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Alice’s Tea Cup Madness Review
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By
morgan
02/07/2010
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Excuse me… I’ve just had tea with the queen… and how did you spend your afternoon?? That’s what I thought… certainly not as exciting as my afternoon… but we can’t all be privileged to dine with royalty.
LOL! Ok, so the snobbish tea party thing is a little too much fun for me… I’ll stop now. Alice’s Tea Cup Madness… how fun! Alice was always one of my favorite characters growing up… in fact I’m drinking out of a Alice in Wonderland cup right now, so I couldn’t help but be super excited when I saw this new game come out. I just HAD to play it right away!
The characters in this game are ridiculously cute! There’s the white rabbit, of course, and the Mad Hatter, and the queen, and my favorite… the Cheshire cat… who isn’t mad… but he’s cranky. Ha ha! Alice fell down the rabbit hole, but this time the only way out is to make money to cross the field of flowers… so Alice teams up with the white rabbit to open up a tea house in order to make some dough… or pastries… whatever.
Anyhow, it’s a challenging time management scramble to get the orders filled and the tea made and the pastries baked and topped appropriately. Later you add more toppings, and different kinds of teas and different pastry shapes to make it even more challenging! It’s crazy! Or should I say… mad?!
They even throw in some different kinds of time management techniques… such as if you have two orders of croissants, you can grab the pastry and drag your mouse over two places to fill two plates instead of running back and forth. Alice can only carry one plate at a time, so this comes in handy especially when the orders start pouring in. Ha get it? Pour… it’s a tea house? Huh? Man, I’m funny today!
My one word of advice is save your money up for the instant serves right away. This feature lets you automatically serve customers at once. So you can concentrate on making the orders and then all you have to do is click a button to serve all of them at once! It really is a time-saver!
The graphics are beautiful. Bright pinks, blues, and purples galore, and the game is super fun to play! I know what I’ll be doing for the rest of the weekend… well besides breaking for some quality time with my ummmm… “tutor.” I think we’re hitting it off pretty well… even though I still don’t understand a word he says about economics…
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Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allen Poe Conspiracy Cheats and Walkthrough
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By
kristi
02/07/2010
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Well, it’s one of those days where you just want to curl up in bed with a good book or a good movie. Cloudy, with a steady drizzle to lull you into a happy place. Even my son, who’s normally bouncing around about this time is quietly playing with his toys.
I should be taking this free time to start planning my husband’s birthday party, but I just can’t seem to bring myself to tackling that big event right now. I’m not sure where to even start. Should I keep it small with just immediate family and a few close friends this year? My son thinks we should take a trip to Disneyland, but I’m not sure that my husband would enjoy that as much as my little troublemaker… lol.
Anyhow, I thought I would instead take this time to finish up the guide I’ve been working on for a little bit now: Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allen Poe Conspiracy. Ever since Cecelia posted the review for the game awhile back, I’ve been working my way through solving the mysteries and having a great time. And now that it’s finally finished, I thought I would share it with all of you today! I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I did!
And now, I guess I’ll go back to party planning. Between being a mom and a wife, it’s amazing I have any time to myself!
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Vacation Mogul Review
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By
morgan
01/26/2010
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So this weekend I had a blast. Pristine white beaches, blue-green ocean as far as the eye can see, some hottie boy bringing me drinks in my beach cabana. It was like a dream come true.
Ok... so maybe it kind of was a dream that I had while I was passed out drooling on my Economics 101 book. But it was a great dream I'm telling you. And all because of my latest find... Vacation Mogul!
Normally when I talk about games, it's something that I've played for a while and then I stop to tell you about it and continue playing... sorry guys... not this time. I couldn't stop playing it, it was so much fun! I kind of beat the game already and yet I'm still going back to try to beat my score on some of the really challenging levels.
Just imagine this... you're just hanging out say maybe going to school in a western college... and you get a call that says your Uncle has died... booo... but yay, he left you and your sister everything... including five resort islands. Well, naturally you just pack up your things and head to your new island paradise!
Once there, it's time to get this place in order... building nice luxury accommodations, shops, and attracting new tourists to stay in your hotels! Everything is going great, and the money is pouring in... until your sister goes missing and the lawyer who handled your Uncle's will stands to inherit everything if you don't find her and make.... One million dollars. Cue evil music now!
Now it's time to beat the clock on every board... and yes, it's challenging. You have to strategize before you just jump in there and start building hotels. I had to replay a lot of boards later after I had some more bonus points to get faster building and added time on the clock. Once you played for... oh I don't know... let's just say a couple of hours... you'll get the hang of how to build the perfect resort layout.
The game play and graphics were great! I obviously got pulled into the game, although that's really no surprise for me. Please, a game about me owning a tropical resort paradise... where can you possibly go wrong with that kind of premise? I am all over that.
