Our Awards!

If you see us mentioned somewhere else prestigious, please let us know!

Awards

• Optimnem Learning Guide: September 1, 2003
  We were recognized as an excellent education resource!
  

• Ultimate WebTV Search Hot50: May 9, 2000
  We ranked among the top 50 WebTV sites!
  

• Ask Jeeves Silver Platter Award: July 2, 1999
  Ask Jeeves considers us an award-worthy site!
  

• WDS Choice Award for Web Excellence: Silver, June 26, 1999
  Web Design Studio called us "outstanding!"
  

• WEBNET WebRatings: 5 out of 5, June 22, 1999
  We received their top rating!
  

• C. T. Adams Top 15% Excellence Choice Award, June 18, 1999
  We've won the prestigious C. T. Adams award!
  

• Award of the BEST, June 18, 1999
  We've been awarded as one of the best homepages.
  

• MidLink Magazine, March 19, 1999
  We were awarded an A+ and place on this educational magazine's honor roll!
  

• I Should Be Working, January 1999
  We got awarded the "Slack Website of the Week" award.
  

• Setoff, December 1998
  Set-Off awards us a "Site of the Day" award in the "Games" category.
  

• Cool Freebie Links, August 1998
  We get awarded "Coolest" (Four Penguins) by C.F.L.
  

• Centre for the Easily Amused, July 1998
  We're featured as a site good enough for the easily amused on the 'net.
  

Television

• News 8 Austin, January 25, 2002
  Our site was mentioned on this Austin, Texas news show's "Websightings" segment!

• ZDTV's Internet Tonight, April 8, 1999
  Internet Tonight listed our "Towers" game as a "Stupid Net Trick."

Books

• The Busy Educators Guide to the World Wide Web
  This book for teachers lists our site in the "Fun Stuff" category.

• WebTV For Dummies, 2nd. Edition
  Our site was reviewed (twice!) in this excellent reference book for WebTV users.

• WebTV For Dummies, 3rd. Edition
  An updated review, with top honors!

• Mr. Modem's Internet Guide for Seniors
  We were recommended for the whole family.

• Whole Internet Page-A-Day 2001 Calendar
  We were the site for January 6, 2001.

• You Are Here Kids & Family Internet Guide
  We're one of the featured sites of this book.

Magazines

• NZ Site Guide
  Our site was mentioned in New Zealand NetGuide magazine's "SiteGuide" insert.

• Yahoo! Internet Life, December 1999
  ZD's Y!IL magazine lists us in their click!Games section.

• TV Online, April 1999
  We're reviewed in the new interactive television printed magazine, TV Online.

• Net4TV Voice, March 1, 1999
  We're reviewed in the excellent online WebTV magazine, Net4TV Voice!

• GameSpot, December 1998
  We're reviewed in both the US and UK versions of this magazine.

• Oblo CD ROM, September 1997
  Brain-Teasers were listed and copied onto the Italian CD-ROM "Oblo" from McGraw-Hill Libri Italia.

• The Net Magazine, August 1997
  Before it was known as Bill's Games, this site was listed in "The Net" magazine and website.

Website Picks

• StarLive
  This radio site picked our "Maze Generator" as a Hot Website.

• Yahoo! Daily Pick, April 21, 1999
  Yahoo! picked our site as a "Daily Pick!"

• Bonus.com, September 19, 1997
  Many games have been listed at Bonus.com, an entertainment site for children.

• Planetweb, Late 1999
  Planetweb, the web browser used by Sega Dreamcast game consoles, lists our games as Dreamcast-compatible!

• Word PI - WebTV Site of the Day
  Word PI was spotlighted on WebTV's main login screen!

Newsletters

• Sites 4 Moms, November 28th, 2000
  Our site is reviewed for moms and kids!

• Kid Klicks, January 17th, 2000
  Tic-Tac-Web was reviewed by this kids newsletter.

• Club WebTV, May 1999
  WebTV's very own newsletter mentioned our site in their "Kids Only" section.

• Good Housekeeping Site of the Day, September 12, 2001
  They warn "this site will keep you occupied for hours, if you're not careful."

Newspapers

• Los Angeles Times, January 2002
  The Times listed our Word Scram game as a 'Tip of the Week' site!

• Moose Jaw Reviewer, February 2000
  A listing in their "Dark Wing Web Links" section.

• Los Angeles Times, July 1999
  A fairly nice, possibly outdated review of our site.

• Orlando Sentinel, July 1999
  We're reviewed in their "CyberScene" column.

• Raliegh, North Carolina News and Observer, May 9, 1999
  A little blurb at the top of the business section's "Your Toys" subsection.

• Portland Maine Press Herald, April 30, 1999
  A reprint of Arizona Republic's article.

• Arizona Republic, April 26, 1999
  If your bored, the Arizona Republic newspaper tells you to come here. I guess that's a good review. ;^)

• Seattle Times, April 18, 1999
  A review that calls our site "everything that Web sites have become known for."

• The Clevelenad Plain Dealer, September 15, 1997
  Invisible Maze and Maze Generator were reviewed as a "Cool Site."

• El Navegante, July 30, 1997
  Our Concentration game was reviewed in an Internet directory that comes as a supplement to a Peruvian newspaper.