Airport Mania: First Flight

Airport Mania: First Flight 


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Airport Mania: First Flight puts you in control of an ever growing fleet of friendly little planes at your local airport. You will be flying high as you direct the airport traffic is this time management game. Buckle up and prepare for excitement as you direct traffic, buy upgrades, and even add a splash of color in Airport Mania: First Flight!

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“Buy it! Buy it!” Oh the sad faces as the trial on this game ended. Airport Mania: First Flight had the entire family gathered around the computer. It is not often that you can find anything that will keep everyone involved for an entire hour. Airport Mania: First Flight's friendly faced planes are cute enough to warm your heart and make you smile even on a chilly, rainy day when you are stuck inside.

In this adorable time management game, you control the planes as they land, unload, get repaired, refuel, load and take off! Buy upgrades in between days at the store. Add an extra waiting space, a faster gate building, a painting space to change the planes colors, or an in flight movie to keep the planes happy while they are in the air. Match plane colors to the gates for color bonuses, and earn landing or launching bonuses by lining the planes up at the same runway one after another. 


 This is one of those games that is easy enough for the younger kids to play.. my son was 5 when he first played this. Even so, it is the teenager who was excited to see it being bought, and I agree with her! What a fantastic game to play by yourself, or with your kids! And, YES, I did buy it to add to our collection of family friendly computer games!

Can You See What I See? Dream Machine

Can You See What I See? Dream Machine

Clyde Curfuffle is asking for your help again in Can You See What I See? Dream Machine. It is his twin niece and nephew's birthday tomorrow, and he has promised them each something special. He has planned to gift them beloved toys from his own childhood, but has put them somewhere to keep them safe, and forgotten where that is. Use the dream machine to help solve the riddle and find the lost toys in Can You See What I See? Dream Machine.

Can You See What I See? Dream Machine sets you at the dream machine to start your task. Choose a scene and find all the cleverly hidden objects. You can zoom in on each quarter of the scene to get a better look. After finding all the pieces, find the special object in the scene. next you will be led to a couple of variating puzzles to be solved to acquire a dream object. With the dream objects, you will be able to solve a portion of the puzzle and find a missing segment of the dream machine instructions that you will need for the final scene.

Can You See What I See? Dream Machine is a challenging hidden object game full of cute scenes and objects. I was again frustrated by the lack of instructions at he beginning of the game, and had to try several different buttons before I found which one would start the game sequence once at the dream machine. Can You See What I See? Dream Machine only attracted the faintest of interest from the kids....I have to wonder if new Christmas presents are affecting their normal interests! :-)

The Tarot's Misfortune

The Tarot's Misfortune

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Rosalie the fortune teller awakens in a dangerous prison in The Tarot's Misfortune. Her tarot card deck has been scattered throughout the town, and the residents of Luzio are in danger. Search through the town to find the answers and solve the mysteries of The Tarot's Misfortune.
 
Awakening in a strange place, you must find the hidden objects and solve the puzzles to unlock the doors and move from one location to the next in The Tarot's Misfortune. Solve perplexing puzzles using objects you have found. Gather the tarot cards to read your own fortune to know what to expect as you proceed.
A few hints to help you as you start The Tarot's Misfortune. You  may need to proceed into side rooms to gather objects that are needed to solve puzzles in other places. Find all of the objects on the list to have the useful items become available for your use. The scenes were beautiful and well done, and the game play was engaging. The boys were not interested in The Tarot's Misfortune, but I had a hard to me closing it down. Over all, this is a family friendly game that is perhaps aimed at a slightly older audience.

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Diner Dash 5: Boom Collector's Edition

Diner Dash 5: Boom Collector's Edition

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Flo returns once again in Diner Dash 5: Boom Collector's Edition. What has happened to Flo's Diner? Find out what happened and why you need to help Flo rebuild her diner in Diner Dash 5: Boom Collector's Edition.


Serve up a storm as Flo in the fast paced world of Diner Dash 5: Boom Collector's Edition. Work to serve your customers under unusual conditions as you earn money to design the brand new restaurant. The Collector's Edition includes as interactive strategy guide, exclusive advanced levels, concept art, and more. This game holds several surprises!


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 Diner Dash 5: Boom Collector's Edition brought back the familiarity of Flo, with a new story line. The boys enjoyed watching the fast paced time management action of this computer game as I played, but did not want to attempt it. As always, Flo is family friendly, and full of fun!

