After all of the excitement of the past few weeks - our awareness drive, the resulting Assassin's Creed II giveaway (which closes 5:01 p.m. Pacific TODAY - so go enter!), the unplanned site outage due to a massive service provider failure and our BioShock special Busy Gamer Podcast, we feel the need to bring things down a notch. And what better way than with a game that promises "puzzles to unwind the mind."
Zenses: Rainforest is a collection of soothing casual games. You know it's soothing because there's a waterfall! It also can be played at harder skill levels, if relaxing isn't your thing. Did we mention that the copy we're giving away is still sealed? (Makes a great gift!)
There are six games in all:
- Treasure Spin: This is actually a lot like that Lazy Raiders game that came out just this week on Xbox Live Arcade, only more soothing. Rotate the box to bring the pieces together.
- Stack Jack: My personal favorite! You drag falling concentric circles and nest them. It amuses me that one of the configurations looks just like the Target logo!
- Twist 'N' Turn: Swap gems or rotate them on wheels to match a given layout.
- Flower Board: Clear flowers by matching patterns.
- Sapphire Wheel: This is a nice twist on those gem pattern games, only you rotate the board instead of the gems to make them fit into the matching spaces.
- Solitaire: Actually, more like Checkers meets Leapfrog. Take all of the stones by jumping them and be sure to end on a target pad within a set number of moves.
But don't relax too much. We are long overdue for some instant win giveaways, and this week could be the one! (We really have been busy...)
To enter (and show how much you love free stuff!):
Simply post a comment on this page. Say whatever is on your mind as long as it's not an ad or profane. Be sure to read the Sweepstakes Rules to ensure you are eligible to win and don't get disqualified by double-posting or forgetting to provide an e-mail address.
You may also want to white list this domain; we've had several would-be winners lose out because they never responded to their prize notification! If you use TypeKey/TypePad, be sure your e-mail address will be shared. No e-mail address, no prize. (Don't worry, no one else will see it - and we'll only use it to contact you if you win.)Note that unless you're an authenticated poster who has been active on the site and marked as trusted, your comment will NOT appear immediately. It will go into a queue for me to approve, which I'll do several times a day (except the first weekend, where comments may not be approved until sometime late on Sunday). Do NOT double-post. We'll extend the entry period for this until 5:01 p.m. Pacific Time on Thursday, March 4 to ensure you have plenty of time to enter and verify your entry was posted.
We also sometimes give away unannounced Instant Win prizes (and we're so overdue to have some more of these!). Here are a few tips since this can happen at any time. Check our Busy Gamer Podcast on Sundays for possible hints about what's coming (soon)! 1) Follow Gamewatcher on Twitter. Before we post the next Free Stuff Bonus - Instant Win, we'll give you a fair warning tweet. 2) Subscribe to our RSS feed and set it to check for updates frequently.
We continue to stock up on cool goodies for Free Stuff Friday - and we will keep doing so as long as there's enough response, even if we continue to lose money on this site. So tell your friends about this! Hey, if we get bigger, so will the prizes that YOU could win!
While you're at it, post comments wherever you see something interesting. Also, if you get a game code you don't need or have some other cool game-related prize you want to donate, we'd be very grateful (we pay for most of this stuff ourselves!).
This game actually sounds pretty good, I might have to look into getting this.
I have their seaside version, very relaxing, I'm interested in the differences between the two.
First? Anyway sounds like this is a much needed chance to unwind, cool prize.
posty!
I am absolutely terrible at those kinds of puzzle games, and yet I keep wanting to play them... Count me in!
A little Zen is good. Sleep time.
I think we could all use a little more relaxation in our lives.
Looks like a good relaxing game. Count me in! :)
I always love free contests.
Could use alittle Zen in my gaming life :D
Sounds like a lot of fun!
My little brother would like this...
Count me in!
post #9. this would make me feel fine
This could be my 5-year-old's first DS game, with his birthday coming up...
sign me up
Want!
This doesn't look half bad... I'm in!
this looks interesting. i need some more excuses to turn on my DS
I also need more reasons to use my DS, and as a busy gamer, I could definitely use a game that's actually relaxing when I just need to relax. I've actually been fighting to find something to fill that role in my collection.
Sweet! I just bought my first DS two weeks ago. This would be a perfect addition to my non-existent collection(I have one game - GTA:Chinatown Wars).
relaxing is good
Always been interested in trying one of these games out. Good luck to everyone!
I have a cross country plane ride coming up. And I am stuck in the middle seat! I need this!
Would love an excuse to play my DS again. Good luck everyone!
My wife has always been curious about this game.
Seems pretty interesting. A nice change of pace from the spazzy twitchy games. :)
I'm in. :)
Thanks to continue offering these awesome chances!! w00t!
Im cucu for freee stuff! Give me a F give me a r give me an E give me an E, whats that spell?! :]
Really would enjoy this - I'd even share it with my nephews ;-)
Sign me up, would love to play it.
Put me in Coach!
My wife would get a kick out of this - hey, anything to get her to play more games, right?
This looks relaxing.
Winner is 32. Warren