Free Jigsaw Words game released + 99c sale on some Kindle Games

NEW GAME AND A SALE THRU' SEPT. 12, 2011

Jigsaw Words, released August 23, is by Amazon Digital Services at a pretty good price -- $0.00.  It has 19 customer reviews, with an average rating of 4.5 stars.

  Games are still not available internationally, and for that reason I've not featured them as much.  Although Amazon has said on the forums that they intend to distribute them internationally, there's been no word at all on when.

  The following is from the product description:

'...you start with a set of 10 clues.  You also have a set of randomly arranged puzzle pieces with letters on them.  Your goal is to solve the clues in the puzzle by arranging the puzzle pieces so that the letters form the word that matches each clue. Start with the easiest clues first.  As you use each puzzle piece, it is removed from play, making it easier to find the more difficult matches.  You can also shuffle the grid of puzzle pieces at any time for a different perspective.

  Jigsaw Words has 100 puzzles and each puzzle has 10 clues to solve.  The puzzles are organized into 10 themed categories like Holidays and Animals, and you can use the theme to help you solve the clues. '

Kindle Games Sale - $0.99 Ending Sept. 12, 2011
Go to the Games and Active Content page to see the special $0.99 Kindle Games Sale.
 There are 4 "pages" showing 3 games per page. I may as well just list them here :-)
  Doodle, Word Quest; Slingo; KenKen; Triple Town; Panda Poet; EA Soduku;
  Yahtzee; Scrabble; Hearts, Spades and More; Cryptograms; KeeKo's Quest

Popular Kindle Active Content Titles
There are also "Popular $0.99 Kindle Active Content Titles" featured (6 of them) -- and, in the footer of this blog article, I list some of my favorite tools that are 99c also (Notepad, Calendar, Calculator, Converter).

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For daily free ebooks, check the following links:

Temporarily-free books - Non-classics - USA: by: NEW:  June  July  Aug 2011    Publication Date   Late-listed    Bestselling   High-ratings UK: PubDate   Popular What is 3G? and "WiFi"?       Battery Care Highly-rated under $1,  Newest: $1-$2, $2-$3

Most Popular Free K-Books U.S. & Int'l (NOT UK):    Top 100 free UK-Only:    Top 100 free USEFUL for your Kindle (U.S. only, currently):   99c Notepad 1.1,   99c Calculator,   99c Calendar,   99c Converter

Kindle 3's   (UK: Kindle 3's)   K3 Special ($114)   K3-3G Special ($139)   DX Graphite

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New active content for Kindle: Hidden Expedition: Amazon + Nonogames

NEW ACTIVE CONTENT FOR KINDLE

Hidden Expedition:
Amazon.

  The image on the right caught my eye last night, and the game that it's from reminds me of the old text games with clues to be picked up and used except that this is more visual.  The image was in color, and of course the Kindle readers (K2, KDX, K3) are not.

  I liked the quality of the b&w images though, and the lead example is from that set.

  It already has some good customer reviews (8 out of 9, with 5 stars).  The Product Details section shows a July 12 release date, but I hadn't been taking note of games for Kindle recently because they're not yet available for international users.  But this looked interesting.

  Hidden Expedition®: Amazon™ has been popular in other editions, and Big Fish just announced the launch of the Kindle edition.

  Businesswire's press release describes the game:

' ...players join the Hidden Expedition team as they search for a missing professor in the mystical world of the Amazon jungle.  With a tattered passport as the only clue, players embark on an adventure deep into the rainforest, exploring cities, temples, and ruins while unlocking the secrets of an ancient yet advanced civilization.  The game features 19 beautifully rendered hidden object levels and four puzzles to challenge the mind. '

  VentureBeat's assessment:

' Hidden Expedition is a hidden object game, where the goal is to search through scenes to find items.  The graphical detail on the Kindle — even though it is in black and white — looks pretty cool thanks to what Big Fish Games was able to do with the latest E-Ink Pearl technology behind the Kindle’s low-power screen.  Each scene has been remastered for the E-Ink display. '

Also new, a Logic puzzle for Kindle
Nonograms is designed for logic and number puzzle lovers, per the Product Description, "simple yet challenging" with the goal of uncovering a hidden black and white pattern.  It has three difficulty levels, for "beginners and experts alike."
  Hints can be requested, and there's an optional time clock. The maker,
Metalgrass Software, says that those who like sudoku and similar number grid puzzles will especially enjoy these.

There are many new Kindle apps at the Active Content pages and you'll see them when you click on either of the above.  These two were chosen as examples because they are so different and will attract different groups.


Kindle 3's   (UK: Kindle 3's)   K3 Special ($114)   K3-3G Special ($139)   DX Graphite

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Check often: Temporarily-free late-listed non-classics or recently published ones
  Guide to finding Free Kindle books and Sources.  Top 100 free bestsellers.  Liked-books under $1
UK-Only: recently published non-classics, bestsellers, or £5 Max ones
    Also, UK customers should see the UK store's Top 100 free bestsellers.

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