Bruiser & Scratch for WiiWare in Dec News (EuroGamer)
Steel Penny Games has announced that its upcoming WiiWare puzzle game, Bruiser & Scratch, will be released next month. There's no word on how much it will cost, but we do at least know more about it than the average what-the-hell-is-that WiiWare release.

The Fire, By Katherine Neville (Independent)
Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code has become instant shorthand for those who consider it the last word in dumbed-down, crassly written fiction. But there is no denying the appeal of the globe-spanning, puzzle-based narrative, with strands reaching from ancient history to the modern world. Before The Code, Katherine Neville offered some ingenious sleight-of-hand in this style. Now she has followed ...

In-Depth: Casual Game Execs Aim For New Audiences On Core Platforms (Gamasutra)
Peggle's coming to DS, and casual games company RealNetworks has WiiWare titles in the works. These new developments are but a few examples of a recent trend that sees casual game companies escaping their traditional Flash portal confines for the home console and handheld arena. PopCap is releasing casual titles on DS like Amazing Adventures: The Forgotten Ruins and Mystery P.I.: Portrait of a ...

First signs of Boom Blox 2 emerge News (EuroGamer)
EA may be working on a sequel to brilliant Wii puzzle game Boom Blox. That's according to US website Variety , which claims returning developer EA Los Angeles is already hard at work on the title.

Five ways to keep Alzheimer's away (CNN)
Blanche Danick may be 86 years old, but she's pretty hip. She keeps up with all the latest health news, and a while back, she called her daughter wanting to know whether she should start taking the herb ginkgo biloba. She'd heard it might stave off Alzheimer's disease.