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Dr. Jones?  Famous exlporer?  I think George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford gonna sue somebody!  

So our friends at NevoSoft have released their new game and Jenkat is one of the first to feature it.  Laura Jones and the Gates of Good & Evil kind of feels a little like Indiana Jones meets Tomb Raider (Lara Craft).  In fact, if you combine Lara Croft and Indiana Jones, you might get La(u)ra Jones.  Interesting.

Would you have guessed that Laura Jones would be anything but a hidden-object game, plus it has a cool name like “the Gates of Good & Evil” - Snazzy.

Laura Jones and the Gates of Good & Evil Game
http://www.jenkatgames.com/download/Laura-Jones-and-the-Gates-of-Good-and-Evil/

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 at 12:09 pm and is filed under Games.

Oh boy, Jovi will like this news - She’s a big fan of Heart (aka Ann & Nancy Wilson). 

Heart: In the Studio, written by biographer Jake Brown, with exclusive interview contributions from Heart principles Ann and Nancy Wilson, fellow band members, as well as all of the groups producers, chronicles the behind-the-scenes story of the hit-making process.  Included are the stories behind such classic-and-pop-rock staples as ˜Magic Man, ˜Crazy On You, ˜Barracuda, ˜Straight On, ˜These Dreams, ˜Alone, ˜All I Wanna Do (Is Make Love to You), and countless others over 3 decades and 30 million+ albums sold. Heart is still beloved by rock fans worldwide, and this summer is co-headlining a tour with fellow classic-rock legend Journey, as well as working on material for a new studio album, due in 2009, in time with the bands rumored pending-induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 at 11:41 am and is filed under Music.

James Patterson is a busy guy these days.  Not only is he the creator of Women’s Murder Club on ABC, he has also dipped his name into the casual gaming world with the new Women’s Murder Club - Death In Scarlet.

I personally don’t know too much about James Patterson, just that he’s been around forever, so he must be a popular writer.  I’ve seen parts of Kiss The Girls, one of his books that became a movie and starred Morgan Freeman. 

Working the causual games industry, I know a lot of companies have been shy about putting the word “murder” into the title of their game name.  Looks like we’ve broken through that barrier. 

Give Women’s Murder Club a try - It looks like its very popular with other Jenkat’r’s!

Women’s Murder Club - Death In Scarlet Download
http://www.jenkatgames.com/download/Womens-Murder-Club-Death-in-Scarlet/

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 at 11:32 am and is filed under Games.

Who would have thought that President Bush is actually the Great Communicator…

Hey Barack, you better stick to the teleprompter. 

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 at 11:04 am and is filed under Politics.

Our friends at Grubby Games, famous for developing games that your kids and grandkids will love, have just released a brand new game called The Amazing Brain Train.  The good thing about the casual games sector is that most of the games are rated PG when it comes to content.   Making a game that’s not only G rated, but also appealing to kids and adults is very hard, but some companies have pulled that off.  I like to think we did that with Finders Keepers, but I digress.

As for The Amazing Brain Train, it’s definitely a game that you can play with your kids.  I played the game with my eight-year-old niece and she loved it.  Check it out when you want to spend some quality time with the kids - not only will they love the game, they’ll love that you’re playing it with them.

The Amazing Brain Train Download
http://www.jenkatgames.com/download/The-Amazing-Brain-Train/

This entry was posted on Monday, June 9th, 2008 at 12:47 pm and is filed under Games.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that the new AC/DC album, their first since 200o’s Stiff Upper Lip, will be an exclusive to Wal-Mart when it arrives this fall.  The band is currently in Vancouver recording the album with producer Brendon O’Brien (Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam).

AC/DC will follow The Eagles, Bryan Adams and most recently Journey as artists who’ve made their albums exclusively available for the retail giant.  The Eagles reportedly sold amost three million albums via Wal-Mart and the new Journey album is on its way to 100,000 already, after only week.  Impressive for Journey, considering that their previous album didn’t sell that many copies and has been out several years.

I’m looking forward to the AC/DC record and maybe seeing them on tour.  Or a live DVD. 

This entry was posted on Monday, June 9th, 2008 at 12:41 pm and is filed under Music.

Our friends at PopCap Games have just released Mystery P.I. - The Vegas Heist and Jenkat Games is now featuring the game.  I remember watching the movie Swingers, that stars Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, and while they’re walking through a casino in Vegas, they comment to each other that filmmakers are nuts to try and film inside a casino.   I found that funny and if you don’t know, casino’s do not allow any kind of cameras inside their doors.

As a result, not too many movies and games are set in casinos.  However, Mystery P.I. - The Vegas Heist is breaks the mold.  In fact, I believe this is only the 2nd game in the casual game world to be set in Vegas.  The first is a game near and dear to my heart - Gold Miner: Vegas.  GMV is a game that I developed while at MySpace/Fox.  Since then, the assets for GMV have been sold off to another company.  And when it all comes down, I think I like Finders Keepers more now.

Mystery P.I. - The Vegas Heist Game
http://www.jenkatgames.com/download/Mystery-PI-The-Vegas-Heist/

This entry was posted on Monday, June 9th, 2008 at 12:31 pm and is filed under Games.