In the midst of all the multimillion dollar high profile video game releases right now, it is nice to find an unexpected masterpiece from a small, independent game producer. That game, World of Goo, is an incredible addictive puzzle game with an oddball sense of humor and compelling gameplay.

The basic concept is you use balls of goo to build a path to a faucet to suck them up into. The balls stick together and you can arrange them in a variety of ways. Physics also come into play...

For some reason, I have always enjoyed the whole genre of games that involve food preparation and serving. At their heart, they are really just matching games anyway. A type of game I generally don't enjoy, however, is known as Hidden Object games. They generally have a scene with a bunch of stuff in it that you have to find.

I was a little skeptical when I first heard about Go Go...

A friend pointed out this site to me a few months ago, and I don't know whether I should thank her or disown her for doing so. While there are lots of sites that have casual games, none seems to be as well integrated or have the offerings that Big Fish Games does. My particular favorite types of games fall into the "Time Management" category, and also the "Match 3" category (don't get me started on games that combine both).

Like a lot of these sites, you can try each game for free...