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Hot Dish 2: Cross Country Cook-Off Review
Appearing just after we've finished digesting the original, Hot Dish 2 lands on our gaming tables, all hot and gooey. If you're still hungry for more after that gastronomical metaphor, then Hot Dish 2 may be just your kind of game.
The Great Chocolate Chase: A Chocolatier Twist Review
The Great Chocolate Chase: A Chocolatier Twist isn't the official sequel to Chocolatier 2 - for that you'll have to wait until Chocolatier 3 arrives in 2009. But in the meantime, this spin-off admirably captures the spirit and feel of Chocolatier in a time management format that sees chocolate empire heiress Evangeline Baumeister hocking chocolates to a variety of demanding customers.
Hot Dish Review
One of the more interesting takes on the time management genre we've seen in recent months, surprise gem Hot Dish serves up a heaping helping of fun. No matter your culinary skills, it's worth having a look at, if only to see how much room remains for innovation in the category - especially when such enhancements prove this easy to swallow.
Dr. Daisy Pet Vet Review
From restaurants, witch's dens and weddings to daycare centers, bakeries and hair salons, the "micromanagement" casual games are one of the hottest genres today. A new game, Dr. Daisy Pet Vet, introduces a budding veterinarian as the heroine of the story. It's good, and animal lovers will enjoy it, but it's not as good as other entries in the genre (most notably Diner Dash), nor is it a wholly unique offering.
Mahjong Roadshow Review
Confession is good for the soul, so here goes: I like watching Antiques Roadshow on PBS. I enjoy seeing someone's jaw drop when they learn the ratty piece of furniture they bought at a garage sale for twenty bucks is actually worth a few grand. These days, that's close to the feeling I get when I play a casual game that takes a worn-out formula and injects it with new life. Case in point: Mahjong Roadshow from publisher PlayFirst and developer Zemnott.
Mahjongg Investigations: Under Suspicion Review
Mahjongg Investigations: Under Suspicion can best be described as a combination of the ancient tile-matching game of Mahjongg (also referred to as Shanghai) and the classic whodunit board game of Clue.
That is, not only do you need to pair up identical tiles on a 3-D board but you're playing this game at a crime scene, in the hopes to unravel enough clues to pin the charge on a suspect. This interesting fusion works -- for the most part.