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Fiona Finch and the Finest Flowers

Fiona Finch and the Finest Flowers

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Immersing herself in the world of gardening is where we meet Fiona in Fiona Finch and the Finest Flowers. After a tragedy, Fiona sets out to win the Finest Flower competition and needs your help. Travel with her to her hometown of Beeville, and throw yourself into a fiery competition of gardening and flower growing skills. Grow fabulous flowers and grow yourself into the first place position in Fiona Finch and the Finest Flowers. Find yourself immersed in a flower growing frenzy as you open up this time management game. Fiona Finch and the Finest Flowers sets you to work growing a multitude of different flowers, and cross breeding to discover even more. Spend your days caring for your flowers and learn how to add to your earnings by learning to add to your garden with things such as bees and ovens.  Fiona Finch and the Finest Flowers is a fast paced time management game that will have you running in circles caring for yur flowers and trying to achieve your goals. The boys showed no interest, and I found it a bit fast paced for me to relax to. Fiona Finch and the Finest Flowers is a fantastic game if you are looking for a game to challenge your time management skills!

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Awakening: The Dreamless Castle

Awakening: The Dreamless Castle

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You wake up in a mysterious castle in Awakening: The Dreamless Castle. A fairy beckons to you to help her out of a locked vessel and guides you to collect clues to solve the puzzles needed to escape from the castle. Make your way through the  castle solving clever locks to get from room to room. Will you be able to escape the castle in Awakening: The Dreamless Castle. Awakening: The Dreamless Castle is a clever hidden object adventure. that leads you to search through room after room of the castle helped by a few goblins and a fairy. Solve perplexing  puzzles and enjoy fun mini games as you explore the castle. Find the clues to solving the puzzles, and record them in your journal. Your fairy friend can help you every so often if you are stuck, but will need time to recharge herself. Awakening: The Dreamless Castle is full of beautiful images that drew me in and led me from one room to the next. The boys were not so interested in this game. I found this a game that was hard to put down, and easy to get lost in. I found that there were clues left for each puzzle, if you were looking around at everything. This was a challenging hidden object adventure, and yet not overwhelming. I recommend Awakening: The Dreamless Castle for an enjoyable leisurely afternoon.

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Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome

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It is your job to set up cities and start providing the supplies that the citizens of Ancient Rome need to expand the empire. As you learn to produce more goods, you will attract new citizens to be trained. Meet your goals and you will be rewarded with your own land and materials to build your house among the nobles. Make a name for yourself and get noticed by the emperor of Ancient Rome. Ancient Rome is a strategy time management game that will put you to the test with it's fast pace. Learn to build increasingly valuable homes and set up production lines for food and clothing. Meet early deadlines to be rewarded with extra valuable materials for building your home. As you build up your career, the emperor will assign you more and more difficult tasks. See how high you can climb the ladder to success within the ancient Roman empire!
I found Ancient Rome to be a nice game, albeit a little simplistic for my tastes. The boys were intrigued by the flurry of activity on the screen, but until they understand the concept of production lines, I think this game might be just beyond them. I found it important to remember to start my water production immediately upon beginning each new level, and then look at my goals for that level. All in all, I really liked Ancient Rome for older kids through adults, and teaching kids some simple city management skills.

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Big City Adventure: Vancouver

Big City Adventure: Vancouver

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The family is back and ready for Big City Adventure: Vancouver. Explore Vancouver from the comfort of your own home in a fun way. Learn fascinating facts and pieces of obscure history about the city. Search through multiple levels of hidden objects to earn momentos of your sight seeing. Exciting minigames challenge you between levels in Big City Adventure: Vancouver.

Big City Adventure: Vancouver offers an exploration of the fantastic city of Vancouver in Canada. Search through dozens of beautiful scenes for cleverly hidden objects. As you use your hints, you are given the chance to find new ones in the next level in the form of gold coins. Search for other gold coins for additional bonuses. At the end of each level, enjoy a minigame that challenges you to reveal the next location. Read a postcard of interesting history and unusual facts about each location you visit.

  Big City Adventure: Vancouver is another excellent game from Jolly Bear Games. We absolutely love the Big City Adventure series. These hidden object games are full of friendly images, and cool facts about each location. I love that we get to learn all these neat tidbits while we are having fun playing games! The kids and I all highly recommend adding Big City Adventure: Vancouver to your library of computer games today!

