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Shopmania Preview
Every once in a while - er, a long while -- a new game debuts that has it all: a fresh concept, accessible and addictive game-play, and great graphics and sound. You know, one of those games you simply must tell your friends about?
Well, Gamezebo was granted a preview of such a game, a rare gem that may very well take the gaming world by storm. Or at least it damn well should.
Introducing Shopmania.
Diner Dash 2: Restaurant Rescue Review
Lately, there's not a waitress alive who wouldn't love to have me as a customer: I'm the guy who's polite, never asks for a substitution, and tips 35 percent.
What's turned me into the best table of the night, every night? The culprit is more than a few hours of PlayFirst's Diner Dash 2, which has taught me just how hard food service industry folks are working for their money.
Garden Dreams Review
Toybox reaps what it sows with this engaging take on the gardening game.
Perhaps 2006 is the year of plowing dangerously, but in just a few short months, we've seen the release of (not one, but) two gardening themed games. At first glance, Plantasia from PlayFirst and Garden Dreams by Toybox seem very similar. Both feature gardening as an activity that you're trying to do in order to help someone out. Both have seeds, watering systems, pests and fertilizer/insecticide. But, that's where the similarities end.
BreakQuest Review
In the relatively young medium of the video game, the break-the-bricks game is one of the oldest genres out there. It's also one of the most replicated, with slightly altered versions appearing on nearly every device that can play games. You'd think that after all this time, they'd have run out of ideas to modify the simple formula of breaking bricks with a paddle and ball. Breakquest proves that they haven't.
Cake Mania Review
The mom and pop business is a dying breed in this age of MegaMart homogenization. Today's victim is the small bakery, where the smell from the sidewalk is enough to lure you in to a world of tempting treats you can't get anywhere else. Sandlot Games' Cake Mania makes this classic David and Goliath story personal: you play the role of Jill in this tasty new flavor of Diner Dash-style gameplay.
