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Starcraft 2

The long–awaited sequel finally arrives and it doesn’t disappoint!

If you’re a fan of real-time strategy (or RTS) games then you’ve probably heard of Blizzard Entertainment. They’re responsible for some of the best–selling real-time strategy games of all–time. They’re also responsible for a little massive multiplayer online role-playing game called World of Warcraft that you may have heard of as well. But before World of Warcraft was eating up anybody’s time there were the RTS games Warcraft and Starcraft. Warcraft spawned two very successful sequels. The original Starcraft did get an expansion but there was never an official sequel until now. Twelve years later the much anticipated sequel has finally arrived in the form of Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty. I’m happy to say the long wait was well worth it, both for assistive technology users and able–bodied users alike. I must first confess that RTS games aren’t my favorite type of game. There was a time when I snatched up games like this as soon as they were released because most of them just looked so darned cool and I really wanted to like them. However, eventually it occurred to me that these types of games are generally frustrating for me probably because I’m not very good at them. Warcraft, and (...)

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Tales of Monkey Island

A classic series from the past tries to make a comeback with mixed results Back in the late 1980s, and for most of the 1990s, adventure games were amongst the most popular types of games available for personal computers, including the Macintosh. One of the companies leading the way in this category was Lucasfilm Games (now known as LucasArts). They first made a splash with their Indiana Jones–based adventure games. Then in 1990 they released the Secret of Monkey Island. The game was a hit (...)

Machinarium

A point and click adventure game never looked this good. 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 (...)

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

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

Zuma’s Revenge

The sequel to the best-selling classic doesn’t disappoint! 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, (...)

Hospital Hustle

A frenetically-paced time management game. 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 (...)

Mystery Case Files: Huntsville

A hidden object game for the detective in you. 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 (...)

The Sims 3

The best-selling franchise takes it to a new level with the long-awaited third edition! One of the most anticipated games of 2009 is The Sims 3 from Electronic Arts. Originally scheduled for release in February the release date was delayed until early June which only increased the level of anticipation. Mac users were unexpectedly included in this anticipation when it was revealed that the game would be a simultaneous release, for both Macs and PCs, and on the same disc no less! Now that it (...)

Peggle Nights

A true gem in a sea of casual game rehashes. The casual games market is swamped by "hidden object" and "match three" games so it’s a refreshing change when something like Peggle Nights from PopCap Games comes along. Peggle Nights is a sequel to the incredibly popular Peggle which MSNBC hailed as "one of the top 5 most addictive games of all time". After my experiences with the game I can tell you the part about it being addictive is no exaggeration. The concept of the game is relatively (...)

Hidden Mysteries: Civil War

A challenging hidden object game in a Civil War setting. “Four score and seven years ago…” Are you a history buff or do you just enjoy a great challenge? Then this is the perfect game for you. In Hidden Mysteries: Civil War you get to travel back in time and visit the great battlefields of the Civil War. As you travel through the game you join General Walker, a loyal follower of Abe Lincoln, and collect clues and letters left by a secret society. I found this game for 99¢ and I am glad that (...)

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

With the release of the third installment of the Red Alert series, Command & Conquer returns to the roots of what made the game series so entertaining – no more terrorists, no alien ore – just Soviets, Allies and a little something more. On the verge of defeat and the country in chaos, the Soviets employ a time machine to give themselves an advantage. They travel back in time and extinguish Albert Einstein. They return to their present to discover that their plan worked and they are (...)

Westward II: Heroes of the Frontier

Explore the Wild West, build thriving settlements, and fight off dangerous bandits! Westward II: Heroes of the Frontier is a new casual game from Sandlot Games for Macs and PCs. It’s sort of a hybrid simulation and real-time strategy game that has elements found in games such as The Oregon Trail, Age of Empires, and Virtual Villagers. It’s popular predecessor, Westward, is only available for the PC and there’s already a sequel, Westward III: Gold Rush, also only currently available for the (...)

The Amazing Brain Train

Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Well hop on to The Amazing Brain Train to find out. In The Amazing Brain Train from Grubby Games you get aboard Professor Fizzwizzle’s Brain Train, which is powered by your mental energy, and go on amazing brain–boosting quests. There are 15 different games in 5 categories including search, planning, spatial, memory, and numbers. There are 3 gameplay modes to choose from called test, quest, and practice. There are many extras in this game as well including (...)

