Game of the Day - Bookworm

Bookworm ($12.98), from PopCap Games, is today's Game Deal of the Day at Amazon. It looks like a very interesting word game for the Nintendo DS Lite or DSi and has almost all 5-star reviews. I have the (older) DS Lite and use it for word and number games - it's very portable (even more so than the Kindle) and I can get in a few minutes of play now and then (or during commercials on TV). If I didn't already have a console, I'd be interested in this new White DSi Bundle, which, at $210.75, includes 5 games: Brain Age Express: Math, Photo Clock, Brain Age Express: Sudoku, Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters, Clubhouse Games Express: Card Classics.

Book Description

• Boost scores and advance faster with Bonus Words and Reward Tiles and save your high scores and track your progress with the Lex-Ray.
• Form words from 20 themed book collections and unlock 18 rooms to build your customized libraries.
• Flex your lexicon in three game modes ¿ classic, action and wireless multiplayer.
• Pick up and play -- it's easy to start working wordy wonders in seconds.
• Unlimited levels to keep you rising up the ranks in the Hall of Fame.

A high-energy word puzzle game hosted by Lex the bookworm, Bookworm for DS/DSi challenges players use their vocabulary to create words from a play area of cascading individual letters. Time is of the essence though, as the play area contains red glowing letter tiles, that if unused will "burn down" the player's library if they reach the bottom of the screen, ending the game. The DS/DSi version of Bookworm contains the the same addictive action gamers have craved since the game appeared for PC, but also includes improvements like a wireless multiplayer mode and unlimited levels.