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Diner Dash Review
Most of us have seen an act in which a juggler spins plates - keeping dozens of dinner plates rotating on top of tall poles. The artists frantically runs from one plate to the next, giving it an extra spin if it looks like it's about to slow down and crash to the floor. Somehow, the plates never seem to fall, and she never breaks a sweat.
Jojo's Fashion Show Review
If you're a fan of popular television shows like Project Runway or just can't seem to walk the mall without stopping to browse every last boutique, chances are Jojo's Fashion Show will be just the game for you. Jointly produced by iWin and Gamelab, the title is an interesting take on the typical time management formula that challenges would-be runway divas to put their eye for style, color and coordination to the test.
Miss Management Review
Imagine if you took every irritating office stereotype - the outrageous flirt, the nit-picking suck-up, the anti-social computer geek, the stressed out numbers guy, the incompetent middle manager - then took every irritating office behavior - gossiping, slacking off, cooking smelly foods in the microwave, hogging the bathroom, bullying - and mashed them all together. That, in a nutshell, is Miss Management. Oh, and did we mention that it's your job to actually squeeze some productivity out of this mess?
Arcadia Remix Review
If you thought your food-serving or gem-swapping puzzle games were tough exercises, wait until you're asked to play four different games - all at the same time.
And you will, if you've downloaded and played Arcadia Remix, a very clever - and increasingly challenging - retro arcade game with a few new and fun twists. One thing's for sure - you haven't played anything like it before.
Downbeat Review
For many, the 80's was a golden era, a decade when pop was king, action movie stars could blow up a car with a single bullet and women wore shoulder pads so huge that NFL quarterbacks would gaze enviously at them before getting squished by William 'The Fridge' Perry's supersized gut.
Harking back to the era of Madonna and Jackson's heydays, Downbeat resurrects several classic tracks from the 80's and places them into a colorful and entertaining game that'll test your rhythmical skills to their max and have you grinning with joyous nostalgia for countless fun-filled hours.
Out of Your Mind Review
Feel like your medulla oblongata's in need of an overhaul? Is your grey matter about to splatter? If that's true, you may need a good mental flossing to clear your brain of its accumulated gunk. Yes, you read that right -- a mental flossing!
That's the premise of gamelab's Out of Your Mind, a frenetic action puzzler that takes a "dental approach" to restoring mental harmony. It's a wacky and addictive lampoon at spa culture, and a game that's sure to engage your mind.
Out of Your Mind Preview
We've all been stressed out, over-tired and burdened with negative thoughts like jealousy and suspicion. Wouldn't it be great if we could clean the mental junk from our brains as easily as we clean the plaque off our teeth? In an upcoming new game from the folks at gamelab called Out Of Your Mind, you can do just that
LEGO Fever Review
First, Lincoln Logs appeared, interlocking bits of wood for building simple log structures. Next, the Erector Set, an industrial age toy that brought the ability to create more diverse mechanisms, but at the cost of greater complexity.
Then, LEGO arrived, offering a compromise between the two -- simplicity and diversity in one. The rest, as they say, is architectural toy history.
Shopmania Review
Question: What do you get when you combine a mega-market superstore, pushy customers, tons of game play twists and a bowtie-sporting gerbil named Gerry?
Answer: The best casual game of 2006 - so far.