Jade Empire: Special Edition

An epic adventure filled with romance, martial arts, and intrigue. I’ve always been a big fan of Bioware and their impressive resume of role-playing games. Games such as Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2, Knights of the Old Republic, and Neverwinter Nights are all among my favorite games of all-time. My enjoyment of these games was also further enhanced by very accessible interfaces. So although these games were very complex their heavily mouse-orientated controls made them a breeze to play for me with (...)

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

With the release of their second expansion Blizzard’s World of Warcraft has reasserted its place as the number one MMORPG on the market and the sales records for Wrath of the Lich King are certainly proof that the game’s popularity continues. After playing Wrath of the Lich King for a couple of months I have to admit that these kudos are well-deserved. In this expansion players are introduced to the land of Northrend where Arthas, a.k.a. the Lich King, five years after disappearing into (...)

Sid Meier’s Pirates: Live the Life

Embark on a quest for fame and fortune on the high seas in this remake that does the classic original justice. Back in 1988 MicroProse released Sid Meier’s Pirates for the Macintosh. I had heard so much about the PC version that I knew this was a game that I had to have so I ran out and bought a copy. It didn’t take long for me to see why this game was so popular and I soon became addicted to it. Now, over 20 years later, I’m addicted to it again with the remake, Sid Meier’s Pirates: (...)

Neptune’s Secret

Discover the secrets of Atlantis in this enchanting hidden objects game! Neptune’s Secret is another hidden objects game from Big Fish Games. The game opens up with some well-illustrated cut scenes, complete with voiceovers, that set the stage for the adventure. The main character, Hannah, is introduced in these cut scenes as an orphaned infant. The general idea is that the God Zeus defeated the power-hungry God Neptune and imprisoned him. But before being imprisoned Neptune wiped out (...)

Azada Ancient Magic

The sequel to the original Azada game, Azada Ancient Magic, is a very fun mystery game but this time you have to solve many books instead of just one as in the first game. In Azada Ancient Magic you have to help young Titus, who is afraid to enter his great uncle’s library, get rid of the evil menace who has been causing strange events. You have to choose books from the shelves and assist the characters with whatever they need. The books are based on the classics in which you help characters (...)

World of Goo

A physics-based puzzle game unlike any you’ve ever seen before! What do you get when two former Electronic Arts employees break off to form their own indie game development studio? You get an amazing little company called 2D Boy. Founded by Kyle Gabler and Ron Carmel this little indie studio has created a masterpiece with their first title World of Goo. World of Goo takes place in a surreal world that’s right out of a Tim Burton film. I’ve heard people mention comparisons to Lemmings and (...)

Spore

From a single-celled organism to full-blown galactic empire in a matter of hours. When Spore was released back in September for both PCs and Macs expectations were high. This so-called "life simulation" was hyped for months. Thanks to Electronic Arts, Maxis Software, and Transgaming (responsible for the Mac version) I finally got to get a look at the game for myself. Does it live up to expectations? Is it assistive technology friendly? That’s what I set out to find out with this review. (...)

My Tribe

My Tribe is a colorful and attractive real-time simulation game for youngsters! My Tribe from Grubby Games is a pleasant and fun real-time simulation game with no fighting, While the game is touted as being one that can be enjoyed by people of all ages I think it’s more suitable for children from around the age of 5 years up to 15. I say the age of 15 because my nephew is 15 and I showed him the game but he didn’t like it and said he preferred a "faster game, as in terms of action". The (...)

CLUE Classic

CLUE Classic from GameHouse is a translation of the popular Hasbro whodunit boardgame to the Mac or PC. It’s very faithful to the board game with a few added enhancements including the dynamic detective’s notebook and detailed move history. All the classic CLUE characters are present, including Col. Mustard, Prof. Plum, and Miss Scarlet. It’s up to you to figure out who committed the crime, where they did it, and with what weapon. Was it Mr. Green in the Hall with the revolver? Or perhaps (...)

Monopoly

Monopoly, from GameHouse, is the latest version of the classic real estate board game to make its way to Mac OS X. Featuring simple yet fun graphics, jazzy, fitting music and sounds, and customizable rules, Monopoly will make anyone a cutthroat, cigar chomping tycoon. Supporting up to four players, the game let’s prospective entrepreneurs play against the computer at three difficulty levels or challenge their friends to a free market battle royal. While the computer A.I. provides a good (...)

