Artificial Life

The ability to download simulation games has always been an easy way to escape reality for a while. The great thing about sims games is that they never get old. Here are a few classics that will whisk you away to an artificial life inside your PC, as well as a couple of new titles that take the graphics to another level:

Download The Sims 3 by Electronic Arts

Download Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 by Atari Games

Download Diner Dash by PlayFirst Games

Then there are the Creatures games. Nothing like the ability to create your own imaginary life forms that intereact with each other. Download Creatures: The Albian Years to get the best of Creatures and Creatures 2 in one great game.

Classic Games Never Die

Since winning the 2005 PC game of the year award, strategy game Civilization 4 has just kept on chugging with three expansion packs and a continuously growing fan base. The latest installment, Civilization 4 Complete Bundle, gives you all four installments in one download for your PC:

Sid Meier’s Civilization IV

Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Beyond The Sword

Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization

Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Warlords

Check out all the latest game downloads from the new year today.

Nursing the Holiday Game Hangover

Its the day after Christmas and there is a good chance you either got a new PC, a bunch of video games, or both. You are behind on sleep and that’s only going to get worse as you try to weave your way the new games that will consume your life for the next month. You can call your friends for tips. You can slog through the same level again and again. Or you can admit your problem and get help. For those of you who finally want to free up a bit of time for your family and friends, check out the free game strategy guides on most of the latest titles here.

And then there are those of you who know nothing about video games. You are too old or just have better things to do like read, work out, watch tv, take a nap, or any other activity that explicitly avoids the computer. But you have kids. And kids live on games. So you have two choices: ban them and suffer the consequences or find kids game downloads that are fun and actually teach them something. There are tons of them as well as family game downloads that allow everyone to take part in crazy fun.

No matter what your situation is, games are games. Prepare to play by yourself, your kids, or the entire family. Its a lot better than watching more mindless tv.

Last minute gifts for PC gamers

Christmas is less than a week away. But a download only takes a few minutes. Load up the PCs of your favorite gamer with the hottest new titles this season. Check out a list of the most popular game downloads here.

And three more new titles that are worth checking out that each have free trials:

Collapse! free game download

Fishdom Frosty Splash free game download

Amazing Adventures the Caribbean Secret free game download

Classic board games on the PC

Its freezing cold outside. Perfect for some serious gaming. Often times lost among the ground-breaking graphics and DLC for your Xbox or PS3 is the fact that there are some killer game downloads of classic board games and old school video games from the arcade that we all grew up playing. Most even have free trials. Check them out:

1. Download Scrabble Free

2. Download Risk Free

3. Download Life Free

4. Download Monopoly Free

5. Download Atari Classics Free

This last one will keep you twitching with flashbacks for months. It includes Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Battlezone, Black Widow, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Gravitar, Liberator, Lunar Lander, Major Havoc, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, Red Baron, Super Breakout, Space Duel, Tempest and Warlords.

Download Resident Evil 5 for your PC

Its the holidays. So expect a ton of big video game releases over the next few weeks. Even though many of them are now geared towards the Xbox , Wii, or PS3, there are still plenty of killer titles available for your PC. The highlights from this week that are worth checking out if you are into Shooters and Strategy games:

Resident Evil 5 - the fifth installment of this great shooter from Capcom is worth it

Section 8 – this new shooter from SouthPeak has promise

For the Glory – a cool concept in strategy games from Paradox Interactive that lets you lead a country and pick its path through history

PC Game Download of the Week

This week’s pick is a new driving game that makes you navigate through dangerous terrain to make your deliveries on time. Why race around tracks? This is much more fun. Pick your rig and your destination. Then haul ass.

18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker

A driving game from ValuSoft that comes with a 60min free trial at Game.Downloads.Net

Best New PC Game Download: week of Nov16

Lots of new games released this week. But this blog is not about the AAA titles that get all the press and make all the money. Its about games with funky names, cool concepts, amazing visuals, crazy characters, and anything else that catches my eye.

The winner for the week of Nov16 is Creatures: Exodus from Kalypso Media Digital

Check out the free trial of this funky simulation game that lets you grow creatures and release them onto the internet to find and play with other creatures from the game.

Not interested? Check out over 2,500 free trial and full version PC game downloads at Game-Downloads.Net.