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What’s your Doggelganger? Find out using the human-to-canine pairing software



Adopt a Dog
Adopt a Dog

You know you want one.  Everybody does.

And you know the best way to get a dog is to adopt an unwanted or abandoned puppy from an animal shelter rather than to go to a breeder and pay more money than necessary.  Of course, if purebreds are your thing – then go for it, but if you listen to Bob Barker’s (and now Drew Carey’s) spiel at the end of every episode of THE PRICE IS RIGHT, you know that going to a shelter will give you the warm fuzzies – both literally and figuratively.

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Let’s go meta: “That can be my next tweet” is, in fact, my next tweet. Whoa!



Ollie the Twitter Bird
Ollie, the Twitter Bird Mascot Toy

If you’ve been wondering what Web Watch’s next tweet would be, we can tell you that — at the time of this writing — it was most likely going to be something like one of the following:

  • Compared to Find out these apply to keep their STD Awareness Month says: OK GO’s Damian Kulash on
  • The Football Fan’s Guide to Roustabout says: The Platypus Song Christmas Trends to Get Ahead in 16!
  • Seven must-have kitchen gadgets, and you HAVE to Mouseworks to dislike Lady Gaga? Gays.
  • The 15 Biggest Box Office Holiday Party says: Ever wonder what the day: Sexy People!
  • Famous people would you really LOVE your money on when you bring with your farts says: How!
  • Connecticut tops the day: Sexy People! says: The 50 Types of 2010 says: One way to enjoy bicycling!

How did we know?

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Fun with mugshots: Guess the Crime



Murder by Death
Murder by Death

Let’s face it. Mugshots are fun.

There’s a little schadenfreude with it as well, knowing that the person staring back at you from the mugshot gallery has allegedly done something wrong, and you haven’t.

And if Nick Nolte or other celebrity mugshots have proven anything, it’s just that some people make pretty funny police fodder.

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Flash Fun: GemCraft Labyrinth



Lego Castle Defense
Lego Castle Defense

Last year, Web Watch told you about GEMCRAFT CHAPTER 0, one of the better, more involved games in the Tower Defense genre of computer games.

The folks at GAME IN A BOTTLE have been pretty busy recently, and have released a sequel entitled GEMCRAFT LABYRINTH.  And as sequels go, it’s a fine addition to the line.  If you’re a tower defense fan, you’ll definitely want to check this one out.

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Angry Birds walkthrough, the science of Angry Birds, and Angry Bird Toys




a Nintendo Angry Bird
A Nintendo Angry Bird

Have you caught the ANGRY BIRD craze for your iPhone, Android, or other mobile device?

Would it help to know that ANGRY BIRDS is coming to WII and XBOX LIVE, and PS3 soon?

How about that some math geeks have determined that the RED ANGRY BIRD is 70cm TALL?

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Flash Fun: Achievement Unlocked 2 (time to kill more elephants!)




Achievement Unlocked
Achievement Unlocked

While we know that Web Watch proclaimed that THIS IS THE ONLY LEVEL TOO was a sequel to the hit Flash platformer ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED - we admit that we weren’t really being extremely honest with you, the Web Watch reader.

Oh, it was a worthy game in the Achievement Unlocked pantheon, but it wasn’t a sequel in the true sense of the word.

So Web Watch is here with an apology, and a make-good link for you:

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Flash Fun: Castlewars and Castlewars 2




Princess Castle
Princess Castle

If you’re looking for a quick Flash game to play to kill time during your lunch hour, you can’t go wrong with a quick game of CASTLEWARS (or, spelled with a space as CASTLE WARS).

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Flash Fun: “Cursed Treasure – Don’t Touch My Gems” tower defense



Tower Defense

If there’s one type of video game that Web Watch can’t get enough of, it’s games in the TOWER DEFENSE genre.  We’ve already talked about the GUY WHO INVENTED THE ORIGINAL TOWER DEFENSE GAME, along with a REALLY DEEP AND VARIED VERSION in GEMCRAFT CHAPTER 0.

Here is another variation on the Tower Defense theme entitled CURSED TREASURE – DON’T TOUCH MY GEMS.

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Flash Fun: This Is The Only Level Too – sequel to Achievement Unlocked




Video Game Achievements
Video Game Achievements

Remember a few months ago when WEB WATCH told you about ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED, the game where you had to manuever an elephant around a screen full of deadly spikes in order to complete a series of tasks, ultimately fulfilling all of your achievement goals outlined by the game’s creator?

Well, the game author is back with a new creation to drive you batty:  THIS IS THE ONLY LEVEL TOO, a platform game where the premise is basically the same:  you have to move your elephant character around the deadly screen in order to complete the game.

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Flash Fun: Tiny Castle




Miner 2049er
Miner 2049er

Remember when Web Watch brought you ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED and how much fun you had with unlocking all those achievements in that game?

Well, we’re back with another game called TINY CASTLE, which is reminiscent of the classic MINER 2049er or DARK CASTLE updated for a new era.

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Our Wrestling Name is “Prince Kingpin”. What’s Yours?




wrestler mask

If only changing our name was this easy.

Being a casual wrestling fan, Web Watch knows how important it is to have an awesome-sounding Professional Wrestler Name.

So now we know, thanks to the PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER NAME GENERATOR that our professional wrestler name is “Prince Kingpin”.   If Web Watch were fighting as a wrestling diva, our name would be “Curvy Val”.  Don’t think that’s going to happen.

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Flash Fun: Play THE IMPOSSIBLE QUIZ (parts 1 and 2)




Nothing is Impossible

Are you one of those people who wake up and approach each day saying, “Nothing is impossible”?

Like Alice, do you try to believe at least six impossible things before breakfast?

If so, then Web Watch has a challenge for you.  Two, actually.

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Flash Fun: an Alice in Wonderland-based audio/mouse-control game




Alice in Wonderland audio book

By now, Web Watch is sure that you’ve seen the trailers for Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s new Disney film ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

The fact that a film is pending to be released hasn’t stopped game developers from not releasing games that are based on Lewis Carroll’s classic. 

Take RECORD TRIPPING, for example – aside from being based on the familar tale of Alice chasing the White Rabbit around Wonderland and encountering the Mad Hatter and other interesting characters, it’s the game mechanics that really set RECORD TRIPPING apart from other online games.

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Flash Fun: Minions on Ice (from the creators of the *new* Desktop Tower Defense)



Desktop Tower Defense

Sometimes, all you want to do is climb into a heavy-duty tank and blow up someone else up in a massive game of capture-the-flag.

That’s just what you do in MINIONS ON ICE, one of the many games from David Scott and the CREATIVE COLLECTIVE, the creators of DESKTOP TOWER DEFENSE.  

Yeah, that’s right.  David Scott is one of the masterminds behind Creative Collective, and he’s the guy who practically invented the Tower Defense genre that has killed so much of our free time with games such as Flash Element TD or variations from other developers like GEMCRAFT Chapter Zero.  

What we’re trying to say here is that this is the gaming site behind one of the forces behind the casual gaming movement.  Web Watch wouldn’t steer you wrong on this.  Trust us – this stuff is good.

(Which reminds Web Watch – there’s a new version of DESKTOP TOWER DEFENSE available for Facebook users, with weekly updated maps.  Thought you’d want to know.)

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Flash Fun: Want to play some hoops? Try this world-wide multiplayer basketball game



Michael Jordan Dunk Hang Time

Remember the old school basketball video game ONE ON ONE (Larry Bird vs Dr J)?

How about trying to play the same game of one-on-one, but with thousands of people from around the world?

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