Jade`s line of spas have always been known for being the most relaxing, organic, and eco-friendly! Recently, however, her customers have started to complain, so Jade must travel across the country and check in on every one of her spas. Upgrade each spa to become more and more Green, and make sure each one of your customers is totally relaxed in this frantic Time Management game. Can you survive the Spa Mania?
Monday, August 30, 2010
Spa Mania 2: Help Jade make her Spas more efficient!
Jade`s line of spas have always been known for being the most relaxing, organic, and eco-friendly! Recently, however, her customers have started to complain, so Jade must travel across the country and check in on every one of her spas. Upgrade each spa to become more and more Green, and make sure each one of your customers is totally relaxed in this frantic Time Management game. Can you survive the Spa Mania?
Friday, August 27, 2010
Reincarnations: Uncover the Past Collector's Edition: Help Jane explore past lives!
Jane and Dr. Herzle have made a major breakthrough in reincarnation studies, but their hard work is compromised when Jane is kidnapped! Help her explore past lives as she tries to save her own life in the present in Reincarnations: Uncover the Past. Use your Hidden Object talents to take on the evil kidnappers and discover valuable clues.
This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version. As a bonus, Collector's Edition purchases count toward three stamps on your Monthly Game Club Punch Card!
The Collector's Edition includes:
Reincarnations: Uncover the Past Collector's Edition features:
* Bonus reincarnation story
* Built-in Strategy Guide
* Superb screensavers
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Bee Garden: Grow flowers and make honey!
Grow flowers, make honey and help the little bees find their lost queen! Sounds easy, but the peaceful gardening may quickly turn into a honey making nightmare if you can't fight off the pests and weeds: don't let your flowers dry out! Buy new flower containers, upgrade your hives, train your bees, make it rain or use pesticide when necessary, but don't stop filling those honey jars! Can you bring life to Bee Garden and make the queen return in this story-driven time management game?
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Bigfoot: Chasing Shadows: Hunt the legendary Bigfoot!
When a chemical spill wrecks havoc next to a nature preserve, all sorts of creatures come crawling out of the forest... including behemoths better left in the shadows. Scattered sightings are reported, but when Linda encounters something in her own backyard, it all becomes a little too real! Uncover the truth as Linda goes in search of a legend and winds up fighting for her very survival in this seek-and-find mystery. Does Bigfoot exist? Depends on who you ask... but something is lumbering into the light, and it's not happy!
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Recyclorama: Help Mia save her home and the world from being buried under trash!
Help Mia save her home and the world from being buried under trash! Earn points and bonuses running recycling centers in exciting global locations with this puzzle and action game, all rolled into one! Mia has taken on the challenge to clean up her beautiful homeland, the island of Kauai. You get to help her run the center as you sort, clean, compact and deliver the garbage to the trucks. The more garbage you recycle, the more points you earn! Clean up the world, one can at a time with Recyclorama!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Shaolin Mystery: Tale of the Jade Dragon Staff: Find the mythical Jade Dragon Staff!
Travel across ancient China and help Yu as she searches for the mythical Jade Dragon Staff. Save your wrongly imprisoned friend in this fun and exciting Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game. Explore fantastic locations, meet monks, speak to spirits, and much more as you embark on this epic adventure through beautiful China.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The Great Pharaoh: Meet mummies and get the gold!
Legend says that in the abandoned temples of the City of the Dead, the treasury of Egypt's ancient rulers was kept. Priests put the gold into magical blocks, guarded by those who were gone for eternity. Only the Great Pharaoh could take back the gold, gathering together the blocks and presenting magical seals. Restore the temples of the City of the Dead, meet mummies, and get the gold in The Great Pharoah, a fun and exciting Match 3 game!
Monday, August 9, 2010
Country Harvest: Grow crops and expand your farm!
Help the residence of Evergreen Valley! Grow local, fresh produce and supply the residence with tasty fruits and vegetables. Construct a variety of buildings to increase your production and use mills to convert crops to valuable products. Can you keep up with the delivery truck? Expand your property and hire employees to create a bustling farm that can fulfill all the needs of the valley in Country Harvest, a fun Time Management game.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Governor of Poker: Hold `em and know when to fold `em.
It`s best not to mess with Texas in this battle to poker superstardom. Earn your title by challenging old western poker pros and see your name in the local paper. Compete for cash, fame, properties, transport assets, and more. Youda Governor of Poker revisits the roots of this riveting card game. You`ve got to hold em and know when to fold em to take over Texas.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Dive into tasty fun in Burger Bustle!
