Bubble Town Game Review

By Ruff Bismonte

Remember the bubbles you made from soap when you were a kid? It's so much fun popping them out, and now, you get to feel the same nostalgia in the Bubble Town game from I-play. But will popping bubbles be fun to play in terms of casual gaming too? Well, that's what we're here to find out in this review.

The setting of Bubble Town starts in the idyllic little town of Borb Bay, where hundreds of little bubble heads called borbs live. One day, however, aliens called Lumps arrived on this quiet little town and invaded the whole of Borb Bay, leaving tons of mess around the place. You have to help the borbs get back their freedom once again, because well, they are just too lazy to do this task for themselves. And besides, what can they possibly do since they are just small heads of bubble, right?

Anyway, the game plays like the famous marble popper game known as Puzzle Bubble where you are tasked to clear all the bubbles in the game field by matching 3 or more same colored bubbles. There are no time limits in this game but for a different challenge, you'll only have a limited number of ammunition in your arsenal to make all the borbs pop. Refill your ammo by freeing little borbs from their confinement. This means not popping them, mind, but freeing them by popping their attachments instead.

If your ammo is full, spilling borbs trying to fill it up will mean bonus points. Additional borbs will eventually replenish your ammo tube if you expend them all out while making matches; however, this also means that your playing area will shrink during every replenishment routine. And coupled with other obstacles hindering your objective, Bubble Town is really one challenging game to play.

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Alice Greenfingers 2 Game Review

By Ruff Bismonte

We all agree that taking care of plants entails much dedication and hard work, but it seems that it takes a green thumb too for them to grow without much care. A perfect example would be the protagonist in the Alice Greenfingers 2 game, because in here, Alice earns money without ever worrying if produce will eventually grow in her farm.

Alice plant crops and takes care of farm animals, that's what she does best. Her lazy Uncle Berry knows this and thus keeps her in the farm to earn him some easy money. Alice doesn't mind at all, it seems, so she goes around each level doing all of her uncle's bidding. I know the story is kind of disturbing because it looks like Alice is just some sort of slave girl, but that's how the story goes, and in another sense, also sets up the mechanics of each level.

Alice Greenfingers 2 is categorized as a time management game, but actually, it's a free-flowing farm simulation without any time to consider whatsoever. In each level, you are given tasks by your Uncle Berry to complete, and you must do all that you can to budget your money and farm land to cater to his wishes. General examples of this include earning one hundred dollars or selling a set amount of crops, but sometimes, he asks you to do errands too like weeding out dandelions, giving the dog some exercise, or even digging some hidden treasure in the farm.

Buying seeds, animals and buildings, and selling produce and crops in the marketplace all take place simultaneously during the actual game screen. The marketplace and Paul's shop can be triggered by a single click from the game menu, and you can set and forget all your selling activities by just setting the number of crops you need to sell. Furthermore, you can also queue up Alice's activities in the farm while visiting the other windows, making you save time wisely in buying and selling stuff.

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Age of War Flash Game - Tips and Strategy

By Pavel Anokhin

Age of War - is a great free online flash game, which combines elements of tower defense and anti-tower defense games. If you're tired of all the tower defense games which all look alike, then this game is for you! In Age of War, you can build your defenses by buying different turrets, and when you have no place to set the turret to, buying additional turret spots. At the same time, you can train your troops to attack your enemy. You have a choice of just 3 troops - direct combat unit, long-range unit, and heavy unit. There are multiple ages in the game - starting from cavemen and dinosaurs, and all the way to lasers, tanks and air machines.

Even though your options are limited (just 3 turret types and 3 unit types during each age), don't let this fool you - there is plenty of strategy in choosing the right battle plan - both long-term strategy and short-term tactics. Here are a few possible strategies:

1. Total defense. Forget about attacking your opponent - concentrate on defense. Spend most of your money on turrets and only train troops when the turrets are not fast enough to kill all the coming enemies. Since each side gets the most money for killing opponents troops, your opponent will get less money as he won't kill many of your troops. When you have a good defense, you can accumulate some big amount, and overwhelm your opponent with a quick and devastating raid.

2. Total offense. Forget about defenses - spend all your money on troops and overwhelm your opponent with your attacking force. This is somewhat hard to do on harder levels, so choose your troops wisely and plan ahead carefully.

3. Balanced defense and offense. Build some turrets, but don't forget about your troops - destroy coming wave of enemies with your troops and the help of the turrets, then let your troops attack your opponent to give you some time to accumulate the money for the next wave.

Choose your strategy based on your preferred style and on difficulty level. Besides strategy, plan the order of your troops: watch out for coming enemies and build your troops in the order which will most effectively destroy them. For example, the most powerful combination is the heavy unit followed by long range unit - they will both deal the damage to the 1st enemy unit. Also, do not forget about special abilities - using them is the key at the start and middle of the game. Choosing the right moment to use your special ability can be the difference between winning and losing.

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Gundam Vs Gundam - PSP Review

By Gabriel Chau

Past Gundam related games like Gundam Seed: Rengou vs. Z.A.F.T. Portable, Gundam Battle Royale and Gundam Battle Tactics were all great games, specially the Gundam Seed: Rengou vs. Z.A.F.T. Portable with the latest mobile suits from the Gundam Seed series. Gundam vs Gundam, the newest Gundam game released for the PlayStation Portable in Japan (no date for North American release yet). Is this one worth buying at all? Read on.....

For those that haven't played the games or even heard of Gundams before, they are basically transformers but only look 100x better. The games mentioned above basically put you in one of the mobile suits, not necessary Gundams because there are different robots in the series. You will be controlling and fighting against one of the other sides, usually two sides each with different mobile suits and mobile armor (these are not necessary robots but can be fighter planes etc). Its really a third person shooter, just replace human/monsters with robots.

If I remember correctly, this game was originally from the arcade and it was ported over to the PlayStation 2, then to the PSP. Gundam Seed: Rengou vs. Z.A.F.T. Portable was a great game that offered hours of play time and great replay value because you can upgrade many of your mobile suits' stats such as how fast the weapon can fire, more ammo, more fire power as well as more health, jump higher and more booster power etc. This is pretty much level grinding though, which I think was necessary in order to pass some of the harder levels.

Game play

Gundam vs Gundam is really just the arcade version ported over to the PSP. At first I thought there was a story mode just like Gundam Seed: Rengou vs. Z.A.F.T. Portable. I should have figured that out from the name of the game, stupid me. The controls are basically the same or really similar to the other games though - jump, boost, shoot, melee, shoot 2, special shot, special melee and special. The three specials are hard to execute because you have to hold triangle, plus either the shoot or melee. The special move is slightly easier and its executed by pressing triangle, square and cross (might as well press your right thumb onto all four buttons)

I have yet to even execute any of them. How did I even figure out how to execute these hard to do moves? They are actually mentioned in one of the game options. I will update once I figure out how to execute them. I have never had such frustration over special moves from previous Gundam games.

[Update: I have mentioned to execute the special attacks (only when your special gauge is full) by pressing.....most of the buttons]

Aside from the standards, now you can assign orders to your computer teammate, commands like attack, dodge and surprise attack. You can also call in support where an additional mobile suit for a second and throw in a few more shots at your current target, as usual, the calls for support can be recharged with time just like recharging your gun's ammo. I find the support useful because, if I remember correctly it was able to take the hits for me as well as acting as a decoy for a short time.

Enough with the controls, the game has three game modes - "normal" mode (I call it the normal mode, was going to say story mode but its not a story) where you fight through 8 stages with the last stage as boss stage, quick play and multiplayer that supports 2 on 2 battles. I think the 2 on 2 is the selling point here, just like the arcade version, the fun is from shooting and slashing other human piloted mobile suits. Once you have selected a mobile suit from the list with 20+ of them and more can be unlocked by completing the "normal" mode. They range from the oldest 0079 series all the way to the newest ones from the Gundam 00 series. The objective of any of these game mode is the same, you and your enemies both have a life bar, you will lose if your side's life bar reaches 0. When you and/or your teammate dies (same goes for enemies), the amount of life your team loses is based on the mobile suit you picked. The stronger the mobile suit, the higher points its worth, which means when it blows up, your team loses a bigger amount of life. So that means its not always better to pick the strongest from the list. I picked my favorite Freedom Gundam and its worth 3000GP, I lost one of the games once by dying only twice!