For extra materials such as screensavers, wallpaper, concept art,  as well as an integrated strategy guide and a bonus mini-European adventure check out Big City Adventure: Vancouver Collector's Edition.

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Epic Adventures: La Jangada

Epic Adventures: La Jangada


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 Epic Adventures: La Jangada takes you back in time to the end of the 19th century to take part in a story based on the Jules Verne novel, 'La Jangada'. Help Minah as she searches for clues to unravel the past of her father and save him from a death at the gallows. Gather the evidence that is scattered across the Jangada as is floats along the Amazon. Discover the truth and save Joam Dacosta with this hidden object adventure.

Epic Adventures: La Jangada is a wonderful game that pulls you into the storyline with beautiful images and words. You are greeted by Minha as you open the game, and she remains the narrator of the story throughout. Use you keen eyesight to follow through her story, as you find hidden objects to relate to each part. Solve intriguing puzzles as you help her to puzzle out the mysetry of what her father's past contains, and what evidence will save him. 

The first thing I encountered upon starting Epic Adventures: La Jangada was a place to insert my name, but it could only be five letters long. I loved the fact that Minah narrated her story, but I had to adjust the sound effects and music to be quieter so that I could hear her voice. After playing through several beautiful levels, the soundtrack suddenly glitched and there was a obnoxious ticking noise for the rest of the game. Although there is no innapprpriate content, the boys were not intersted in the storyline. Despite these small drawbacks, I thoroughly enjoyed playing Epic Adventures: La Jangada.

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Sarah Maribu and the Lost World

Sarah Maribu and the Lost World

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In Sarah Maribu and the Lost World, Sarah's grandfather had told her about an uncharted island. She and her husband, Michael, set off on a wild adventure. Shortly after arriving, Michael goes missing. Track down who grabbed him, and collect treasures along the way as you explore this hidden object world.

Sarah Maribu and the Lost World opens to gorgeous scenes with cleverly hidden objects. Among the things hidden are the tools needed to solve the puzzle to get to the next room. The boys loved the fact that the list of objects to find were actually pictures. The object pictures were in cubes that would turn to reveal a new object until the objects on all sides had been found. I thought this was a clever way to control the order that hidden items could be searched for. The storyline and the graphics of Sarah Maribu and the Lost World are family friendly and provides a pleasant distraction.

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Evoly

Evoly

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 Evoly combines the fun of match three with the creativity of creature creating. Earn money as you clear the boards in the puzzle rounds, then travel to the planet to populate it with plants and creatures. Further along in the game you will inlock the ability to upgrade your creatures, giving you the ability to create hundreds of unique species. Bring the barren environments of several choices of planets back to thriving life in Evoly.

The match three puzzle boards of Evoly are split up by the fun of designing and evolving the creatures and habitats of barren worlds. Populate the planets with plants and creatures purchased with the money you earn from making matches. Raise unique plants and creatures as you work through the levels. Bring life back to frozen and desert planets too.

Evoly did not draw anyone's attention. The first hour of play did not bring about the chance to even buy creatures for the first planet.  Although there may have been directions somewhere that I missed seeing them, they were not integrated into the play. The match three part of the game was self explanatory, but travel to the planet to buy things to start to populate it was guess work on my part. Add to the lack of user friendly instructions, the simplicity of the drawings, and Evoly is a decent run of the mill game. 

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Shaman Odyssey: Tropic Adventure

Shaman Odyssey: Tropic Adventure

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Living on the beautiful tropical island of Laguna might not be as simple as it seems. As shaman of your tribe in Shaman Odyssey: Tropic Adventure, the spirits have summoned you to bring your people back together after many long years apart. It's up to you to drive off the sharks, fight off the pirates, and keep your people safe and happy. Will you be able to reunite your people and create a safe place for them to live?

Shaman Odyssey: Tropic Adventure is a time management game that will have you running around the island picking up seashells, herbs, and other resources, as you create a safe haven for the split apart members of your tribe. Bring them back together by solving their problems. Collect resources to build wood cutters, totems, gardens, and more to build a better home for your people to keep them happy.

The happy, bouncy music of Shaman Odyssey: Tropic Adventure brought the boys in to see what this game was about, and the colorful characters kept them drawn to the screen. They had a great time pointing out resources that were ready to be collected, and islanders that were not happy. Shaman Odyssey: Tropic Adventure is a time management game that can easily be added to your family friendly library of computer games!

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