Free Nintendo DSi/DSiXL/3DS game.

Huh, does anyone out there actually have a Nintendo 3DS? I hear they're not selling so well. But anyway, if you have a DSi or a DSiXL or a 3DS, you can download a free copy of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition. Up to 4 people can play together at once via wifi, as long as you all have the game.

Good for a limited time, so download now and embark on a magically portable quest!

Borders: 25% off toys and games.

Father's Day is getting pretty close now — Sunday, June 19 — but Borders can help with their 25% off coupon. History and military buff dads can enjoy a game of Risk; word nerd dads will appreciate Scrabble or Bananagrams; and logical math dads can settle in with a nice, boring sudoku or an electronic blackjack game.

Too bad you can't just send them all flowers like you can on Mother's Day, right?

A free Android app every day at Amazon's Appstore!

Yesterday, Amazon launched their new Android Appstore (that's a lot of A words!), which gives Android smartphone-havers an easy way to browse, try out, and download apps within the familiar Amazon interface.

To encourage people to come and check it out, they're giving away a different free paid app every day! Yesterday it was Angry Birds Rio, which I downloaded successfully. Today it's some poker game, which is less interesting to me.

The process is a bit convoluted: when you go to the appstore home on Amazon and click "Get app," it will ask for your email or cellphone number, and send you a link to the appstore app download. You need to have your Mobile 1-click Amazon settings turned on, even to "buy" a free app, but once you've done that, it works pretty seamlessly.

What will you download for your Android phone?

Free Mastermind game.

Coincidentally, I was just thinking about the game Mastermind the other day... and specifically, how terrible I was at it as a child. It required logic and patience, two things I don't have a lot of now and certainly didn't back then. However, I did enjoy making colorful patterns on the board with the pegs, so I guess it's fun for everyone, in a way.

Get a free Mastermind game with 2 qualifying UPCs and $1.95 shipping/handling. This was a cereal box promotion, but the site where I found this offer gave two sample UPCs that work:

4567452147
4567451831

Do with that what you will.

(courtesy of Buxr.com)

Viva Pinata for PC: $0.99, now through 8:30 am on Dec. 5.

For once, I'm kinda bummed that I have a Mac, because this is a pretty great deal: Viva Pinata for PC, normally $19.99, is on sale through tomorrow at 8:30 am for just $0.99. That's a full computer game for the price of a (cheap) iPhone app, y'all!

If you've never played it, Viva Pinata is a cute, fun sim game in which you're trying to design and plant a garden to attract a variety of colorful pinata animals. But just like real life, some animals eat other animals, so your challenge is to find the right balance of species, make them breed and have babies, and eventually collect 'em all in your garden. It's a fun game and you can't beat the price!

Borders: 33% off all games in-store.

I just came from Borders, where all games are currently on sale for 33% off... and I might have gotten one or two to put under the tree. If you have board game lovers to shop for, you may want to check it out - they have Bananagrams and its fruity siblings, along with an interesting selection of unusual games and puzzles.

(Thanks, Matt!)

Free iPhone/iPad games: Smash Fiesta and Mad O Ball 3D.

Here are a couple of free games for your iPhone or iPad, downloadable through iTunes:

• Smash Fiesta (like whack-a-mole with veggies, apparently)
• Mad O Ball 3D (some sort of rolling marble maze game)

I remember hearing about Smash Fiesta when it came out, and version 2.2 is free for a limited time only, so why not download it and see what the fuss is about?

iPhone: EA apps on sale for $0.99 today.

In honor of the iPhone 4 being released, EA Games is slashing prices on a bunch of their apps to $0.99. Several of these cost as much as $7 normally, and some have never gone on sale before - the list helpfully sorts out which have gone on sale before and which are discounted for the first time ever.

I'm curious about Jewel Quest Mysteries myself, but there's a good mix of sports games, driving games, adventure/quest games, and board games to choose from. Usually I like my apps to be free, but $0.99 is pretty close.

iPhone: Free Puzzlings app - like Bejeweled, but cuter!

As promised, I'm going to start posting more iPhone/iTouch freebies on here, which will be free apps that I personally have downloaded and enjoyed. This time around, I'm recommending Puzzlings, a delightfully winsome little puzzle game with a sky-high cute factor.

You can watch a trailer, but the general idea is that you are a bobble-headed monster who has just learned about fashion, and you must solve Bejeweled/Tetris-esque block puzzles to win clothes and accessories to customize yourself with. You progress through stages in Mario-like worlds, each of which is pretty easy and quick to play, yet the game is highly addictive once you start collecting hairstyles, outfits, and goofy facial features to trick out your monster with.

It's totally free on the iTunes app store, so snag it and brighten up your grim bus commute or stultifying staff meeting.

iPhone: Free Ultimate Video Poker, 2/1 only.

Here we go with another iPhone freebie... I'm feeling hipper and more relevant with every one I post! Today, Feb. 1, only, you can get a free download of the Ultimate Video Poker app in the iTunes app store.

Remember like fifteen years ago when those handheld video poker, blackjack, etc., machines were all the rage? OK, maybe that was just in Nevada. We really can't bear to be away from gambling for even a second there.

(Courtesy of Dealnews)

Wii would like a $25 Amazon gift card, please.

Just in case you're one of the handful of people left in the world who wants, but does not already own, a Wii - the price finally went down $50, so the Wii is now $199 at Amazon. Plus, if you buy one before October 3, you get a $25 Amazon gift card mailed to you, so really it's more like $175.

Then you can get started forking over $40-50 per game, like the rest of us chumps.

FREE CAKE (game)!

Okay, it's not as good as real-life free cake, but Amazon is offering a free download of the PC game "Cake Mania." I've heard about this game and was curious, but alas, it's only for PC... us Mac users are just out of luck.

There's also this Big Kahuna Reef matching game, which seems to be decently reviewed and rated, so if you like matchy puzzle fun rather than nail-biting time-trial cakework, you could try that one, too.

Free cards and pen.

Everybody knows Asians love to gamble. Or, if they don't already, they will once they complete this survey and get their free deck of poker cards and accompanying pen. You do have to provide your mailing address in order to get the freebie, which means they can spam your mailbox with actual junk mail, but hey, that's a small price to pay for starting up your own illegal back-room gambling hall at home.