In "normal" mode, you will fight in random locations and you will have a random computer mobile suit to fight along side with you. There are a total of 8 stages with the last one being the boss stage. The boss is huge, relative to your mobile suit and it took me 2 tries to beat it, I was one hit away from losing the game for the second time! I guess I just need to practice more with the controls, a training mode would be a perfect game mode for this game.

Quick play is no brainer, you pick your mobile suit and pick up to 3 other computer to fight with or against you. You can modify options like how long the match lasts for, how fast your special gauge fills up or different stages/music.

Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to try out the multiplayer.

So as you can see, there isn't any level grinding here. Although you can still unlock more mobile suits, intro movies, endings and images for the multimedia galleries.

Graphics and audio

Graphics are again, PSP quality, the mobile suits are nicely detailed, environments are plain but the game is so fast paced you won't have time to appreciate or pay attention to, not that there is anything to appreciate here. Music is actually real sound tracks from the Gundam series, so based on which Gundam series' stage you are fighting in, you will be listening to that series' soundtrack. The soundtracks bring back a lot of memories by the way.

Final verdict

Overall I think this game is OK. I still prefer Gundam Seed: Rengou vs. Z.A.F.T. Portable because it has a story mode and level grinding although you can still unlock more mobile suits, maybe its just me. For those that are looking for fast paced arcade style game play, Gundam vs Gundam should suit your needs. Skills really matter in this game since there's no level grinding where you can easily overpower your enemies by powering up your mobile suits and weapons. If you have lots of Gundam loving friends with PSP, I suggest convincing them to get a copy so up to 4 of you and your friends can fight each other anytime without going to the arcade.

7.0/10

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Call of Duty - World at War Review

By Aaron Bryenton

Probably no other game in the entire Call of Duty franchise has come up as much as a surprise as World at War has. There has been a reason. The game is developed by Treyarch, who also developed the abysmal Call of Duty 3, after which most fans of the franchise were totally put off the series. But then the original developers Infinity Ward stepped in and bailed the series out of imminent extinction with its splendid Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. However, when it was announced that Treyarch was developing World at War, the fifth installment in the series, there was a great deal of skepticism once again. However, to Treyarch's credit, World at War wins hands down in all respects! The game has already been highly acclaimed both by the players and the critics and it really deserves the praise.

First and foremost, it is the concept that is riveting. The game is based in the World War II premise. Activision has visited this premise before in Call of Duty, so this is a revisit. However, this time, the visit is awesomely shocking! If you play the game well, you will see that nothing else - game, book or film - has ever brought out the dastardliness of the War as well as Call of Duty: World at War has. You really get angry at the villainy of the Nazis when you see them perpetrating evil on innocent persons. And then, mowing them down with the glorious arsenal you have in hand becomes such as divine pleasure. The game has a knack of making you see red and then give you the gun. You know what you will do then!

Graphics are better than anything else seen in recent times. The engine used is of Modern Warfare, which was every bit as high-performing as it is now. You are taken to forests in Europe and in the South Pacific during the game. There is also a seemingly silly but a fantastically playable level with zombies (Nazi zombies!) which has been surprisingly well received by players. This is one of the tougher levels in the game but has taken the game several notches ahead.

No review of Call of Duty: World at War can be complete without a mention of its truly outstanding multiplayer feature which takes you to play the game again and again. You can pit yourself with anyone in the universe and have hours of grinding fun with them. There is also a co-player mode in which two persons can play on a simultaneous screen. Instead of being a bumpy ride, it is great fun.

There are almost no shortcomings in Call of Duty: World at War; it qualifies as a perfect game. But if you are one to pick at things, you will probably say that the AI of the enemies is not as good. However, it is their unexpected behavior that makes the game the great fun that it is.

This one will not have you reach the history textbooks to brush up on your World War II knowledge, but it will definitely give you great insight on the War. At the end of the day, you get the message that humans can be really evil when it comes to that, but then heroism and courage comes from humans too.

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Top Wii Games That You Should Own

By Tony B. Smith

Having the top Wii games is a must for anyone who wants to play the best games. There are a ton of great Wii games that you should play. However, I will only list the top games that you should own. So, here is the Wii Games List.

Wii Games List

1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl. This is one of the best games for the Wii. If you have played any of the other Smash Bros. games, you will really have fun with this one. Make sure you play with other people, though. If you don't have anyone to play with, don't worry. You can play other people online.

2. Super Mario Galaxy. This is probably the best Mario game ever. The graphics are cool. If you love playing Mario Bros., you will love this game. This game is recommended by just about everyone who has played it on the Wii.

3. The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess. In this version of Zelda, Link is all grown up. He isn't too cartoonish. Which makes it a lot better to me. If you have enjoyed playing other versions of Zelda, you will definitely like this one.

4. Mario Strikers Charged Football. This is a great game. It's another Mario game. So, if you like Mario or if you just want to play a great game, I recommend you play this one.

This is the Wii games list. This is only a few of the top games. There are a lot of games that fall under the top games. I only listed the ones that the majority of Wii players recommend everyone play. If you want to get the full list of Wii games that you should play, check out the link below.

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Fitness Dash Game Review

By Ruff Bismonte

Dinertown, the imaginary world of the Dash games, may be teeming with delicious food and hungry citizens, but they have their sense of competition too. And in the Fitness Dash game, you get to exploit this competitive spirit of the Dinertown citizens by starting a fitness center of your own and whipping these tubby nerds back to shape.

The idea for Fitness Dash started after the competitors of Dinertown for the regional tug-of-war tournament lost their crown from the challenging Donutville. Realizing that all they did the whole year was to eat the sumptuous cooking of Flo from Diner Dash, the citizens are on a quest to get into tip-top shape. Good thing that Jo is around to witness the struggle, and therefore, aims to help in any way she can and starting off by beginning her own Dash fitness center.

Just like all Dash games, this game also falls into the time management genre, where you're supposed to serve customers and profit from making them exercise. The game employs a drag-and-drop mouse function as you designate your patrons to the machines that will satisfy their needs. Use the icons popping beside your customers' bodies to know what to serve them next. Do this for all of the levels until you train the Dinertown residents enough for them to readily face the Donutville champions.

Of course, there are also additional tasks you have to accomplish when your customers ask for them. These tasks include cleaning the equipment, handing them towels and water bottles, and even changing the channel of the center's TV according to their taste. To top it all off, various disasters strike too, like faulty plumbing on the showers and sneaky vendors trying to sell your customers some fat-producing ice cream. All in all making Fitness Dash quite a hectic game, but very balanced too with a steady difficulty curve over the course of the challenge.

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Best Rated Wii Games - List of the Best Rated Wii Games You Should Play

By Tony B. Smith

Playing the best rated games for the Wii is a must. Especially if you want to have a ton of fun with your game system. So, what I'm going to do is share with you a list of the best rated Wii games you should play. That way, you will know which of the top games you should get next.

Best Rated Wii Games

1. Super Mario Galaxy. This is probably the best Mario game out right now. This game is great. If you are a fan of the Mario Bros., you will love this game.

2. The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Another best rated Wii game. You will love playing this game, especially if you are a Zelda fan.

3. Super Smash Bros. Brawl. This game is awesome. I would suggest you play with multiple players, though. It's a lot more fun that way. If you don't have anyone to play with, you can play people online. Which is cool.

4. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Cool game. If you have played any of the other Metroid games before, you will probably think this one is much better.

5. No More Heroes. This is a great game. It's a bit gory, though. If you like playing those types of games, this is definitely for you.

This is a list of the best rated Wii games. There are a lot more games that are top rated. I just wanted to keep this list short. If you haven't played these games yet, I highly recommend you get them. Thousands of Wii players say that these games are awesome.

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Imagine - My Secret World

By David Tube

Imagine: My Secret World is not a typical game. It is more of an interactive diary than a game. You can use it to track your mood and keep notes on day-to-day activities. Doing certain activities will unlock new activities for you to do within the game.

My 10 year old daughter has dozens of diaries. Not that she ever uses any of them other than for scribbling in. Still people keep buying them for her, probably just because they're cheap, and would be good value for money if they were ever used.