Neverwinter Nights 2

Neverwinter Nights 2 is fantastic 3D role-playing game that is absolutely perfect for SwitchXS and KeyStrokes users alike. However, SwitchXS users definitely need hardware that exceeds the game’s minimum system requirements, as the game is quite resource intensive which greatly affects scanning accuracy. It should be noted that Neverwinter Nights 2 (or NWN2) requires an Intel-based Mac with ATI or NVIDIA video hardware, so MacBooks and adorable Mac Minis will have to sit this adventure out. (...)

Hit the Links with Fairway Solitaire!

Fairway Solitaire is a simple solitaire game from where the player first chooses a golfer and then plays solitaire on over 70 different courses including some from Scotland and Japan. Published by Big Fish Games this solitaire game is a much easier version than the regular game of solitaire. In this version the player eliminates cards by choosing one higher or lower than the discard pile number regardless of suit. The player has to reach certain goals to unlock the next course. They must (...)

Depths of Peril

Another Diablo clone but with an interesting twist. Depths of Peril is a single player action RPG developed by a small independent developer known as Soldak Entertainment. At first glance it looks like yet another Diablo clone. But Depths of Peril has some unique features that really set it apart from other Diablo clones and put it into a category all by itself. There are four character classes to choose from. The familiar warrior, rogue, priest, and mage. Once you’ve chosen a class, (...)

Flip or Flop: Home Edition

Help Granny get her house back in this fun, fast-paced action-puzzle game! The object of the game is to help Granny get her house back by quickly solving the puzzles to renovate the rundown houses in each neighborhood. Each house needs certain things to be renovated (doors, lights, flooring, paint and wallpaper etc.). These items are shuffled up on tiles into different rows. You must use the arrows next to each row to slide the rows one direction (up, down, left or right) in order to get 3 (...)

Save the day as Supercow!

Supercow is a colorful, side-scrolling arcade title designed for all ages. it’s easy to learn and a blast to play! Supercow features the voices of professional cartoon actors for each and every one of the characters. The action is fast and furious with bright and colorful graphics and plenty of levels and challenges to beat. There’s also plenty of secrets and special items to find. As Supercow you must find a way to defeat the evil professor Duriarti, who has seized the farm and captured (...)

Letter Connector

Letter Connector is a simple, but addictive game that you can play for a few minutes at a time. And it won’t take up much space on your hard drive. The idea of the game is to form words using the randomly arranged letters. Words can start with any letter, but each additional letter must be adjacent to the previous letter. Press enter when the word is complete. Longer words are worth more points. The game ends after 30 words have been formed. The game’s features include a 100,000+ word (...)

Second Life: Thinking Inside the Box

Something everyone dreams of is flying, and of course it is generally absurd to think of flying, at least while you are wearing your body... some who are severely disabled - like myself, dream as well - of walking or holding things though it’s just about as silly as wanting to fly. With a bit of practice though, I can do all those things - and far more - in the massive multi-user universe called Second life. Second Life is an online, 3-D virtual world that has been running since 2003 and (...)

Clan Lord: A MMORPG for Everybody

For over 10 years I’ve been playing this little massive multiplayer role-playing game called Clan Lord from Delta Tao Software. Clan Lord was the first MMORPG (massive-multiplayer-online-role-playing-game) to come out for the Mac. At the time I didn’t know what I was getting into, and never thought I’d stick around for more than a few weeks, but over 10 years later here I am still playing. Clan Lord isn’t your typical MMORPG. The game isn’t driven by statistics and items nearly as much as (...)

Chowder, a game of marine mayhem!

A fun, addictive fish eating game for all ages Chowder is a delightful new arcade game from Word of Mouth Games. The idea of the game is you play a small fish named Chompy and your goal is to eat as much as possible. You can’t eat anything bigger than you are but you grow every time you eat something. Each level you play has a goal for how many fish you need to eat. Difficulty levels available are, child, easy, medium, hard, and evil. With the standard levels, you get one fish and one level (...)

