Half Price Kindle Games/App: Crosswords and Yoga

All six volumes of the NY Times Crosswords, by The New York Times, are half price in the Kindle store until August 8, which means they are now selling for $0.99 to $2.49 each.

Game Description
Each volume of NY Times Crosswords, comes with a unique bundle of world famous easy or challenging puzzles handpicked by The New York Times and edited by Will Shortz.

You can solve unassisted or get help using the 'reveal one letter' or 'reveal entire answer' functionality. You can even check your work for errors.

Enjoy the gold standard of crossword puzzles on your Kindle!

My Yoga Studio ($1.99 $0.99 Kindle), by Nickel Buddy, is half price in the Kindle store until August 8.

App Description
My Yoga Studio is like having a personal yoga teacher on your Kindle.

There are many benefits to practicing yoga. Done properly, yoga can help you increase your strength, flexibility, and balance. It can improve your posture as you become more aware of your body, and it can help you relax, even in the midst of a stressful environment.

My Yoga Studio will guide you step-by-step through a series of poses illustrated with a picture and a text description. As you move through the routine, a timer will count down, showing you how long to hold each pose before gently transitioning to the next. 25 different poses are included. You can use one of three included routines (Sun Salutation, Stress Melter, or Balance & Peace), do poses individually, or create your own custom routine. Exercises are designed to strengthen your core, and do not require any special equipment. As you can do these exercises anywhere you have floor space, My Yoga Studio is a perfect companion for frequent travelers or home use.

My Yoga Studio is ready to be your personal guide anytime you want to steal a few moments to center yourself.

New Kindle Game - Picture Cross Volume 1

Picture Cross Volume 1 ($0.99 Kindle), by puzzle.tv, is a new game in the Kindle store.

Game Description
Picture Cross Volume 1 is a puzzle game where you use logic to reveal a picture.

Starting with a grid of empty squares, Picture Cross gives you clues in each column and row with which you must work out whether each square in the grid is black or white. Find all of the black squares to reveal a themed picture.

Picture Cross Volume 1 includes 100 unique hand-made puzzles, each with an imaginative theme. Puzzles come in grids of various sizes, with 20 each of: 8 by 8, which are nice and easy, 10 by 10, 15 by 15, 20 by 20, and 25 by 25 which are very challenging!

Full and detailed instructions and helpful tutorials are included, and a hint feature is available if you get stuck. Work towards completing the whole set! After that, you can reset each puzzle so you can replay as many times as you like.

If you love logic puzzles, you'll love Picture Cross on Kindle!

Great Deal on 8GB USB Flash Drive

I just found a great deal on an 8GB USB Flash Drive, the Kingston 8GB Hi-speed Datatraveler, which is currently selling for $7.99 and is eligible for free Prime shipping from Amazon. This is about the same price as (and in many cases lower than) the price of the 4GB drives.

This drive should work on any PC running Windows 7, Vista, XP, as well as any Mac. I'm planning on using one to load music to play on my Roku box (the Roku supports larger hard drives via USB, also, but there isn't much in the way of selectability in their rather primitive USB Channel app - so, I'll create a playlist and copy it to the USB drive to plug into the ROKU and just play the entire drive). A second one will be used to backup my books (yes, I have books backed up on the cloud, as well, but like having a physical backup, in case something happens to the company running the cloud or I want to get at a backup when the internet is down) and I may use a third one for pictures. Sure, I could make a DVD, but these are easier to carry around, work with the ROKU and netbooks without a drive and are a lot easier to add content, later on.

If you need a bit more security on your drive (which I'd recommend if you use it to backup financial documents or scanned copies of your credit cards, driver's license, etc.), then you may want to step up to the Kingston 8GB Hi-speed DataTraveler Locker+ with Encryption ($19.99). On the other hand, if you are the type that keeps losing the caps to your flash drives and need to be able to toss them into a pocket or purse or keep them on a keyring, then there is a cute little drive, the Kingston 8GB DataTraveler 108 ($11.99), that looks like it would be ideal.

Product Description
The new generation of a kingston best-seller is here! with capacities up to 32gb, the reliable datatraveler generation 3 (g3) is ideal for your important documents, music, video clips and favorite photos that can be stored and retrieved in a flash. available in fun colors by capacity, it’s a perfect for the office, home, school and wherever you travel. a well-built cap protects the usb plug and your data. datatraveler g3 is backed by legendary kingston reliability plus a 5 year-year warranty and free tech support.

New Kindle Game - Red Hot Sudoku #1

Red Hot Sudoku #1 ($0.99 Kindle), by Puzzazz, is a new game in the Kindle store.

Game Description
If you prefer challenging Sudoku puzzles, then this first edition of Red Hot Sudoku is the title for you.

Every one of these 33 carefully constructed puzzles has been calibrated to give you a significant challenge. Sure, you need to know the rules of Sudoku, but you better have a few extra tricks up your sleeve if you want to tackle these puzzles!

You will appreciate features like in-cell notes, that help make solving these puzzles as easy as it is on paper. You can move to another puzzle at any time without losing the progress on your current puzzle, and come back to that puzzle whenever you like.

If you're looking for Sudoku puzzles that are hand-crafted specifically for players who enjoy difficult puzzles, then pick up Red Hot Sudoku!

New Kindle Game - Ultimate Shakespeare Quiz

Ultimate Shakespeare Quiz ($1.99, by HandyX, is a new game in the Kindle store.

Game Description
Whether you like Shakespeare, are interested in history or just love a good story, this game challenges you on all things Shakespeare.

Shakespeare's works come to life in this engaging title where you can match lines with plays and plays with lines, fill in missing words to famous quotes, identify characters, and guess plays from clever clues. And it's not just about lines and plays. You will also be asked questions about life in Elizabethan England, and even some questions about modern interpretations of Shakespeare's classic plays.

Filled with 1000 questions, you can just dive right in and start answering them, or you can play Round by Round, in which you must get at least 5 of 10 questions correct to move on to the next round of 10 questions. You can always come back to a game in progress, and the Quiz Progress screen will let you know your highest round cleared and how many of the 1000 questions you've answered correctly. So whether you long for a challenge and want to play under the pressure of a timer or just a beginner seeing how far you can get, this multiple choice quiz will inspire and entertain.

Test your knowledge of the Bard on your Kindle today!