3.5
3.5

Fitness Dash

If you’re looking for a fresh new game concept to waste away a lazy Sunday afternoon or to relax after the kids go to bed, take a pass on Fitness Dash. While this time management game is quite fun and offers many hours of entertainment, it plays exactly (and we mean exactly) like its popular predecessor, Diner Dash and other PlayFirst offshoots.

You play as Jo the Jogger, a spunky young woman who wants to whip her tug-of-war teammates into shape to take on rival teams in upcoming competitions. What better way to accomplish this than by opening up a few gyms to help her friends lose weight and get fit.
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3.5
2

School House Shuffle

Short of decontaminating radioactive zones or terraforming planets, we can't think of a process more labor intensive than keeping feisty toddlers on schedule, let along glued to their desks. It's a topic lovingly explored in School House Shuffle, which places you in charge of a well-meaning but hopelessly overwhelmed staff determined to turn students into the next generation of geniuses.

However, while certainly a smart and sharp-looking spin on the average time management equation, it’s nowhere near the arresting and addictive escapade one would secretly hope for.
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3.5

Wedding Dash 2: Rings Around the World

Casual game sequels tend to look and play similar to its predecessors, but PlayFirst's Wedding Dash 2 takes the cake, if you can pardon the pun. Despite a few minor additions, this game is virtually identical to the original. To some time management fans this will be just fine, but to others, including yours truly, there is little here to justify the cost. Yes, it's fun and frantic and hard to put down, just like the first Wedding Dash, but those expecting more might decline the invitation to this affair. Think I'm harsh? Download the playable demo to see for yourself and post your comments at the bottom of this review.
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5

Yahtzee Texas Hold'Em

When you have a hot property, you want to utilize it in every way possible. The makers of cranberry juice, for example, didn't stop at selling a generic fruit drink; they branched out into cranapple, crangrape and so on. Over the years, Hasbro has done the same thing with its Yahtzee property, with uneven results. (Battle Yahtzee, anyone?) Now we have Yahtzee Texas Hold'em, an odd pairing that, like a glass of cranmango juice, might be a little hard for some players to swallow.

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