Like a lot of folks looking for their first job, I started off with an obligatory stint of burger flipping at a part-time fast food gig back in high school. I’ve experienced the insane chaos that can come with serving greasy grub to lines of hungry customers with short fuses. Burger Bustle nicely emulates the semi-stressful vibe of busy burger joint action and the inevitable fun that builds when you get into a steady groove. It also incorporates a few interesting twists that other restaurant-themed time management games don’t have.
Without any story setup or main characters to speak of, Burger Bustle’s premise is straightforward. Rather than trying to build a restaurant business from scratch, save a failing food venture, or stick it to the man, you’re simply concerned with stuffing food into the stomachs of as many paying customers as possible in order to make as much green as possible and beat out the competition. Though the individual goals between levels change-up at regular intervals, the overarching objective is to earn enough stars to work your way up the ranks of the top 20 restaurants around.
At least initially, the gameplay follows the same flow as other time management titles. Customers that come into your restaurant will wander up to the counter and place their order. Basic food stations let you produce a variety of different burgers (fish, chicken, beef) that can be customized with toppings at secondary stations. There are also other unlockable stations that let you whip up pastries and sweets, French fries and onion rings, coffee drinks, and other tasty treats. Once diners have settled on a menu selection, you’ll prepare their meals by clicking on various stations around the kitchen, wait for the food item to queue up, and then deliver it to the server who will package and present the food to the customer.
The unique thing about Burger Bustle is you’re required to staff each station with an employee in order to make it operate, and you can drag and drop current staff in different spots in the kitchen on the fly to fill-in where they’re needed. You can run a full kitchen with only four staff members (with one person handling burger cooking, one handling toppings, another preparing sweets, drinks and fries, and one handling the counter), but you don’t always start out with enough staff to cover everything. Extra personnel can be purchased once you’ve earned enough money in a level, however, you also have to balance your spending in order to afford new stations required to meet goals in each stage. Dealing with employees can make the already intense gameplay more frantic, yet it also adds a nice level of extra depth to the otherwise standard formula.
Each stage is a standalone challenge, so stations, workers, and other items you unlock in a given level aren’t necessarily immediately available in future stages. The objectives quotas also change frequently from one level to the next. You’ll often be striving to serve a set number of customers, make specific foods within the timeframe given, or earn enough income to hire a set amount of employees, though other variations do arise. Completing each goal within the set timeframe isn’t essential to progressing to later levels, but you’ll need to meet those benchmarks to score enough stars to work your way up the top 20 ranks. Every competitor you beat earns you an award that comes in the form of a special item to help you along in your quest. These helpful goodies speed up your cooking equipment, provide you with refreshments to ease grumpy patrons, and help out in other important ways. It’s an intriguing way to progress through the game that encourages re-play of past levels to boost your score.
Playing through tiers of stages in the main campaign opens up new restaurant locations to play in, including wacky places like the Wild West, outer space, and a water park. Each spot has its own silly clientele. While many characters’ voices and goofy catchphrases are recycled from one place to the next, their outfits change to match the area’s visual theme. Beyond the main campaign, there’s Survival Mode and Relaxing Mode that offer slightly different variations on the main game. Both are only unlocked once you reach the higher reaches of the top restaurant charts.
Burger Bustle is a game with a lot of depth that constantly switches things-up to keep you from getting bored. That said, it can be frustrating further along in the game when customers simply just don’t order the foods you need to meet order quotas in a timely manner. This will sometimes prevent you from achieving the gold and silver time medals needed to boost your score quickly. Otherwise, the gameplay is varied and exciting, and the upbeat visuals and charming customer shenanigans balance out the focus-intensive juggling act.
By Nathan Meunier
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Al Emmo's Postcards from Anozira: Help bring tourists to Anozira!
The Mayor of Anozira wants to breathe some new life into his city and he needs your help! Help Al Emmo and the locals bring tourists to Anozira! Explore the town and learn about the local stops and interesting areas as you use your Hidden Object skills to attract new people to the area and help local business survive.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Redemption Cemetery: Curse of the Raven Collector's Edition: Escape from Redemption Cemetery!
After getting into a car accident, you wander into a mysterious graveyard while searching for help. The doors slam shut behind you and you realize that you are trapped! Escape from the eerie Redemption Cemetery by helping trapped spirits save their loved ones, and free their souls! Use your Hidden Object skills to help these ghosts and escape, in Redemption Cemetery : Curse of the Raven! This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version. As a bonus, Collector's Edition purchases count toward three stamps on your Monthly Game Club Punch Card!
The Collector's Edition includes:
Redemption Cemetery: Curse of the Raven Collector's Edition features:
- Bonus gameplay
- Integrated Strategy Guide
- Awesome soundtrack
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