The latest diary she has been given is Imagine: My Secret World for the DS. This was a freebie that came with her new DS (after losing the last DS for several months, only for it to turn up two days after we bought her a new one). Maybe the extra interactivity included with this diary will actually encourage her to use it we thought. Well occasionally she has written "hello" on some of its pages, but not much else.

The first thing you notice when starting Imagine: My Secret World is the everything is sideway so you need to turn the DS around. This gives the title more of a physical diary feel and it is a nice touch. It's also nice that you require a passcode to use the diary, so you really can keep secrets on it. You can even put an extra password over a single page or, unusually, even a single word. That lets you show your diary to your friends without them seeing the name of your crush.

Strangely the avatars in the game can be created as male or female, but if it is your personal avatar, it can only be female. I understand that it is aimed at girls but it is as if they want to discourage boys from using it all together.

As we know young people often love customising their stuff. From mobile phone ring tones, to myspace pages, to bedroom walls. This is why customising your diary is one of the main purposes of Imagine: My Secret World. So even if the diary isn't used for writing about your boyfriend troubles, it will probably look nice (nice in the eyes of the person that customised it anyway). It can be customised with colours, design and by placing stickers everywhere and also creating a look for your avatar.

When you use Imagine: My Secret World for the first time you need to fill out your biography. What are your likes dislikes favourite animal and that sort of thing. This information can be shared with friends using the Wi-Fi connection (or by speaking to them if you prefer).

Once you do this you unlock the first quiz. The quiz is actually a personality test which asks probing questions about the likes of borrowing your sister's clothes or if you like to wear make-up. At the end of the test you are given a description of your personality.

Once this is done you can unlock the first mini-game. In this game the player must copy and imagine from one screen to the other by placing stickers in the correct places. It is a poorly thought out and dull challenge but completing it unlocks the next quiz, and the cycle continues until all 4 games have been unlocked.

As an adult male, I see it hard to understand the appeal of Imagine: My Secret World. When I saw how my 10 year old girl enjoyed the title however... I am still of the same opinion, as she gave up on it even quicker than I did. And three weeks later she hasn't used it since.

If this review hasn't put you off Imagine: My Secret World then we advise you shop around to avoid wasting more money than necessary on Imagine: My Secret World.

Top 10 Wii Games - The Top Rated Wii Games You Should Have

By Tony B. Smith

The anticipation for Wii games continues to grow stronger. And pretty much every time, the games exceeds every gamers' expectation. So, what I'm going to share with you are the top 10 Wii games. That way, you will know which games are the best to play.

Top 10 Wii Games

1. The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess. If you like Zelda, you will really enjoy this one. Link is all grown up. He doesn't look cartoonish. You will really like this game.

2. Super Mario Galaxy. This game is awesome, to say the least. The graphics alone will amaze you. I highly recommend this game to anyone who has a Wii.

3. Super Paper Mario. Another top 10 Wii game that's fun. You'll love this one.

4. No More Heroes. This game is a bit gory. If that's what you want, this is definitely the game for you.

5. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Awesome game. If you've ever played Metroid before, this game is 10 times better.

6. Guitar Hero III. Another great edition to the Guitar Hero games. If you love the other Guitar Hero games, this one is better. You'll love it.

7. Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Great game. You will have a lot of fun with this one. Make sure you play it with someone else, though. I give it an 8 if you play it alone. However, if you have someone to play with you, it's a 10 all the way. If you don't have anyone to play, don't worry. You can play online.

8. Wii Fit. Fun game. You will get plenty of exercise with this game.

9. Rock Band. Another great top 10 Wii game. If you enjoy the karaoke type games, this one is for you.

10. Mario Strikers Charged Football. This game is fun. And probably one of the underrated games. I give it a 10.

These are the top 10 Wii games. These games are rated highly amongst Wii players. They are exciting. And if you really want to get the most of out your Wii and fun for hours, you should get these games now for your Wii.

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Best Wii Games - List of the Best Wii Games

By Tony B. Smith

Having the best Wii games is a must for anyone looking to experience the most excitement from their Wii. These games I'm going to list for you are fun. And not to mention, they are rated highly by most Wii owners. So, what I'm going to do is share with you the best Wii games.

That way, you will be able to get the most out of your Wii and enjoy playing only the best games.

Best Wii Games

1. Super Mario Galaxy. This is probably the most anticipated game for the Wii. It exceeded almost every gamers expectation. If you love Mario Bros., you will love this game.

2. Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Another one of the best wii games. If you've played a previous Smash Bros. game, you will love this one. It's so much better.

3. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. This game is awesome. I highly recommend this to anyone who has ever played the previous Metroid games before.

4. The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Zelda lovers got to love this one. Link isn't as cartoonish in this game, which to many gamers who rate this high, is a plus.

5. Wii Fit. I recommend this to anyone. This game will get you active. You will definitely get a good exercise with this one.

6. Super Paper Mario. Great game. Another Mario game that exceeded everyone's expectation. Again, if you like any of the previous Mario Bros. games, you should get this one.

7. Guitar Hero III. Another great edition to the Guitar Hero games. This is a must-have for anyone who owns the previous Guitar Hero games.

8. Mario Strikers Charged Football. This is a really fun game. You will definitely enjoy it.

These are some of the best Wii games. If you really want to have fun, I highly recommend that you get these games. You will love everyone of them.

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Hawaiian Explorer 2 - Lost Island Game Review

By Ruff Bismonte

As the name suggests for this game, Hawaiian Explorer 2: Lost Island is about an explorer off to find adventure in Hawaii, and this adventure is all about finding an island lost in Hawaii's history. But the game is about fulfilling a lifelong dream too and trying to enrich the people of Hawaii with their forgotten beliefs.

Hawaiian Explorer 2: Lost Island starts with the story of Hawaii's creation as Charlie Johnson, a famous explorer, narrates it. According to him, Hawaii was made by 4 gods who developed the country with 20 islands, having 1 hidden for the Hawaiians to find. Finding this lost island is supposedly a way for the people of Hawaii to remember their beliefs, and Charlie being an old guy that he is, wants to conclude his lifelong adventure with a possible discovery of this outstanding legend.

The mechanics of the game is for you to find hidden objects across many of the game's many beautiful sceneries. It's actually a classic hidden object game where items are listed on the top of the screen and you just have to find all the items within the time limit to beat each level.

Now, I did say that the sceneries are beautiful, but this doesn't mean that the objects are illustrated beautifully too. While it's no wonder why all the scenes are cluttered with random items not having to do anything with regards to the game's plot, the large amount of items however are just too ridiculous to ignore. Many of the items are even indistinguishable, even after successfully finding them. An example would be a pyramid that looks like a brown folded paper which isn't even shaped like a real pyramid.

On the other hand, Hawaiian Explorer 2: Lost Island also features fun mini-games to play like a mahjong game and a jigsaw puzzle. Mini-games mostly have nothing to do with the game's plot development, but are very interesting anyway, so you really have to give credit to the developers for giving you a break from all that tiresome hidden object activity.

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7 Wonders - Treasures of Seven Game Review

By Ruff Bismonte

Mumbo Jumbo's hit match 3 franchise 7 Wonders is back yet again for the next installment in the series. The 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven game puts you in charge of helping human workers build nine wonders of architecture scattered all around the world. But how does it fare as a puzzle game? Well, let's just see in this review.

In 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven, you are invited to take part in the creation of nine structural wonders that are considered the greatest sights in the world. Legend has it that these structures are built upon mystic sites by the ancient builders, and together, the sites point to the City of Gods and the magnificent Treasures of Seven. You have to play through all nine sites, and complete the parts of three magical compasses, in order for you to have a chance in reaching these glorious rewards.

Each wonder you visit in the game is represented by a game cube where you have to play seven levels. Completing each cube face will mean completing six levels all in all, and afterwards, you move inside the cube in order to complete a final level. Each finished cube will reward you a one-third part of a compass, and you have to complete all three compasses in order to finish the game. Multiplying all of that means hours and hours of match 3 playing, and since you also have two objectives for each level you face, this definitely means an experience worth your money too if you chose to buy the game.

Anyway, let's just talk about 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven in a single-level perspective.

