Celebrating Adam Malysz’s silver medal in Men’s Ski Jumping, Polish developer Vivid Game’s Boozle is “free as long as the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics last” (according to a press release sent February 19, 2010). The 2010 Winter Olympics taking place in Vancouver, Canada, will officially end February 28, 2010.

Boozle is a match-3 style game where you have to try and balance between clearing food versus beverages. Consume too much on one side or the other and your avatar unleashes the contents of his stomach upon your screen…

The XXI Winter Olympic Games start February 12, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, but that doesn’t mean you can’t start getting ready for them today! Chances are, you aren’t going to be able to make it to Canada for the events, and you most likely aren’t competing, but that doesn’t mean you can’t compete.

The forthcoming Winter Olympics provide the perfect opportunity and excuse to create your own Olympics game with the help of video games. If you own a Wii, you’ll be in the best shape, since there have been a ton of sports themed mini-game collections released for that system. Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, DS and even iPhone and iPod Touch users can use their consoles and handhelds to prepare for the forthcoming games.

Gamertell’s put together a list of eight fairly recent and well rounded video game releases that will hopefully get you feeling sporty and competitive…

Despite the questionable reception of Shaun White’s initial video game snowboarding venture, he has already expressed confidence in working on a sequel.

According to Reuters, “The Flying Tomato” made it clear that the knowledge that he gained with completing his first snowboarding video game will only ensure success with his second venture, remarking that he now “knows what is possible and not possible, experiences that will all help with the next game.”

However, while White is eager for the opportunity for another run down the digitized slopes, Ubisoft is a bit reticent…

With sports fanatics watching the 2008 Beijing Olympics to cheer their favorite teams, gamers can partake in the games via the Beijing 2008 Olympics Video Game for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC.

Released on July 8, 2008, for $49.99, the official game of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games promised players the ability to play online with other fans of the Olympics games.

But not everyone was thrilled with the game.

Throughout the years the Olympics have always managed to make it in the gaming world. Some of the official Olympic games that have hit the stands in the past years include…

Title: Beijing 2008 (aka Beijing Olympics 2008, Beijing 2008 Olympics, Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics)Price: $49.99 ($29.99 as PC Download)System(s): *Xbox 360, PS3, PC/Download (Mobile)Release Date: July 8, 2008Publisher (Developer): Sega (Eurocom)ESRB Rating: “Everyone”Pros: Includes a lot of events and character graphics are rather impressive.Cons: Too much thumbstick twitching, too many awkward movements and poorly queued events. Too much clicking to get to an actual event.Overall Score: One thumb sideways, one thumb down; 65/100; D; * 1/2 out of five.

With events already completed and the Beijing 2008 Olympics soon coming to an end, it’s very likely more than a few gamers will still have that Olympic itch, the desire to compete and a residual want of track and field sports.

Click through for the full review…

OGPlanet.com is going to be fashionably late with it’s free-to-play MMO’s Olympic celebrations. Rather than running its games’ Olympic events at the same time as the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, it is going to be holding events in Albatross18, Cabal Online and Rumble Fighter from September 4 to 14, 2008. Registration for the Olympic events opened August 19, 2008.

If you want to compete, you’ll have to sign up in the OGPlanet forums. You must join teams with players from the three MMOs to enter. Only 48 teams will be able to compete. The winners will receive prizes (like in-game currency and an item for La Tale) and honor.

With all this coverage of the Olympics, both on television and online, I have seen several sources that have stated that Japanese Olympic swimmer Kosuke Kitajima, after he had won the gold meal for the men’s 100 meter breaststroke, had some very interesting, very videogame-related things to say:

See, Mario does the breaststroke. And thus, it’s perfect mental training for envisioning the actual Olympic hall.

Say what!? Did he just say that videogames can actually do more than…

Outspark’s free-to-play, massive multiplayer online snowboarding gameProject Powder is now in open beta. Take heart, if you were denied entry to the closed beta, for your time has now come. Of course not all the functions are up and running (the ranking feature doesn’t work yet), but they will be once the commercial period begins…

In order to celebrate the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Nexon has added a new pet to Mabinogi – the panda. Rather than just making the panda pet the only way to commemorate the occasion, Nexon is also holding two panda and Olympic related events in the game from August 7-28, 2008. Both events require players to use the premium cash shop to participate.

The first event requires you to purchase the limited edition panda pet for 7,900 NX/$7.90. After you buy him and see him in game, you’ll see he’ll be carrying a special panda gachapon item. This item contains either panda paws or a panda ear headband for your Mabinogi character to wear.

In honor of the 2008 Olympic Games being held in Beijing, Aeria Games is holding Olympic style events in two of its free massive multiplayer online (MMO) games, Pi Story and Last Chaos. However, while the official Olympic games opening ceremony was today (August 8, 2008), only the Pi Story events begin today. Last Chaos’ Olympic events will begin August 11, 2008.

Both Last Chaos and Pi Story will have special events running during the Olympic period – mainly races or timed events. Players will be able to compete to win gold, silver and bronze medals, prizes and a place in the events’ record books. An end date for the events has not been revealed.