Platform: Flash — The fictional land of Pixela-RT witnessed years of prosperity. Now, a dark portal spews forth endless waves of Space Invaders inspired monsters intent on destroying all that is good and pixely. Luckily, volunteers from across the land take to the sky in small white spaceships to fend off the menace. Endless waves of enemies face down your small white ship on an apocalyptic top-down battlefield in this arena shooter from Epic Shadow. Tagged as: arcade, arena, browser, epicshadow, flash, free, game, macwinlinux, rating-y, retro, shooter, topdown, upgrades

Platform: Flash — Well balanced and beautifully illustrated, Elements is an addictive collectible card game with an impressive community to test your virtual deck against. It sparks the imagination and puts your vision and strategic mettle to the test. It can suck you in for hours at a time, but with each match lasting hardly more than a few minutes on average, Elements can be as casual an experience as you like. Tagged as: browser, card, collectiblecard, flash, free, game, macwinlinux, multiplayer, rating-o, strategy, zanzarino

Platform: Flash — Once upon a time, there a was a young llama with a dream. A dream and $200 adorably clutched in his hoof. With that hoof-ful of dollars, he would take the wretched turf left to him by his father and become... KING! King by plagiarizing all the neighboring cities, but still. In A Llama, A World and a Plan, a building simulation from StefanT, you can become a Lama glama and make your every ungulate wish come true. Tagged as: browser, cgdc8, flash, free, game, macwinlinux, rating-g, sandboxtheme, simulation, stefant

Platform: Flash — Escape from Restaurant Minshio moves Tesshi-e ever closer to that elusive goal: the perfect room escape. Fantastically fun, challenging, and more accessible than ever, Escape from Restaurant Minshio is about as perfect a mid-week experience as you can get. You even get a yummy meal and maybe even a dessert out of the experience. Tagged as: browser, escape, flash, free, game, japanese, macwinlinux, pointandclick, puzzle, rating-y, tesshi-e

Platform: Flash — From the creator of Windosill comes a quiet, creative romp through an imaginary world. Seasons is a gorgeous piece of interactive art that lets you explore half a dozen scenes with Thomas and his unicycle. Pedal through the snow and see which animals pop their heads out. Shake the beehive and see where the bees go. Take a dip in the lake and watch your reflection in the water. Seasons is nothing short of beautiful, and its relaxing, webtoy-like presence will captivate your curiosity for longer than you might expect. Tagged as: browser, flash, free, game, interactiveart, macwinlinux, rating-g, vectorpark, webtoy

Platform: Flash — Ah, the cosmos. It contains the whole of everything that is, was and shall be. It is filled with the awe-inspiring beauty of the nebulae, the quasars and the familiar stars. Science cannot know how big the universe is, nor can it count the number of planets or star. Every time we get close to an exact figure, a giant space whale, dubbed Harmony Keeper, starts devouring celestial bodies. Or at least, that's what this latest action/arcade title from Mofunzone teaches us. Tagged as: action, arcade, browser, flash, free, game, macwinlinux, mana, mofunzone, rating-g, shooter, space, unique, upgrades

Platform: Flash — Light Up 2 is a physics/puzzle game from the creator of the original Light UP. This chill, relaxing game is all about moving circles around the screen to light up dark orbs, hence the name. You do this by turning neutral orbs into colored orbs that reflect certain types of orbs, creating a little bit of controlled chaos that will (hopefully) settle in to a fully-lit arrangement of circles! Tagged as: browser, flash, free, game, gameslist, macwinlinux, physics, puzzle, rating-g

Platform: Flash — Ah, another perfect day. Sitting on a cliff. Letting the breeze blow through your bright pink hair. Then you hear the distant rumble of some kind of black hellspawn chasing your boyfriend. Well, just put out your hand and fly away with him in [Together], One Mr. Beans's entry in our 8th Casual Gameplay Design Competition that took third place overall. It's an experimental game of exploration and heart gathering with a loose narrative threading it all [together]. Tagged as: action, arcade, browser, cgdc8, competition, experimental, exploration, flash, free, game, macwinlinux, onemrbean, rating-y, sandboxtheme, zen

I just want to take a moment out of our regular review schedule to thank a few sites who were gracious enough to review game entries from our Casual Gameplay Design Competition #8. It would be really nice to see this list expanded upon for future competitions. Tagged as: blog, cgdc8, press

Platform: Flash — 5xMan is an action/puzzle game that plays on the now-familiar concept of controlling multiple characters one at a time. You play a team of five guys, each in a stunning single-color one-piece jumpsuit (is that a Louis Vuitton?!), and work your way through each stage. Make it as far as you can with one guy, then switch to the next to see what more you can do, opening new paths for subsequent team members as you go. Tagged as: action, browser, flash, free, game, macwinlinux, platform, puzzle, rating-g, replaytheme