As what was said earlier, each level of the game is comprised by two objectives. Your first task is to harvest blocks for the builders to carry on the site by clearing them off the game board. Matching three or more same colored runes will chip-off the blocks underneath them, and the builders waiting below will automatically gather all of the scattered blocks and bring it to the building site.

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Wii Music - Guitar Hero For the Whole Family

By Bradley E

The Wii game console has expanded console gaming to the entire family with accessible games, an intuitive motion sensitive controller and a lower price point. With the release of the Wii Music game, Nintendo opens up an entirely new genre, started by the Guitar Hero franchise, to a wider audience.

Wii Music Instruments

Utilizing the motion controller that Wii has become famous for, you can expand the number of possible instruments to well into the dozens - go well beyond Guitar Hero or even the complete band set with Rock Band to play nearly any instrument you can imagine: Wii Music allows you to play the Indian sitar, as well as a wide variety of Western instruments from genres ranging from classical to rock.

Wii Music Creation

Music fans will delight in their ability to interact and improvise with musical scales in an entirely new way; rather than following a dexterity test format of other guitar rock games, the game allows you to freely explore and to simulate the creative process of music creation.

Since the collaborative nature of music creation is at the core of the process for artists, Nintendo emulates the feel of a studio by allowing you to share, remix and collaborate with other players on new musical tracks through its online Wii Connect feature. In this way, you can explore new musical ideas as well as getting the same type of feedback that you would get from a true musical composition.

For fans of nearly every genre - ranging from improvisational jazz to modern techno pop - Wii Music raises the music simulation genre to a new level, and is highly recommended for introducing children to the creative process. When combined with genuine interaction with real instruments and lessons, Wii Music can help jog the creative vibe in children of all ages.

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Tradewinds Classic Game Review

By Ruff Bismonte

The art of trading among sailing merchants was already a thing of the past, but you really can't discount the fact that they did have many adventures of their own in those days. Good news that the Tradewinds Classic game lets you relive the glory of the 19th century Far East as you step into the shoes of merchants in search of riches in this trading adventure game.

Tradewinds Classic is all about you trying to aim for the top of the trading world by sailing the open seas in search of fortune and fame. At the beginning of the game, you get to choose between 4 adventurers each needing your help to make it big trading goods. Buying low priced goods and selling them high is just the tip of the iceberg. In this game, you earn money from collecting pirate bounties too. It's just up to you on which path to take, just be sure that you'll survive the whole adventure because the seas won't be forgiving either way.

Depending on which character you take will start you off on their respective homelands. Each character has a difficulty in handling too, with the easier ones having more money and mercenaries fighting for them, or if you want a challenge, go choose someone who doesn't even a single penny in him to start his journey. One thing's for sure - that this game is a real test of wits and cleverness, because all characters are definitely able to make the journey, it just depends on you on how you play them.

One thing I loved about Tradewinds Classic is how much freedom the game gives you on your actions toward your goals. Lending money and saving them on banks, buying and selling goods, getting tips from the alehouse and port authorities, or buying and equipping ships, it's your call on what to do. The main aim though is to make money doing all these things, and that's the main challenge presented by the game.

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New Wii Fitness is Not Just For Kids - People of All Ages Can Enjoy It!

By Ian Pennington

Nintendo Wii is fighting against American obesity. The great thing is the new Wii fitness is not just for kids! This new video game technology is for people of all ages. Nintendo Wii has developed a method of gaming and exercise built into one fun activity. You can play fun sports or do aerobic activities while playing your favorite video games.

Nintendo Wii has developed technology that allows the games you play work with your movements. This means that you are the controller for your favorite video game characters. This helps eliminate the laziness of conventional video games. No more just sitting around with a controller and playing hours of your games. These games require you to get up and move! This helps fight the obesity issue in America by making you move while you play your games. The new Wii fitness is not just for kids because everyone can get involved with these great games. They have games that are dedicated to fitness and makes working out fun! It is getting America interested in staying healthy and adding an entertaining aspect to it as well.

Nintendo Wii also has sports games such as tennis, which really make you move and helps burn the calories that normally would not go anywhere by just sitting around. A game called Dance, Dance Revolution also creates a good cardio exercise by having you do the dance steps to your favorite songs. All of these games come with their own custom control or footpads for them. The new Wii fitness is not just for kids because they have exercises for adults that can be helpful in staying healthy. Exercises such as pilates and yoga that help stretch and exercise the muscles in ways ordinary video games could never do. This would also save tons of money since you would not have to go to yoga clubs or pay pilates instructors. You pay one price and get a permanent aerobics instructor inside your television.

You cannot deny that Nintendo Wii has developed a gaming technology that has taken America by storm. These types of games are going to be the future. Games that really make you interact and exercise at the same time. It is a beautiful thing to burn calories while doing something you enjoy at the same time. A huge problem with exercising is trying to find fun ways to do it and Nintendo Wii has cornered the market with this new technology. They even expanded their target market by not making the new Wii fitness just for kids. When parents and children can get along playing these healthy games it makes for a great atmosphere. With this technology growing you will begin to see children fighting to get their parents away from the video games.

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Mario Kart Wii

By Robert A Lawrence

Mario Kart Wii is the latest addition of the Mario Kart series. Designed with the Wii in mind you could say it was designed for the Wii, So what do you get with Mario Kart Wii, well you get a Wii Wheel thrown in the package, giving you a more realistic driving experience. It is, however, compatible with other controllers as well. Mario Kart Wii still has its classic Mario Kart characters as well as additional characters.

Mario Kart Wii requires you to have 23 blocks on the player's Wii system so you can save game data. The game data can't be copied so don't bother waste your time trying. This feature prevents players from transfering game data from one wii to another. The Mario Kart Channel uses 78 blocks, but unlike the game data, players can actually copy the channel onto their SD cards.

The great thing about Mario Kart Wii is that up to 12 players can race against each other to the finish in multi-lap race around a given circuit, you can employ all sorts of tricks, shortcuts, horseplay to earn yourself first place. You can also select twelve types of vehicles, six karts, and six bikes, to compete in each of the three classes available. Your selected Vehicles will vary depending on your characters weight, as will your colour scheme, depending on which character is shown.

Tournaments

If you fancy your chances against other opponents online there is a list of tournaments available, there is a new mode in Mario Kart Wii called "Tournament Mode", the PAL version of this is called the "Competition Mode".

You can play the Tournaments on the Mario Kart Channel, but make sure the Mario Kart Wii disc is in the Wii. You will of course need an internet connection, and Wii Connect 24 to be turned on before they can be played. After a while, a tournament is archived to make room for a new one. However, you can still view the rankings of older tournaments on the ranking table.

Types of Tournaments available

• VS. Race - A standard VS. race; however you will find the race courses are somewhat altered.


• Time Trial - A standard Time Trial; race courses are somewhat altered.


• Numbered Gates - You must drive through the gates in order, as fast as you possible can.


• Coin Collecting - Here you must collect the coins on the stage as fast as you can.


• Boss Battle - You must fight against a boss from Super Mario Galaxy or New Super Mario Bro.- These Tournaments are played on special stages.

There is a new feature called "Tricks" or "Stunts" and it is now a part of gameplay. When a player performs a trick, the player is able to gain a momentary boost of speed, which allows characters to do a few different things, such as grabbing an Item Box out of midair. One example of trick is pulling off acrobatics in air, which can be performed by shaking the Wii Wheel upward, but try not to shake your arms off, while doing this, ha ha ha!

Guess what, Mario Kart Wii also features a text chat in online multi-player Mode. You can send pre-written phrases to other players before the series of races starts. Unfortunately you cannot type your own message, because this facility is not available, however you can text when racing or battling against your friends or other competitors.

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Safari Island Deluxe Game Review

By Ruff Bismonte

Mahjong will always be same old mahjong they say, and nothing can change that, but in Safari Island Deluxe, we get to see a new face in the same addictive mahjong gameplay. And yes, based from the name itself, this game features tons of wild animals and other safari-based stuff. But there's more to tackle in this game besides the theme, and that's what I aim to show you in this review.

