As many of you are no doubt getting ready to celebrate Christmas, we'll wish everyone a happy holidays and hope to see you all again next year. In the meantime check out the latest news and goodies below.

For those of you that wanted to play BlackBox before buying it there is now a 1 chapter demo available with several of the easier levels to play. Please give it a try and we hope you enjoy the game.

If you already have the full version of blackbox please check out the levels page for 3 new levels we've just added. These levels can only be played with the full registered version of BlackBox.

If you've ever spent any time in the Aargon level editor you probably discovered pretty quickly that while it's easy to lay down a few coins and laser sources and slap in some mirrors, making a 'good' Aargon level is actually quite hard. Here are some tips to help you create better puzzles...

Recently I ran into a little support problem to do with DirectX. It got me thinking about what I need to know to run a game on my computer. I need to know about DirectX, Direct3D, what kind of video card I have, how much video vs. regular memory I have and so on... I'm under the impression that most players don't want to have to deal with any of that. They want to play a game, not get an engineering degree. So I wrote this article to (hopefully) demystify at least one part of equation. This is aimed at regular players and not at computer experts or programmers, and hopefully uses enough plain language to make the concept clear to anyone.

Frozzic is deceptively simple at first but as you progress things get really hard really quick. Here's a step by step guide to solving one of the toughest levels.

Frozzic's Revenge is undergoing some major overhauling. The good news is that the new version will be free if you already own the game. It will have a lot more levels and some other extras.
There's a new version of RatMaster available. It corrects problems with 2 levels that may be unsolveable. If you have the full version please write us for a link to the latest update if you want to upgrade.
The SpaceTaxi2 page on our site has some newer screenshots. If you're waiting for that game you may want to check them out.