Free Kindle Game? Maze-a-thon (of a sorts)

There is a very strange entry in the Kindle store this afternoon. Test release notes (Testing old pipeline with newPubs version set), by Anand Krish, is free in the Kindle store and the cover images is for Maze A Thon, which is currently 99 cents. There is no description and the other images are for a card game, but I downloaded it (hey, it's free!) to see what it is and it appears to be a fully functional copy of Maze A Thon. So, if you don't mind seeing a very odd title for the game, you can pick it up for free.

I have to wonder what's going on at Amazon today, what with the earlier free game now missing entirely from the store and Accuweather was free for a short period (which I missed before it was pulled), now this entry. I hope they eventually figure out a way for us to see all the Kindle games at once, also, as they have now crossed the 100 line with Kindle Apps and Games, so the bestseller list can no longer be used to see which ones are new.

Book Description
Maze A Thon is a collection of different-sized puzzles with the goal of getting a mouse to his cheese.

There are three types of mazes to choose from: Classic, Wrap Around, and Cubetastic. In Classic, you go from point A to point B on one screen in a standard maze. In Wrap Around, use the keyboard to travel from one side of the maze off the screen to the opposite side. In Cubetastic, navigate through a rotating, six-sided maze.

Multiple levels of difficulty make Maze A Thon fun for kids and puzzle experts alike. You can play a quick, easy game, or spend hours finding your way out of intricate puzzles. And, every time you finish a maze, a new one is created from millions of possibilities, so you'll always get something different!

Simple yet addictive. Get ready to be a-mazed.

Free Kindle Game - Flash Cards (for Kids)

Flash Cards: Alphabet, by Digi Ronin Games, is currently free in the Kindle store.

Book Description
Flash Cards: Alphabet and Spelling helps kids learn the alphabet and improve their spelling skills.

There are three study modes: study guide, multiple choice, and type-in-the-answer. Flash Cards: Alphabet and Spelling keeps track of your high scores so you can try to beat your best, or to add some friendly competition among friends, classmates, and family.

With the portable convenience of the Kindle, Flash Cards: Alphabet and Spelling can turn even a long road trip into a fun learning experience for your child!

$1 for a Kindle book (KSO)

Reminder: The KSO deals on Swimwear and Strathwood furniture end tomorrow, see menu bar at the right for links to details

If you have your Kindle with Special Offers, be sure to wake it up and check the Special Offers page today. Today's deal, which you must sign up for by July 15, is a Kindle book for $1. This deal isn't quite as good as the $1 MP3 Album offer a while back, as you can only choose from roughly 4,000 books (see the list), rather than from the entire store. You can use the genre selectors on the side (click on "Kindle ebooks" first) to narrow down your choices, then sort by bestselling, price, etc., to help make you selection.

To take advantage of this offer:

1. First, turn on your Kindle with Special Offers, click Menu, then View Special Offers.
2. Find the offer: $1 for a Kindle book. Click on it, then on the link to Email Me This Offer. Repeat for each KSO on your account, as you'll get a separate code for each one and can take advantage of this deal more than once.
3. You will get an email from Amazon with your promotional code, right away.
4. Once you have the promotion code (and have selected your book), click this link, then on the button labeled Enter Your Code, at any time up to the expiration date of July 25.
5. Enter your code and follow the directions.
6. Choose any of these books and you'll pay only $1.

You'll have a promotion code on your account that will apply to the FIRST book you buy after that (note that even if the book is free, you'll pay a dollar, so be careful which one you pick after you enter the code). So, make sure you don't go grabbing some low cost title, unless that is really the one you want. Prices range from normally free (or at least, currently free in some regions) to The Chronological Study Bible for $22.40. You should save the code and not enter it until you are ready to buy a book.

To recap: you must claim the offer by July 15 and must do so from your Kindle Wi-Fi with Special Offers. You'll get a promotion code via email and you have until July 25 to enter and redeem the code. Once you enter it, it will work on the next book on the list that you purchase.

Save $10 on Sun Care Products (KSO)

This offer is for those with selected Kindle Wi-Fi with Special Offers or Kindle 3G + Wi-Fi with Special Offers only. Turn on your wireless, click Menu, Sync & Check for New Items, then on View Special Offers after the sync has completed. You should see this new offer:

Save $10 on $25 of eligible sun care products from Amazon.com

Click on the offer, then click on the link on the offer page sign up and get an email with the promotion code. Sign-up for this offer expires on July 15.

You'll get an email (right away), a link to the Special offer page and a promotion code to enter at checkout. Once you have the promotional code, you have until August 15 to complete your purchase. Like previous offers, this one requires you to use the full checkout process in order to enter your promotional code. Also, like all Amazon sales that use promotional codes, if you have a gift card balance, you must use it for the payment (if there is not a sufficient balance, then you can pick which credit card or other payment to use).

Once again, this offer can be used more than once per accounts, so long as you have more than one KSO registered. Just click on the ad on each device to receive the individual promotion codes via email.

The list of items that qualify on this deal isn't very long (34 total), but I already see several that we could use at this time of year. I don't think I've ever seen 85+ SPF spray on sunblock or 100+ SPF face sunblock in our local store, but there it is in the Amazon store. Even better, when I clicked on the individual product item, there is an additional 25% coupon code for select Neutrogena products (NTGSUNJL) and you can use both that coupon and the promotion code you receive on a single order. Remember, for the above promotion code, you only need to get to $25 in the cart, before any coupon code, so your savings should be more than $10 if you use this on Neutrogena products. If you prefer Banana Boat, I'd try to use the promotion code along with Subscribe & Save on Ultramist Sport With High Uva 3-pack, which is $25.09 before promotions, but an additional 15% off with S&S (note: I didn't try this combo to see if it would work, but since it usually shows as a promotional discount, the coupon code should work).

New Kindle Games: Flash Cards (for Kids)

Digi Ronin Games has released two new Kindle Apps in their Flash Cards for Kids series today. Both display pictures and then require a properly spelled name to be entered, so can be used both by kids learning to spell or those who are newly learning the English language (although the scope of the game is a bit limited). For kids, though, just seeing foods in their native state may be something they are not used to (in one school, most kids had never seen a potato in it's native state, let alone an eggplant, despite eating french fries on a regular basis).

Flash Cards: Animals for Kids ($1.99)

Flash Cards for Kids: Animals helps children learn to recognize 81 different animals while helping them with their alphabet and spelling skills.

Flash Cards: Foods for Kids ($1.99)

Flash Cards: Foods allows children to use flash cards to learn 76 new foods while reinforcing their alphabet and spelling skills.

Children can review words that are new to them, practice with multiple-choice options, or fill in answers directly. The title has two different play modes, each with three levels of difficulty. The first play mode shows a picture of a food and asks children to learn by typing the first letter of its name. The second play mode shows a picture of a food and asks children to spell out its entire name.

To give students timely feedback, correct answers are acknowledged and incorrect answers are corrected immediately upon submitting an answer. A high score table tracks the ten highest scores to help track progress and improvement.

Turn your Kindle into a learning tool today!