Like what I had said earlier, Safari Island Deluxe actually plays like mahjong, but there's an outstanding twist to the gameplay. Instead of matching two tiles of the same design, you have to match tiles that combine to form a picture. For example, two tiles will separately illustrate the head and tail of a snake. You have to combine both tiles to eliminate them from the game. Eliminate all tiles and you get to move on to the next level.

Your aim is to reach the end of the island while unlocking animal clouds along the way. Each level you finish will be ranked according to how well you did on that particular game. Removing all tiles will only rank you a bronze check mark, removing all tiles within the time limit is worth a silver check mark, and beating the target score set in each level will earn a whopping gold check mark. Now, while all of that sounds good, one complaint I have on this ranking system is how impossible it is to earn a gold mark on many of the levels. The target score is just too big and you have to be god-like fast in order to attain it.

The unique gameplay of Safari Island Deluxe opens up a great deal of innovation in terms of challenge. Many of the items and animals illustrated on later levels are just too big to contain in only two tiles. This means that you'll have to contend with combining up to 5 tiles for just one picture, and if you're a seasoned mahjong player, you know that unlocking tile parts can really be such a pain.

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Redrum Game Review

By Ruff Bismonte

Just when you thought that most of the mystery casual games you've been playing are scary, along comes Redrum from Anarchy Enterprises. This game is as weird as a casual game can be and that's why I sincerely suggest only mature audiences dare try out this surreal thriller.

Redrum, in a basic sense, is murder spelled backwards. This game is about a girl named Rose whose ability enables her to see, talk and interact with ghosts. Not only burdened by her parents' divorce, she was also sent to a psychological institute led by the money-hungry Dr. Sigmund Fraud by her father, blinded by the doctor's falsely administered diseases to Rose. Now, it seems that her only hope lies upon her detective uncle, whose mission is to get Rose out of the madhouse, and upon her friends, the ghosts that Rose interacts with mostly in her dreams.

This game is a hidden object installment where you're tasked to find clues listed on the bottom of the screen. Before any puzzles are to be solved though, a mystery will take place as narrated by the local newspaper. Playing as the detective, it now becomes your job to solve these murders by trying to crack the clues supplied by Rose, and while playing as Rose, your task is to interact with your ghostly friends and solve puzzles in your dreams, later to be written in Rose's diary.

With that said, the gameplay of Redrum is just like any other hidden object game. Lists are sometimes in a form of silhouettes or part of an image you have to find from the collective whole. The uniqueness of the game though comes from the disturbing images it presents. The scenes are most of the time gruesome and just plain weird, and really, all that green in the background successfully made by stomach very queasy.

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Pet Show Craze Review

By Ruff Bismonte

After many a time management game already focused on selling pets for profit, Pet Show Craze proves that there is much to earn from just simple pet care too. Yes, this is a much higher form of pet love, but the market is still that big considering that this is also one frantic time management game.

In Pet Show Craze, you play as Maria after you learned from your Aunt Agatha that Petsville is about to be demolished to make way for a factory selling plastic toys. Armed only with their unparalleled love for animals, Petsville citizens are already on the verge of selling out realizing that they needed the money. But Maria is set to prove them wrong. Starting her own pet care shop, she aims to earn enough money to save Petsville and make all of Petsville's pets become show material in the process.

Being in the time management genre, the game's objective is much the same as most games as you try to satisfy customers and give their pets service for profit. The aim is to reach the target profit per level, and if you want to earn bonuses, do it within the challenge time limit. As the game progresses, a higher target profit will be set, but you'll have a chance to upgrade your services as well, owing from the money you earned coming from the last level.

Serving customers involve you seating them, taking their ordered service, servicing their pets and giving them additional items they may ask for. While you may earn combos from chaining service requests, there are also heart bonuses to be made after seating compatible customers with each other. In fact, they don't even want to be seated with their own kind. And all those clicking action comes very smooth while you constantly queue tasks for Maria and her assistants to do, making the game very comfortable when it comes to gameplay.

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Pet Pals - New Leash on Life Review

By Ruff Bismonte

My sister would always ask me to play doctor with her when we were kids, and while mostly I found treating her dolls to be boring, I still loved the whole concept very much. Surprisingly, the whole concept in playing vet is much the same too, and the game Pet Pals: New Leash on Life lets you play vet as much as you want, and without those boring dolls too, I might add.

In Pet Pals: New Leash on Life, you take the role of a rookie vet stationed for your first assignment on a local animal shelter. Here, you're about to learn many things about caring for pets and keeping them healthy, alive and kicking. And with a little bit of help coming from the senior vet and from the team of veterinary technicians and an enrichment specialist, you're off to do wonders for these sickly animals, hoping to get them back on track and ready for adoption.

For each game week you'll play, you're given a list of all the tasks you need to fulfill. First tasks involve checking up on your animal patients and treating those with sickness and injuries, but afterwards, you have to do your part in enrichment activities too, wherein you play, train and groom the animals to get them ready for adoption.

The actual treatment interface enables you to harness a variety of tools and equipment necessary for any veterinary practice. From a simple palpitation glove to x-rays and an EKG monitor, you have to utilize them all depending when the need arises, to correctly diagnose and treat the patients. Furthermore, you're guided in every step of the way too, with the operation stopping once in a while to ask you for important decisions you have to make as the vet.

Clearly, Pet Pals: New Leash on Life is really one educational game. Even though the gameplay is very linear in nature, with you asking questions first then guided throughout the whole treatment, it's nice for the game to provide such great information on all the animals with additional knowledge provided about their ailment and its particular cure. Honestly, this game is just like Zoo Vet, and both coming from Legacy Interactive, that's really no surprise.

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Pakoombo Review

By Ruff Bismonte

When I was a kid, I discovered that treasure hunting with your siblings isn't really a rewarding experience, after ending all your efforts with just more dirt in your hands. However, in the Pakoombo game, you're off to find real treasure in a small tropical island. How do I know it's real? Well, an authentic age old treasure map is involved, and we all know age old maps mean real treasure, right?

Anyway, Pakoombo is about the story of the brothers and sister tandem of Cathy, Stewart and Leo as they try to find lost treasure within their little tropical island. After their father, Opkins was informed that the resort he was working on will be closed for good; the family is at a lost on how to keep living their fun and simple lives. Luck struck good though after Leo found a part of a treasure map by accident, which may mean unimaginable riches if this map actually leads them to buried treasure.

The game plays just like your average match 3 puzzle where you have to swap tiles and match them with the same designed tiles to clear them off the board. During story mode, you are sometimes tasked to gather objects and clear a set amount of them before the game lets you continue on the rest of the story. However, the real gameplay comes when you're off challenging enemies and the island natives on a game of Pakoombo, which is basically a match 3 battle mode.

The Pakoombo game plays very much like Puzzle Quest where you take turns in draining the life out of your opponent before he gets a chance to drain yours. Your objective is to match skulls to reduce a point from your opponent's life and if you think it's more advantageous, use power-ups called gifts against your opponent too. Remember though that gifts are mostly limited, and your enemy is most likely to have gifts equipped too, so be ready for tougher enemies as you go along the game.

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Operation Mania Game Review

By Ruff Bismonte

Filling in a doctor's shoes is real hard, especially when you are the only doctor running the whole hospital. That's not possible, you say? Well, in Operation Mania, everything seems to be possible as you try to help Dr. Humerus run the whole hospital in this wacky time management game.

Operation Mania is all about the story of Dr. Humerus as he tries to attain both wealth and fortune by being the best doctor in the whole world. Well, you might say that's certainly not a doctor-like trait, but the guy only has his skills, tools and word puns to go around with, so a little fame can be an impressive addition to his resume as well. Besides, if you're the only doctor in the world, you really won't settle for anything less, right?

Anyway, your primary objective in this game is to earn enough money for each level in order the reach your target profit per day. Reaching intern status will let you move on to the next level, but in case you want more money and prestige to come with all your efforts, try aiming a little higher for doctor or specialist status. All you got to do is to match patient colors and make service combos to reach ever higher on your career. But of course, that's easily said than done.

Funny thing about Operation Mania is the fact that Dr. Humerus is the only one available to do all hospital duties. From admission, to consultation, to even the actual operation, you'll have to manage your time effectively to see to all of your patient's illnesses. And during times of emergency or epidemic, brace yourself for more and more patients trying to get treated first in line.

