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Cooking Dash: DinerTown Studios Review
In Cooking Dash - DinerTown Studios Gilda, Flo's college roommate, invites her, Cookie and Grandma Florence to the set of her new show. Not surprisingly (at least if you're familiar with any of PlayFirst's Dash games), as soon as the women arrive they'll be required to make use of their top notch cooking skills. Will the second installment by Playfirst and Aliasworlds be an as entertaining and witty challenge as every dash fan expects it to be, or will players have to face a letdown?
Time Gentlemen, Please! Review
Time Gentlemen, Please! is a sequel to the indie comedy adventure Ben There, Dan That!, and picks up right where the previous adventure left off. Playing the previous game isn't really required as everything is summed up nicely, but that doesn't mean we don't encourage it. Ben There, Dan That! is still available free of charge and is easily one of the better adventure games available today. Veterans of the previous game will be delighted to know that Time Gentlemen, Please! improves on the previous release in every way imaginable.
3Tones Review
When a game tries to use a theme and doesn't really do much with it, it's easy to criticize. But when the core gameplay is so interesting and fresh, can it really be held against it? 3Tones tries to make music an integral part of the gameplay and doesn't. But even with the sound muted, 3Tones is a great match-three puzzler with enough twists and innovations to keep you playing.
The Blackwell Convergence Review
On the whole, point-and-click adventure games tend to get a bad rap for often being excruciatingly long, a little on the dry side, and gruelingly tough. The Blackwell Convergence is none of those things. Instead, it offers up a highly stylish supernatural tale filled with unusual characters and punchy plot twists. It's also just peculiar enough to keep you transfixed to the very end. Best of all, you needn't have to have played through its two predecessors to be able to jump right in and enjoy the adventure.
Strange Cases: The Tarot Card Mystery Review
As FBI agent Claire Ellery, you've been called to a remote town to find three kidnapped girls. The local police don't seem very happy to have your help, but someone begins leaving you a series of tarot cards leading you to the missing trio. In no time at all, you've found the girls, the police are calling it case closed and sending you home. So begins the hidden object game Strange Cases: The Tarot Card Mystery.
Ben There, Dan That! Review
What if I told you that someone had lovingly crafted a brash, funny, and original tribute to the adventure games of 20 years ago? Now what if I told you it was free? Despite being a no-holds-barred homage to classic LucasArts adventures, Ben There, Dan That! offers up a unique sense of humor and story-telling that should appeal to every grown up gamer. Despite inspiration, this is a game that stands on its own two feet.
Mysterious City: Vegas Review
We normally like to start off our reviews with an introduction to the game's story and a quick summary of the game's overall quality. That said, we've run into a roadblock with Mysterious City: Vegas. First, there's no story. Second, you only feel like you're in Vegas a small part of the game. Mysterious City: Vegas should ooze Vegas and it doesn't.
Aveyond: Gates of Night Review
Aveyond: Gates of Night is the direct follow-up to Aveyond: Lord of Twilight, and the second episode in the new format since Amaranth Games decided to go episodic with its popular casual role-playing game series instead of releasing one giant 50-hour epic. Offering about 10 hours of gameplay, Gates of Night feels more solid and fleshed out than its predecessor and makes for an even more enjoyable adventure.
Many Years Ago Review
Cave men, meet the Cave men. They're an ancient, stone-age family. From their tiny island, they're a page right out of history. So what has inspired me to badly re-write the Flintstone's theme song? Well, its a little game called Many Years Ago that absolutely reminded me of the famous Hanna Barbara cartoon from the moment I started playing it and it is packed full of cute cave man themed simulator fun.
Build-a-lot 4: Power Source Review
Once upon a time a company called HipSoft had the crazy idea to develop a casual game about real estate management. For sure a lot of people asked themselves: "Who would actually play a game with such a dull topic?" Well, with the recent release of Build-a-lot 4: Power Source, which is the fourth installment of what is now one of the most successful (and copied) series in the casual game market, HipSoft can proudly answer: "Everyone and her brother!"