MacPool: Hours of casual game fun

MacPool is simple to learn and fun to play. Play solo or go online and challenge other people. I love casual gaming. At risk of showing my age I can remember my old Atari 2600 and the endless hours of playing addictive and simple games that never lose their appeal. Bakno has a selection of cool games they call "games for your brains" but they are really much cooler than that. I love their game MacPool but be careful it’s addictive. MacPool is, you guessed it, a pool emulation game. All (...)

Mahjong Palace

A Simple and Fun Tile Puzzle Game. The object in Mahjong Palace is to clear all the tiles on the board by matching pairs of free tiles. In order for a tile to be free there must be an empty space to the left or right and there can’t be any tiles above it. The Pairs must be identical, with the exception of the flower and season tiles. Any flower tile can match any other flower tile and any season tile can match any other season tile. It’s one of those games you play time and time again. It’s (...)

Solitaire Till Dawn X

Solitaire Till Dawn X has 100 different solitaire games to choose from. Few Are easy To complete while others require a lot of thinking. Solitaire Till Dawn X is a variety of 100 different solitaire games with difficulties ranging from easy, simple games to very hard to master games. One of the easy games is Klondike easy, I think this would be suitable for the younger players, one of the harder games to master is Spider, this game would be more suitable for the adults, I think all the (...)

Game Access: All About EVE

I’m a sci-fi geek. I make no allusions toward otherwise. I adored Star Wars until Lucas went insane and wrecked it. My girl and I fell in love watching Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who. I own Firefly the complete series on DVD. I read Ender’s Game in a crazy three-day marathon. I’ve seen A Scanner Darkly sixteen times, five in the theater. That’s right, I’m a lunatic. As far as Mac gaming goes, however, sci-fi pickings have been historically slim, especially for SwitchXS users. There’s (...)

Snood, The Most Addictive Game Ever!

Snood is a fun simple, easy and relaxing game to play. There’s nine different levels to try, starting from child right up to evil. It’s easy to understand and operate so small children could play alone with ease. It’s fun to play with a few people as well. And while listening to iTunes you can play snood, as I do :-) Snood is a puzzle game developed by WOM. The object of the game is to match the relevant snoods at the bottom of the screen. You have the snood cannon, which you aim from left (...)

Game Access: World of Warcraft

Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft is by far Mac OS X’s number one massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG), and tops sales charts on that other platform too evil to mention. Saying World of Warcraft (WoW) has a vast player base is the understatement of the year; with over 5 million subscribers worldwide this game is the epitome of its genre. WoW is a fully populated, lushly realized digital fantasy land in which players can explore beautiful scenery, slay beasts, and (...)

RuneScape - Fun for ages

For the last 3 years I’ve been playing RuneScape, my nephew Jack enjoyed playing it and I would sit beside him and read out the difficult words that he couldn’t read, then I decided to open my own account and surprise jack, so when he went home I knew he would go on RuneScape so I logged on too, He was very surprised that his 37 year old auntie was on his favourite game, and that was it, I was hooked, so now I’ll explain about the game. RuneScape is a very popular (MORPG) live online role (...)

Eschalon Book One

For years Mac users have enjoyed RPG offerings like Avernum and Genoforge from Indie developer Spiderweb Software. Recently another small Indie developer called Basilisk Games released their first game Eschalon Book One. The game is available for Windows, Linux, and the Mac. Eschalon is an old-school RPG in the spirit of Ultima, Might & Magic, and Wizardry. Eschalon boasts a non-linear storyline with hundreds of items and dozens of creatures. There’s quite a few mini-quests to complete, (...)

Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects

Description from the website: The Queen’s Hope Diamond has been stolen! It’s up to you to search for clues throughout 22 levels, find the offending culprit, and recover the stolen gem. Expand your investigations through the game’s 29 unique locations by finding items that will unlock subsequent levels. Thousands of clues are cleverly hidden within the beautiful illustrations, creating a new game experience each time you step into this masterpiece of visual indulgences! Mystery Case Files: (...)

Zoo Tycoon The Complete Collection

Zoo Tycoon: The Complete Collection combines Zoo Tycoon, Marine Mania, and Dinosaur Digs. Would-be zookeepers have over 100 animals and more than 500 building objects to use to create endless possible zoos. The player can hire staff members, design aquatic shows, and raise dinosaurs. The players can either play scenarios that are already part way set up and they just have to meet the goals to get to the next level. The players can also just make their own zoo in freestyle mode. Either way (...)

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