Funnier still are the actual maladies that you'll confront during the course of patient operations. From actual butterflies in the stomach to a wrenched back, all the diseases are presented with their literal meanings, making the game much wackier still. Of course, you can optionally do manual operation yourself by playing mini-games, but keep in mind that mini-games get faster every time you play them, so it's just easier just to play them during emergency situations.

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Miss Teri Tale - Vote 4 Me Review

By Ruff Bismonte

Miss Teri Tale, the New York novelist is back, and now, she's finally settled in her own little home at Peeking Town after solving the mystery of the missing dog named Jason. This time in Miss Teri Tale: Vote 4 Me, it's nearing election day, and what a great opportunity it is to come snooping around the town, learning for whom the neighborhood's alliances lie.

In Miss Teri Tale: Vote 4 Me, you again put the shoes of the sleuthing writer as you try to gather clues and hints on who will the town vote as their new mayor. After the former mayor left town, his seat immediately needed a successor, and from the local neighborhood stood up Tyron Douglass and Norman Montgomery, each wanting to claim the town's mayoral throne. But these candidates seem to have their own dirty little secrets too. And what if our own Miss Teri Tale joins the race? Will it spell another disaster waiting to happen?

Anyway, all will be answered once you play the game yourself. And speaking of playing, this hidden object installment employs a classic seek-and-find nature where you have to find all items listed on your notebook before time runs out in each level. Sometimes, items are also highlighted in green, meaning that instead of gathering them, you have to put these items in their proper places for completion.

While you may get tired eventually of all that stuff-finding, the real shine of Miss Teri Tale: Vote 4 Me is actually found on its unique mini-games. Examples of these games include a time management-like game where you get to wash dogs, a find-the-same game which is basically a twist to the old find-the-difference, and even a tower defense game where you're off to fight evil computer viruses. All in all, the mini-games are very addictive and fun, and are even enough to make you altogether buy this game.

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Interpol 2 - Most Wanted Review

By Ruff Bismonte

After apprehending Dr. Chaos and letting him escape on the original game, the Interpol have their hands full of more missions to solve in Interpol 2: Most Wanted. In this hidden object game, you again have to exercise your item-finding skills in order to track down new bad guys coming from Interpol's Most Wanted list, and hopefully, keep them behind bars this time around.

Interpol 2: Most Wanted needs your help once again as you fulfill the role of an Interpol detective. The Troika, a mad group of criminals grazing the Most Wanted list is on a rampage throughout the whole world, and it is tasked upon you to find and put them behind bars. And since the game now pits you against three criminals - The Collector, Mr. Nobody and Siren, it's certainly going to be a tough ride traveling various locations while trying to outsmart your wily targets.

Coming from the original Interpol game, this sequel actually plays just like your average hidden object game. Items are listed for you to find, and in order to move on to the next installment of the game's story, you have to meet your quota of items before the time limit expires. You're also given a limited number of hints to use on your efforts, letting you manually select a hidden item not found yet on your list.

Hidden object mini-games are also available for you to play. Made famous by the original Interpol, listed items of the same type and spot the difference make up these in-game breaks. This is also just the same as the original, so I guess in conclusion, there's nothing really new about this installment aside from its new and improved storyline.

In terms of presentation, Interpol 2: Most Wanted still has that futuristic interface showing various scenes from around the world, and coupled with the engaging sound effects and music, you'll appreciate the classic hidden object fun presented by the game.

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FishCo Game Review

By Ruff Bismonte

I've been reading some facts about home aquariums lately and I actually found out that there's much more to know about fishes than just putting some living thing inside a tank. Thankfully, the FishCo game is like a teaching tool about keeping aquariums and taking care of one. And the best thing about it all is that it's a casual game.

FishCo is actually a name of a company, a business you and your partner Tracy built from your deep love for fishes. Your aim in this newly established venture is to of course, earn money from selling livestock and aquarium supplies. Dividing up the work, Tracy takes care of coordinating with the suppliers, and you will do all the raising, breeding and selling of fish, which actually brings us to the objectives of the game.

The game falls under the time management genre where you're tasked to profit from selling fish. Before each level starts, you're given specific tasks to fulfill before the time limit expires. Basic tasks include raising and feeding fishes until they are mature enough to sell. All the challenges are easy enough to complete within the time limit, but if you would like some decorations and fishes adorning your own trophy tanks, you would have to beat the expert time limit for each level.

One great thing about FishCo is how it closely simulates taking care of real life fish. Making sure your livestock is fed and raised properly only scratches the surface. Most of the time you will also have to clean the algae from the tanks and regularly change its water, put antibiotics and other medicine into the tanks whenever your fishes are infected, and even dispose of the fishes too if for some reason they die because of neglect. All in all showing you how aquarium-keeping is really one big responsibility, but something that offers so much fun too if done correctly.

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Farm Mania Game Review

By Ruff Bismonte

Sacrificing the summer vacation for a time in the farm is not exactly the kind of time out you'll be looking for if you're any normal teenager. But Anna in Farm Mania is not your average teen. Well, she's normal alright, but she loves farming, and this is your chance to take time out with her in this time management game from Realore Studios.

The story of Farm Mania starts after gramps from the farm asks Anna to spend her summer vacation with him. You see, he's already too old to tend to the crops and animals, making the whole farm too run-down and neglected. Good thing that Anna is much in love with agriculture, and thus, begins her goal of making the farm as thriving as possible before summer's end.

Just like the other farm-based time management games, your task in Farm Mania is to plant crops, tend to your livestock and sell all the produce off for profit. Your objectives for each day are summarized during the start of each level and are outlined for you on the bottom of the screen during the actual game. Keep in mind that you have to complete all the objectives before the timer runs out, because if you manage to beat the level within 75% of the time, you'll earn bonus money for all your efforts.

At first, you'll only have to deliver a certain number of crop types to the market through Johnny, the farm's delivery boy. But as the game progresses, the gameplay picks up as you go about raising chickens and goats to name a few, and even making flour and baking pastries too! Good thing that grandma takes care of all the baking and grandpa gathers the water and feed, so you just keep your mind focused in gathering produce and rearing animals and crops, making the gameplay pretty convenient even with its frantic nature.

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Casebook Review

By Ruff Bismonte

Watching CSI, it's always a wonder how the investigators can easily search for clues and evidences on every impossible corner without even breaking a sweat. Playing Casebook, I now realized that I should have known better, because this game will really put you on a CSI's sweaty shoes, nothing like the ones who have it easy through the TV series.

The story of Casebook started after the Birchermann children were kidnapped for ransom. The game introduction's FMV shows their nanny trying to wake them up for morning breakfast before she realized that Harry and Greta were gone, and their room left in shambles. This is your first assignment as a forensic investigator, and with a kidnapping case, it seems that your department is really in need of more manpower.

Armed with your trusty digital camera and knack of finding evidence, your task in this game is find traces and clues leading to solve the kidnapping incident and possibly putting the culprit behind bars. The whole game will have you taking pictures of likely evidences and have them processed in the labs through a computer. The labs will be happy to process evidences for you and will keep you updated on their findings. Once processed, all you've got to do is to link the evidences together using your handy dandy case folder.

Playing CSI in Casebook also means processing clues yourself. Most of the time, you're off dusting for fingerprints and trying to find who owns them, or trying to split genes coming from the DNA samples you gathered from possible suspects. Actually, these are the mini-games presented by this adventure, and just like actual forensic work, it can get pretty hard processing evidences too, especially when you can't even visualize the print that you're looking for.

One thing's for sure, the game does have very good FMV sequences. All of the cut scenes are filmed using real-life actors and actresses playing their parts on actual crime scene locations. In fact, your evidence-gathering is also done on 360-degree views of real-life scenes. Now, that's pretty unique in itself, eh?

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Far Cry 2 Review

By Luke Larry

Far Cry 2 is a sequel to Far Cry. Although it is a sequel it is nothing like the original Far Cry. Instead of an island you are in the african savanna, tracking down a weapons dealer that is supplying the Alliance for Popular Resistance and the United Front for Liberation and Labour with weapons galore. Your job is to track down this dealer and kill him.