Now, if you'll excuse me... I think I'll get back to my dream... it featured the cutest boy of the month... my new crush... Ok... real quick... he's a senior and he's in my Economics class. He's majoring in marketing, and he is sooooooo hot! Good thing I'm not really good at economics... think I'll be needing some major tutoring this semester. Cue evil music!!! |
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Virtual City Review
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By
kristi
01/25/2010
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My son is now at an age where he is very interested in playing games and activities on the computer. He loves cars and trucks so, in looking for a computer game in that genre, I came across Virtual City. I set it up for him and let him go. I figured he would like it, but he loved it! So I thought I would give it a try myself. I was initially very captivated by the graphics. Watching all the vehicles driving their various routes was fun to watch. The intro movie is well done and the city itself has some great detail. Best of all was the challenge in creating the city and helping it to thrive. There are upgrades that give you new structures to add to your city and improve the quality of your existing structures. So though I had originally downloaded this game to entertain my son, I found myself just as engrossed in it. Now we each have our own profile on the game, and we have to address another challenge together, learning to take turns. :) |
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Tinseltown Dreams: The 50s Review
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By
cecelia
01/22/2010
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I used to love to go to the movies . See a good movie, most of the time, visit with all your friends and eat Dots and Popcorn. All for a good price. The last time I went to a movie I walked out before I went totally deaf and froze to death. Good Grief. Now I prefer to watch in the comfort of my own heated or cooled just right living room. The food is much better, my chair is comfy and I don’t have to go to the bank and get a loan to buy a ticket,
That said, let’s get on with this review. Tinseltown Dreams : The 50’s.
You are hired by a big movie mucky muck to direct a movie. So if you have ever wanted to make your own movie here is your chance. You play match 3 games and solve puzzles to make the money to hire writers, actors, set directors, caterers and anyone else involved in making a movie. The more you score the more money you have to spend . You have 3 choices when you hire people. Cheap, medium priced or high priced. You get a background-check on each one. In the games there are bombs and power-ups to hold your interest. There is 50’s music and 50’s themes throughout the game. There is no time limit on the puzzles so make a movie and have fun. In my opinion, this game was the best of the current match 3 releases.
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Mahjong Memoirs Review
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By
cecelia
01/22/2010
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I don’t know why I don’t play Mahjong more often. Every time I try a new mahjong game I have a great time. This game was no exception. It has a great story to go along with the game and the graphics are stunning. It is worth downloading just to read the story and see the beautiful scenery. There are several ways to play this latest game. So many in fact that I am not even going to attempt to tell you about them, I would only confuse you. As I have told you before I am not an expert at this game. But that doesn’t keep me from enjoying it. There is a wonderful Japanese lady that gives you lessons at the beginning of the game if you are a novice like me. This game has high replay value in my opinion. |
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Dig Dug Review
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By
zavy
01/22/2010
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In the mountains where I grew up there was a one-room school, a bar, and a fire department. That was it. So needless to say entertainment options were limited. When Dig Dug showed up in the "arcade" (let the reader understand the corner of the bar), we were all pretty excited. We played that game through the late hours of the night while our parents did who knows what.
So when Dig Dug was released through Big Fish, I couldn't resist trying it out. It's the classic game, not really any twists or surprises here. There is an "enhanced" version with slightly better graphics, but I preferred playing the original version. If you are a fan of the old one or have never tried Dig Dig, you'll probably enjoy this version either way. |
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Farm Frenzy 3: American Pie Review
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By
morgan
01/19/2010
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OK… so I’m a sucker for the farming games… and especially the Farm Frenzy games. They are probably the time management games that challenges me the most. So when I saw that Farm Frenzy 3: American Pie came out… I HAD to play it.
If you recall, I reviewed Farm Frenzy 3 when it came out and we interviewed the developer of the game from Alawar, so I have a special place in my heart for these series. I was very excited to see the return of Scarlett, the self described feisty character from the original Farm Frenzy game… that’s right feisty… from now on, I would like you all to refer to me as feisty… although I’m not sure it goes with my name nearly as well as Scarlett… Morgan might not be feisty… but let’s try to make it work.
Anyhow… I get off topic so quickly… back to the game. So in this new game, Scarlett is done roaming the world and now she’s back home and her poor granny needs her help! The evil banks are going to foreclose on her property if we don’t help her make this farm profitable! Booooo… hisssssss.
Most of the game play is pretty much the same as the original Farm Frenzy, the big difference they threw into this one is your ability to get robots! It is the age of technology after all, so why shouldn’t robots help us farm?
You can still get cats and dogs, sheep, oh and you start out with turkeys that lay eggs. Bears still come and try to eat them though. Which is so annoying because I can’t seem to click fast enough to get rid of them. My advice is spend some time repeating a level or two to get enough money to buy the better cage so you can get them under control faster and earlier in the game. You’ll save yourself a lot of frustration and animals.
This game has 90 new levels or so it says… I haven’t gotten there yet, but I’m working on it between studying and playing soccer. Oh… did I tell you guys I signed up for intramural soccer this semester! I was spending a bit too much time indoors and it was starting to show in certain parts of my figure if you know what I mean…
Speaking of… it’s probably time I went outdoors for a bit to kick the ball around and run some laps. Still searching for this semester’s crush… think I might have found him, but more on that later. |
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