full version by paying a fee. Some of their most popular games include Peggle, Bejeweled, and Chuzzle which would all normally cost your $19.95 if you wanted the full version.

About a month ago Ryan introduced me to Peggle, a game from PopCap Games.  He had been playing it and it looked like fun, so I decided I'd try it too.  Little did I know how addicting this game would turn out to be.

One of the games that I've always enjoyed doing on the computer are the image puzzles, where you provide an image and it scrambles it all up for you to reorganize. Often times the puzzle only has one blank spot that you can use for sliding around the different puzzle pieces, kind of like this game.

It was just last month when Meebo opened their platform to third party developers and already, the first big batch of games have launched.  There are over twenty different games available like classic Checkers, Reversi, Connect 4, and more.

I'm not really big on playing computer games that leave you sitting at your computer for days on end, but that doesn't mean I don't play games. A new game that is in the works, called Crayon Physics, is the epitome of what I love in a game: fun, increasingly difficult, and extremely creative.

There are SO many social networks out there these days that come in all kinds of flavors - from the dog lover networks to the social networks for book enthusiasts. For those of you who enjoy playing games online, doof is the social network for you. It recently launched into beta and after reading a few positive reviews, I thought I'd give it a try.

I don't know about you but there is a whole world of news out there that I don't read, and it's partly because of the language barrier. Services like Google Translate and BabelFish have tried to break down that barrier one step at a time, and while they do offer sitewide translations there is still no good alternative to translate RSS feeds.

TechCrunch is reporting that AOL is finally going to put the domain wow.com (which they've owned since 1998) to good use. And no, they're not selling it to Microsoft to promote the "Wow" experience of Windows Vista.  Aside from Microsoft using "wow," there's another obvious thing that comes to mind ... World of Warcraft, the extremely popular online game usually known as WoW.

The original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was a monster with its 2KB of RAM, and it rocked out with a 256x240 resolution. It's hard to believe that such a good system was ever taken off of store shelves, but I guess that's the lifecycle of technology.

It looks like ad-supported games could be the new way for developers to prevent older games from becoming extinct. Well, at least that's the route that Ubisoft is taking on four of their popular computer games.

Halo 3 is done! The developers of the game, Bungie, announced yesterday that “Halo’s Gone Gold.” That means that the final version of Halo 3 is done, and now it’s being “whisked away to top-secret manufacturing locations to be turned into retail version of the game – and eventually packaged and sent to stores in various cases, tins and cat-helmets.  We can’t wait to share it with you guys on September 25th and 26th.”

While the video game market may already appear to be booming, this may only be the beginning. According to the chief executive of Ubisoft (French Video Game Publisher), we can expect to see the market grow as much as 50% over the next four years.

It’s been about a week and a half since we became the proud owners of a Nintendo Wii. There was a lot that factored into the decision of us purchasing a Wii, and before you go thinking that we are Nintendo fanboys I’ll let you know that we own the original Playstation and the original Xbox.

A chicken themed game may not exactly sound like weekend entertainment, but before you look over it and move on to something else, give it a try.  The game is called Chicktionary and it’s fun (and addicting) for both adults and kids alike.  It’s part of The Live Search Club from Microsoft, and you can even earn prizes.

Some of my friends who are running Vista have asked me where the 3D Space Cadet Pinball (a.k.a. Windows Pinball or 3D Pinball) game is that has been around since the days of Windows 95. Vista includes several games, but no pinball: FreeCell, Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, Hearts, Minesweeper, Purble Place, Mahjong Titans, Chess Titans, and InkBall.

You'd think that Nintendo would have caught up to the Wii demand by the time the holiday season rolls around in December, but their senior vice president of marketing, George Harrison says that there's no guarantee.  In fact, he says that the consoles will be scarce this holiday season. Scarce?! That's what he said.

One of the major disadvantages of Linux is that it won't let you play most Windows games. On the other hand, lots of great free Linux games have been developed over the last couple of years. Here's a list of some entertaining Linux games I've come across so far.

I thought a good way to wind down the day (filled with iPhone madness) would be with a fun, yet challenging game. A game called Everybody Panic is sure to frustrate you as you race against the clock to complete this maze-like game.