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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.From the opening strains of Shopmania, you know you're in for a very different casual game experience. During its intro cartoon, an obnoxious announcer barks about "$pendmoore," a local department store looking to lure in customers willing to buy anything - a great way to subtly lampoon our materialistic culture. But to focus on that is to miss the point.
Check out Tips & Tricks for Shopmania:SCORING TIPSUpgrade carts to make them bigger and you'll earn more dollars.Fulfill requests to calm down impatient shoppers.Upgrade carts so that they are all about the same size. Otherwise, you'll get items you can't place.If you make carts too big, they might become difficult to fill.You don't have to ring up shoppers as soon as they are ready. Take your time!To speed up a conveyor belt, take products off the belt that are past the sensor....
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.