3RD Sense has announced the release of Swords & Sandals III:Solo, the latest installment in the Sword and Sandals franchise. Players have a chance to build their character up from scratch and then take that character and compete against other gladiators. The goal is to be the top gladiator.

Swords & Sandals III: Solo is a role playing game where players can build out their gladiator and give them the strengths they would like to focus on. Players have to use strategy, cunning, and be good at fighting to be the top gladiator.

The Sword and Sandal games have gotten great reviews from users and received a four out of five stars from Newgrounds. Not to mention the 3,500 users that nominated the games as their favorite games on Kongregate.

Sounds like the Sword $ Sandals games are well known and are great games. The latest release, Swords & Sandals III: Solo, should be no different. This installment should be just as good as the rest of the games. Head over to Fizzy.com and check out the games.

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LoudCrowd.com is a site for people who enjoy music and enjoy playing games set to music. The music is not bad, but it may not be to everyone’s taste. The music does fit the games, though. The point of the games is to get as many points as you can. 

Each game has a certain amount of points the player needs to attain. The game can be played more than once to attain all of the points needed. The points are accumulated until you reach the allotted point value. Once the point value has been reached, the player will get the prize. Each game has different prizes associated with them. The prizes are new music tracks, clothes for your avatar or shoes for the avatar.

Players gain points by spinning records. There is a paddle that rotates along the outside of the record and players have to collect dots as they fly from the center of the record. There are four different difficulty modes, beginner, skilled, expert and crazy. There are also bonuses that make your paddle bigger and hinderences that make the paddle smaller.

LoudCrowd provides a social network element, as well. Users have profiles they can create. The profiles allow users to enter a web site they have such as my space or twitter. All things that can show other people what you are interested in.

If you are into music and like games set to music, check out LoudCrowd. Players can create an account for free and hang out with other people who enjoy music games and music.

Challengeyou.com is a website that challenges users to build virtual worlds. The site is geared towards children and provides them the tools to build virtual worlds of their choosing. Players can decide to build multi-level games, scavenger hunts or whatever they can think up.

The games are created in shockwave, but challengeyou.com takes all the programing out of it. There is a game editor that allows players to build what evver they desire. Developers drag the items they want in their game to the game board. Users can create start lines, finish lines, walls and many more objects. Users just place the objects down where they want in their game. The interface allows users to create multiple levels in their game by growing their world up or down and can add animation.

After you have designed your game, challengeyou.com will host the game for you, but you can link to the game on your own web site. Users can send their creations to their friends and challenge their friends to beat their creation. Users can get involved in the community too. Other community members can rate the world you built.

If building games isn’t your thing, you can still check out challengeyou.com and play the games other people have created. The site offers something for everyone.

Com2uS has announced the release of Pro Baseball 2009 for the iPhone/iPod Touch. The baseball season is just getting underway and now players can join the fun with their own team. Players can participate in an entire season of baseball right on their iPhone/iPod Touch.

Pro Baseball 2009 takes players through an entire 126 game season. Players attempt to make the best team possible by accquiring new managers, improving player performance and collecting new gear. If playing an entire season seems a bit daunting to you, there are other game options available that you may enjoy. The other modes are Exhibition, Tournament and Home Run Derby.

Pro Baseball 2009 will set you back $4.99 at the Apple App Store.

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Galactica is not so much a game for the iPhone/iPod Touch as it is a relaxing application. Players have the ability to cause all types of neat and colorful particle explosions with the touch of their finger.

The biggest feature that makes the game so relaxing is the fact that you do not need to think about anything. There is no strategy involved just explosions caused by touching and flicking the screen. The music plays into the relaxing atmosphere too. Players just have to sit back, relax and enjoy the music and the colorful explosions on the screen.

Anybody can tell the application was specifically designed for the iPhone/iPod Touch, since everything happens by touching or tapping the screen. Double tapping causes explosion to errupt and single tapping and flicking causes the particles to fly across the screen leaving a colorful trail.

Galactica is a great app for the times you are waiting for something and you are tired and don’t feel like using your brain and thinking about things. Pull out this app relax and pass the time while waiting. It is also a great app to just sit and relax for a few minutes during the day. Some days can be very hectic and it is nice to have something to turn to to just relax for a bit and forget the craziness.

If you are looking for a nice relaxing app for your iPhone/iPod Touch, head over to the Apple App Store and check out Galactica.