Machinarium

A point and click adventure game never looked this good.

January 18 2010

Back in the late 80s and for most of the 90s point and click adventure games ruled the gaming world. Then they sort of disappeared for a while and only recently started to make a little bit of a comeback. One of the most interesting titles that’s been part of this resurgence is a little gem called Machinarium from indie developer Amanita Design. Playing this game really brought back some memories for me of the glory days of adventure gaming, which during that era was my favorite type of game. You play the role of a little robot who’s been kicked out of a futuristic city full of robots and dumped into a scrap heap just outside the outskirts of the city. The first order of business is to get your alter-ego reassembled. This isn’t too difficult and it more or less serves as a tutorial on how to play the game and what to expect. After this you’re off to the city to attempt to regain entry, rescue your robot girlfriend, and get revenge on the robot thugs who wronged you. Along the way you’ll encounter plenty of strange contraptions, colorful characters, and brain-bending puzzles. There is no dialogue in the entire game. Instead any communication is conveyed by thought bubbles above (...)

The popular MMORPG finally arrives for the Macintosh so now Mac users can join the fray along with or against Windows users.

November 11 2009

I signed up for the Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning 10-day trial to see what this game was about. I’d been hoping it would be released on the Mac for months. After my experiences with World of WarCraft and City of Heroes I knew that installing the game would take a few hours. Mythic Entertainment offers a Full Client download for those who purchase the game and a Trial Client download for those who sign up for a 10-day trial. After installing the client and logging in to the Mythic (...)

The sequel to the best-selling classic doesn’t disappoint!

October 12 2009

Zuma’s Revenge! Is a sequel to the smash hit from 2003 that sold over 17 million copies. Those of you that are familiar with the original will find yourselves right at home with this sequel as PopCap Games hasn’t messed with the original formula all that much. Like the original you play this stone frog that, except for a few exceptions, usually sits in the middle of the screen. The frog can rotate around 360 degress and fire, or spit if you will, multi-colored balls, usually one at a time. (...)

A frenetically-paced time management game.

August 18 2009

Hospital Hustle is another time management game from the good folks at Big Fish Games. In the game you’re given the daunting task of helping Nurse Sarah save lives in increasingly hectic hospitals with an assortment of wacky treatment stations and patient-pleasing power-ups! The game starts out with Nurse Sarah fresh out of school and looking for a job. It doesn’t take long before she lands a job at a busy hospital and it’s up to you to make sure she maintains order. In the beginning you have (...)

A hidden object game for the detective in you.

July 30 2009

Have you always wanted to be a detective? Well now is your chance if you play Mystery Case Files: Huntsville. In this exciting game you search for objects in over 20 locations to solve 15 puzzling crimes. Every time you play there are new objects to find. With great graphics and fun brain strengthening puzzles this game is really fun. I really enjoy this game because it’s simple to play but challenging to master. It worked very well with my HeadMouse Extreme and KeyStrokes. The keyboard (...)