In Far Cry 2 you can choose between 12 characters, choosing what character you are will not have any impact on the storyline. When you arrive in Africa you will discover that your character has malaria and you must get medicine every so often to cope with the symptoms. In Far Cry 2 there are many weapons and vehicles to choose from, including boats, hand gliders, jeeps, flamethrowers, and much more! The cool thing about Far Cry 2 is you can play the game how you want. If you don't feel like doing a mission you can skip it and come back to it later. How you play it will also affect the outcome of the game, so choose your path wisely

Some things you should probably know about Far Cry 2 before you get it is that the game map is huge! I'm not kidding, it will probably take you up to an hour and a half to drive from the bottom of the map to the top and that is in a jeep. Another thing you will want to know how to do is use a map. When I play the game I probably have the map out for around 70% of the time I am playing. If you can't read a map you are in big trouble because as I said before the map is huge! You should also be ready to fight at any moment. One moment you will be driving down the road in your jeep, and the next thing you know you will be under fire from an enemy encampment just up the road

Now I will tell you the pros and cons of Far Cry 2. Now this is my opinion and it may differ from yours so please hang with me.

Pros

1. You can make a huge fire out on the open savanna.

2. Tons of different weapons and gear to allow you to play the game how you want

3. Loads of different vehicles to get you around the incredibly large map

4. Great graphics and audio to make your experience even more enjoyable

Cons

1.You are constantly getting attacked by the enemy

2. The map is sometimes too large and is very annoying when you must drive a car for 10 minutes just to get to your objective

3. Getting medicine to treat malaria is very time consuming.

All in all I would say that this is a great game for all of those who like a good fps/adventure game. It has a deep story with lots of twists, amazing detail and graphics, and lets face it, who doesn't like playing with fire! However if you hate driving cars to and fro across the map this game is not for you as most of your time in this game will be in a car. Thank you for reading about Far Cry 2!

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Tom Clancy's EndWar - PlayStation 3 Demo Review

By Gabriel Chau

After playing and review the demo for Mirror's Edge. I immediately installed Tom Clancy's End War soon after. And what do you know? This game is pretty good as well! This is my first strategy game that I've ever played on a console. And you can't really go wrong with any Tom Clancy's games, this game feels like Ghost Recon + Command and Conquer.

The demo has one single player mission which takes roughly 10-15 minutes to complete. You are given a few groups of units initially, you can then call for more support using the CP (command points), the single player only allows you to control 3 different groups, and that's pretty much all you need for the short mission as this is more of a training / tutorial type of mission. In this mission you can select all your forces and attack. But you really have to learn that tanks beat transport vehicles beat helicopters, and helicopters in turn beat tanks (think of them linking together in a circle).

The skirmish is where the demo lasts longer which uses the same map as the single player mission and you have the option to play as single player or with someone online. I chose to play by myself simply because I haven't mastered the controls yet. The skirmish is pretty much securing buildings and that in turn will allow you to upgrade different technologies like air strikes, force recon etc as well as calling for more forces. You can choose from infantries, rocket infantries, command vehicle, artilleries, tanks, transport vehicles and helicopters. You will want to have a few groups of either infantries or rocket infantries to secure buildings faster. Unfortunately I did not play this using voice command so I had some difficulties controlling every single group of forces because you have to basically micro manage your forces but fortunately I got a hang of it after a while. And I really like the fact that after finishing each mission, you will need to press continue before leaving the stage, this is the perfect time to fly around and appreciate the beautiful graphics.

I couldn't find any flaw while playing the demo except the fact that you can only zoom in and out so much sometimes its hard to see the surrounding, and the only way to see further is to select a different group.

The graphics are stunning as well and capable of running in full HD 1080p. The buildings, infantries and vehicles are very detailed. And the intro movies are even more impressive. The level of detail on the space station is just jaw dropping and I am not exaggerating.

Again if you haven't downloaded this demo, go give it a shot and see if you like it or not. And finally I would like to apologize for the shaky screenshots.

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Mirror's Edge - PlayStation 3 Demo Review

By Gabriel Chau

First I got the news from EBGames that the Mirror's Edge demo will be available on November 6th, I guess its been pushed forward by 1 week and is released today. Its always a good thing! Unlike Little Big Planet, I am still waiting for it to be shipped from Futureshop, it said "Shipped" but I have yet to see it in my mailbox.

Anyway onto the demo.

Oh-My-God, that was literally what I said to myself when I was playing this game, I have never had so much thrill for a long time! Even though the demo lasted 20-25 minutes max (unless you keep dying). The game is similar to The Bourne Conspiracy where you have to act quickly otherwise you will be captured/killed. Compare to Bourne, I think Mirror's Edge is the better one.

Faith, your character tells you the story in comic style during loading which is plus, its always better to be looking at something moving rather than the old boring "loading" text. The first part of the demo starts you off with a few tutorials of how to move around, jump, slide underneath objects, climb up. Aside from the basics, you will learn to disarm from behind or from the front, shoot or throw away the weapon. That's not all! You will also learn to do crazy acrobatics like running horizontally on a wall then spin around and jump onto the opposite side (sorry I tried my best to describe). Its basically pressing 3 buttons but you need to really time your presses. So you can chain your moves and perform something crazy. One thing I absolutely love about the controls is that most of the actions are performed using just the L1.

The second part is the real deal where you have to jump/move/climb around to deliver a package to the other runner Celeste. In between you have to run away from hostiles and/or fight your way through. Let me tell you, the second part was a THRILL to play!

Graphics are AMAZING and able to run in full HD 1080p. I particularly like the way the lighting is done. The whole city looks very realistic. I couldn't stop taking pictures while playing the game and graphics are that good. Definitely eye candy.

Can't really comment much on the music there's only one track and a good one of course. Kind of feel like the Metal Gear Solid opening music.

If you haven't downloaded the demo, please do so! You don't know what you are missing!

I really appreciate game companies releasing game demos because they allow us gamers to try out the games before purchasing them, instead of doing all the guessing and then taking the risk of buying something we don't enjoy playing. Reading reviews and watching trailers from Gamespot and Gametrailers help a bit but you can never be sure until you have played the games YOURSELF.

The game will be released on November 11th. For in game images, please visit my blog Stay tuned for yet another hyped up game demo review - Tom Clancy's End War. Check out my tech/game review blog The Web Tech Reviews

Gaming Software Reviews

By Caroline Becht

Have a look at the gaming software reviews on the Internet before you buy a computer game. There are many computer games out there. Get an expert opinion on the computer games before you buy, so you can make an informed choice.

I can recommend the World of Warcraft game as it has been described widely as a friendly game. Everything from the colourful art style to the endearing player animations, to the many different personalities.

The World of Warcraft is an inviting experience. Blizzard's passion for gaming joy is infectious, and its sense of humor disarming. This real time strategy game is one that you should play, no matter who you are.

Create your alter ego by choosing from a variety of colorful races and powerful classes, and begin exploring, questing, and battling in Azeroth, the setting featured in Blizzard's Warcraft real-time strategy games.

Though multi player online role-playing games have been around for years, it has taken this long for the genre's breakthrough hit to finally emerge. This is because World of Warcraft brings out all the best aspects of this style of gaming, if not many of the best aspects of gaming in general.

It also features many of the specific characteristics that have made Blizzard Entertainment's previous games so entertaining, memorable, long-lasting, and successful.

Of course, the company's past track record did not guarantee that World of Warcraft could have turned out this well. Such high quality simply cannot be expected, nor should it be missed.

You will find computer game rankings, recent releases, headlines, recommendations and video game reviews of the most popular and recent top video games on a large selection of different platforms, on the Internet.

For games on demand, news, previews and gaming reviews on a wide range of computer platforms, such as xBox, PC, Wii, PlayStation, PSP, PS2 and GameCube. Before you buy, look at Yahoo's gaming software reviews.

My personal favourite is the World of Warcraft games, but, there are many games to choose from. The Internet has changed the way the world works, learns and plays. Why not take advantage of the reviews at your disposal on the web?

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What Makes Wonderland Online Click to Everyone of Any Age

By Bernadette Guadiz

When you hear the word Wonderland, the first thing that enters your mind is the story about a little girl named Alice stuck in a fantasy world. One might ask himself if there really is a Wonderland, a place where you can simply escape to and forget the real world's troubles. Actually there is.