Platform: Flash — Bingo, another combo card is filled in Reeelz, an addictive blend of skill-based puzzle and luck-based slot machine from Game In a Bottle. No more mindlessly feeding coins into the one-armed bandit; if you prioritize and have a long term plan, you'll certainly come out on top. Take that, Las Vegas! Tagged as: board, browser, flash, free, game, gameinabottle, macwinlinux, puzzle, rating-g, slotmachine, strategy

Platform: Mobile (Android) — Games featured this week: My Paper Plane 2 (3D); Galcon; Choice of Romance; Andoku Sudoku; Laser Reflections — So many new Android games, so little time to play them all! Here's a protip for you: instead of social interaction, try an Android game! Cell phones are already wonderful tools for spurning your pals, so why not ditch the implied SMS communication and have some fun?! Tagged as: android, blog, mobile, mobile-monday

Platform: Flash — The point-and-click adventure from Springtail Studio is all grown up! Alchemia was first released in 2009 as a free browser game with the promise of an extended version later on. Well, later is now, and the downloadable Alchemia comes with five more playable levels and nine new locations, providing even more photorealistic scenery and lateral-thinking puzzles than before! Tagged as: adventure, browser, demo, flash, game, interactiveart, jwinter, macwinlinux, pointandclick, rating-g, springtailstudio, surreal, tomask

Platform: Download (Windows) — Give the rural life a go with this fast-paced management game. Plow, sow and harvest your crops to keep the local towns fixated on your watermelons (and other crops). And shoot a few crows for relaxation. Tagged as: affiliate, demo, download, game, rating-g, strategy, timemanagement, windows

Platform: Download (Mac, Windows) — Built like an adventure game from the ground up, Robin's Quest: A Legend Born is a cure for the common hidden object game. The gorgeous release from Gogii Games puts you in the now-feminine shoes of Robin Hood as she escapes prison and starts doing what the legend is famous for: taking money from the rich Prince John and giving it back to the people! Tagged as: adventure, affiliate, demo, download, game, gogii, hiddenobject, macwin, rating-g

In the mid-1800s, the country trembles on the verge of change, a great war that will shape the outcome of the future... but for you, the world of mortals is the least of your concern, when you find yourself having caught the eye of someone less (or more) than entirely human. In this remarkably deep and ambitious text RPG adventure with multiple paths and endings, set out on your journey as a fledgling vampire. Just remember that as powerful as you might think you are, there is always danger around you... especially in those close to you... Tagged as: browser, choiceofgames, dhtml, free, game, macwinlinux, narrative, rating-o, rpg, text

Platform: Download (Windows) — Games featured this week: Sugar Cube; Mr. Blocko: Super Tournament Edition; Alex Adventure — CUUUUTE games this week. So unabashedly cute. Sugar cubes and tiny block guys. Squeaking mushrooms and elevators that play elevator music. Ohhhh, I'm gonna burst with sugary sweetness. Tagged as: blog, download, weekenddownload, windows

Platform: Download (Mac, Windows) — My Kingdom for the Princess has returned in an aptly-titled sequel, My Kingdom for the Princess 2! Nevosoft brings back its casual resource management/building game with a new story, new levels, new settings, and some other little twists to give players of the original something to look forward to. If you love games like Build-a-lot but can't stand keeping track of so many things at once, My Kingdom for the Princess will suit you just fine. Tagged as: affiliate, demo, download, game, macwin, nevosoft, rating-g, simulation, timemanagement

Platform: Flash — Wing Men is a bold stroke of simplicity for the casual strategy defense genre. While the gameplay is a little shallow and underdeveloped, that can at least partly be explained by its minimalist take on strategy gaming. It's simple and straightforward, like Wing Men Corp's take on warfare and business. "War is money?" Play to find out. Tagged as: browser, defense, flash, free, game, labugames, macwinlinux, rating-g, realtime, strategy

Platform: Flash — Done a bad deed lately? Catch up with your favourite little purple demon as he sets out to recapture a voodoo priestess and her lackies who have managed to escape back to the human world. Use all the dirty rotten trickery you can to wrangle them or your boss, "Luke", will want to have a very painful chat with you. The latest chapter in the Reincarnations point-and-click series is short, but very well made, and just might bring out the devil in you. Tagged as: achievements, adventure, bgroup, browser, cgianelloni, evil, flash, free, game, macwinlinux, pointandclick, puzzle, rating-r