As a part of the real world, I do know the hardships everyone is facing. But thanks to a game I recently discovered, I can actually forget my woes and enjoy life as it should. The game is called Wonderland Online and it really lives up to its name.

I have played computer games in the past which are totally enjoyable but Wonderland Online is literally incomparable to the other games I encountered. It brings together people of different ages, with different tastes, unique sense of style, different strategies, and a whole lot more.

So what makes it really click? Well, there are hundreds of reasons why a lot of people prefer playing Wonderland Online as compared to other online games. But let us narrow it down to the top best reasons I came up with.

Totally Free

Wonderland Online is an online game that is totally free to play forever. This is unlike other online games that require you to pay in order to play. This is one of the main reasons why Wonderland draws in a lot of players all over the world. People from different cultures, backgrounds, ethnicities, and other aspects are learning from one another because they can socialize in the game. This has formed strong friendship bonds as well as some love connections between players.

MMORPG (3D versus 2D)

In the past, computer games are mostly made for single players but ever since the advent of internet, online multiplayer games became a reality. This enables you to play games with other players around the world. Most of the time, you can find MMORPGs in the modernized 3D graphics. There is nothing wrong with 3D games however not everyone is fond of playing these games. Some people complain about having headaches or nausea after playing them, only a few fraction of the game-playing community enjoy this 3D kind of games.

Wonderland Online caters to millions of players around the world because it is presented in highly enhanced 2D graphics. Both the young and the older generations are able to play it easily without giving them any illnesses afterwards. Unlike the typical 2D graphics, Wonderland Online developers use a unique computer language that brings about the rich vibrant colors, anime-like cartoons, and oh so lovable in-game characters.

All-In-One Game

Whenever developers make a game, they follow a certain agenda which is whether they are going to make it as a simulator game, an adventure game, or a role-playing game because they wanted the game appeal to specific kinds of players. Simulator games usually make you feel like you are in a real setting of a specific location. Adventure games are made for players who love to do some quests and explore different places. Role-playing games appeals to people who would like to pretend as if they are the in-game character.

Wonderland Online developers didn't follow this code of conduct. They made Wonderland Online an all-in-one game because the three aspects of game play are bundled up in it. As a simulator game, Wonderland Online brings you in a somewhat real world where you have to deal with different hardships one has to go through. It possesses drama, comedy, as well as tragedy just like us in real life. As an adventure game, you will be able to explore different countries, riding in different vehicles, doing some quests assigned to you, as well as discover the hidden secrets of ancient civilizations. As a role-playing game, you get to play the role of your chosen character that needed to get back to his or her homeland while saving the entire world from the impeding dangers set by the unleashed demons.

Unique Job Classes

Wonderland Online features four basic elements which include earth, wind, fire, and water as your character's attribute. Each element type is unique in its own way. Fire-built characters are great for melee and magic attacks, Wind-built characters have out-of-this-world speed, Earth-built characters are great supporters, while Water-built characters are equipped with magical qualities for support, reviving, and healing attributes.

You can also customize your character to either be a warrior or a mage. These are initially the job classes your character can obtain through your allocation of ability points every time you level up. When your character reaches level 100, you can be reborn to another six different job classes. Warriors can be reborn as Killers, while Mages can choose to be reborn as Seers, Priests,

There are some minor job classes every player can also choose to be, regardless of you being a warrior or a mage. You can be a crafter of weapons and armors, a fisherman, merchant, collector, and a miner. Everyone can have these skills by doing quests for different NPCs. These skills are upgraded depending on how much you use them.

Home Sweet Home

In Wonderland Online, you get to have your very own house which you can personally design with various furnitures and appliances. You can actually build these things with the use of the different manufacturing tools. All you have to do is collect the raw materials needed for each household interior decoration you are making. You can make beds, a garden patch, fence, TVs, game machines, desks, bookcases, bathroom furnishings, garage doors, gym equipments, and a whole lot more.

Travel Around The World

One of the greatest things I love about this game is the traveling function. You can actually make various kinds of vehicles such as a boat, jalor, steam ship, robot, UFO, spacecraft, hot air balloon, air plane, and so much more. These vehicles carry you to other countries known to our real world like Japan, China, Taiwan, some parts of South America, Egypt, India, and other places yet to be released in future versions of the game.

There are some modern vehicles as well such as the turtle car, a motorcycle, and a convertible known as cabriolet.

Human Companions And Other Pets

In some quests, you will be able to obtain different kinds of human companions that will help you fight monsters and get other quests done. They are also very important in some parts of the story as it unfolds before your eyes.

Various pets can also be obtained by playing the baby doll game in the Item Mall or by capturing one during battle. Some of the popular pets include Pandas, Polar Bears, Snowman, Horses, Fairies, and other cute monsters you encounter. You can even have your very express pet that can actually deliver up to 5 items to your other player friends in the game. This express pet function is great for players who are far apart from one another, say for example one is in Egypt and the other one is in China.

One of the greatest things about having a pet is the riding system. You can actually ride one of pets such as riding a horse, a dragon, and any other pets you choose to have.

Unique In-game Mail System

In the game, you will receive your very own email-like window that lets you send private messages to your guildmates, friends, and acquaintances. They will be able to receive your mails even when they're offline.

There are so many reasons why I love this game and I have so much more to share with you. Parents, children, adults, and teenagers all love to play this game. You should join us and experience tons of fun and excitement as well as some friendship bonds along the way. You can see the direct link below.

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New Video Game Releases For Christmas 2008 - Best New Games & How to Give Them

By Dee J Hartlee

Shopping for the latest newly released video games for your chronic gamers this holiday season is a snap. There are great new games for everyone on your Christmas list this year, from toddlers to teens to the old folk. Some games will sell right off the shelf as soon as they come in, so you will need to be aware of the release dates for the game you want, and then be ready to go to a website that has it listed for sale and buy it right away. Set an alert for the date on your mobile device or computer to insure that you get on-line at the right time and order that cherished, must have, new release for the gamers in your family.

Tip for Giving Games on Christmas Day: Arrange for the video game 'prezzie' to get opened just before a longish unscheduled time block on Christmas day; that way your little gamer will not disappear into their game world at a part of the day that they are expected to be doing other things. Once a gamer gets on their hands on a new games, it's all over for any other festivities for at least an hour & a half.

Here's a List of the newest video game releases for this Christmas 2008 in The Order of Their Release date with the playable consoles & platforms. SEPT 23 LEGO BATMAN PC, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PS3, PSP, Nintendo DS OCT 14 DEAD SPACE PC, Xbox 360, PS3 OCT 21 FABLE II Xbox 360 OCT 24 LITTLE BIG PLANET... PC, Xbox 360, PS3 OCT 26 GUITAR HERO: World Tour... Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PS3 OCT 28 FALLOUT III... PC, Xbox 360, PS3 NOV 4 RESISTANCE II... PS3 NOV 4 QUANTUM OF SOLACE - JAMES BOND... PC, Xbox, Wii, PS3, PSP, Nintendo DS NOV 4 ENDWAR -TOM CLANCEY... Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, Nintendo DS NOV 7 GEARS of WAR... Xbox 360 NOV 11 CALL of DUTY: WORLD AT WAR... PC, Xbox 360, Wii, PS3 NOV 13 WORLD of WARCRAFT: WRATH of the LICH KING... On-Line RPG NOV 14 BANJO-KAZOOIE: NUTS & BOLTS... Xbox 360 NOV 16 ANIMAL CROSSING: CITY FOLD... Wii NOV 18 LEFT 4 DEAD... PC, Xbox 360 NOV 18 NEED FOR SPEED UNDERCOVER... PC, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PS3, Nintendo DS NOV 18 TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD... PC, Xbox 360, wii, Ps2, Ps3, Nintendo Ds DEC 3 PRINCE of PERSIA... PC, Xbox 360, PS3

That's it for upcoming new video game releases that are hot for Christmas game shopping this year. Just remember to be ready to go buy the game you want on the date of release if you want to be sure to get in on the always limited available of games on the shelf at Christmas time. Mark your calender, bookmark the website that is going to stock the newest games available on the release date and then, on the date of release, just go there and buy it right away. Happy Holiday Game Shopping Everyone!

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