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13Mar/110

Fizzball Review



All fans of Professor Fizzwizzle and breakout Mac games will definitely enjoy Fizzball. Initially it looks simple with bright and colorful cartoon characters for children, but this brick busting play will get challenging for all gamers as it goes along.

There is a mystery on a group of islands where all the humans have disappeared and left the animals to fend for themselves. Professor Fizzwizzle with his genius inventions comes to the rescue. He uses the Fizzball to encapsulate the animals and puts them in a sanctuary until the mystery can be solved. The play is simply to shoot the bubble towards the animals to catch them. If an animal is too large for the bubble, it will bounce off the livestock such as a cow or horse startling or maybe annoying them. When the size of the bubble increases them the bubble will engulf the animal. In between getting the animals, the ball will break whatever is in its path. Some of the broken items will have surprise bonuses. The coins collected will go towards feed for the animals. The professor is at the bottom of the screen, and you move him back and forth bouncing the bubble of animals back to capture the rest of the creatures. After catching all the animals, including the birds, you finish the level and move on to the next island location. The change of locations brings about many funny scenes and surprises.

In order to keep the game entertaining obstacles are added to bring interest into your play. They could be more fences, trees, bales of hay, shooting Martians and more. Your job is to avoid getting shot at, break through the blocks and bounce the bubble off the Fizzball. The animal sanctuary will show you all the animals the professor has saved, and there is a section for all the trophies you have collected through the levels.

Fizzball is a great balance between the island story and breakout game. It also accounts for experienced gamers and kids in order to keep frustration levels down to adequately play a brick busting game both simple and challenging. This game has everything you need for an exciting fun experience, and you will not be able to put it down. Help the good professor rescue the island animals and find the answer to the island mystery.

Features of Fizzball:
-More Than 180 Levels
-40 Bonus Levels
-Bright and Colorful Cartoon Characters

Rating: ★★★★★

9Mar/110

Diaper Dash Review

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With 50 challenging levels Diaper Dash will keep you busy caring for infants in a daycare center in Wilson’s sister house. Fortunately you earn upgrades, money and medals for your earnest and hard working efforts.

Wilson an inventor gets fired from his job at the baby research laboratory where they make inventions for babies. With wise advice from, who else, Flo, Wilson gets started on his own research, er, daycare center. In Diaper Dash you have 2 modes of play, Career where you meet your goals, buy upgrades and use your inventions each day. Endless you have an endless stream of babies coming and going continuously, and if you lose too many customers because they are unhappy, then you are out of business.

The play is easy but hectic when more and more babies arrive at the center. You click on the baby at the playpen at the entrance, the picture above the head will show you what the baby needs, and you click on the station. You get in a groove moving the babies around from the highchair to feeding station, to crib and, of course, the dreaded diaper stand. That would be enough for any caretaker, but there’s more, you have to clean where the babies stayed, because, let’s face it, babies are messy. In addition you have to throw out the diapers initially every three dirty ones and when upgraded more. This may not sound so daunting until you have many crying babies needing diaper changes. Once you finish your first invention, the Cleanatron, you will have assistance cleaning your center. Unfortunately, Cleanatron must be re-charged every now and then so it is not always available.

Diaper Dash is part of the Dash series. Although the play is similar to those games, the developers always include some little twist to make your play interesting. I found the inventions helped immensely improve the play and all the upgrades needed to speed up your procedures are always appreciated. Take time to play Diaper Dash and see how fast you can move and keep the babies happy.

Features of Diaper Dash:
-50 Levels
-Earn Money and Medals
-20 Upgrades
-Career and Endless Day Modes

Rating: ★★★☆☆

8Mar/11Off

Dream Chronicles: Book of Air Collector’s Edition Review


The fourth installment of Dream Chronicles takes you along with Lyra, daughter of Faye, in her adventure to get back to her family. You will remember Faye who fought her way back from imprisonment and her search for her beloved husband kidnapped by the evil fairy queen. Now her offspring, Lyra is the main character and the heroine in Mac seek and find game Dream Chronicles: Book of Air Collector’s Edition.

Lyra finds herself mysterious transported to another dimension in her town in a strange dreamlike state the day before her 18th birthday. She remembers her grandfather Tangle had a gift for her. Her only hope of returning to her beloved family is to pay attention to her grandfather’s notes and find the clockmaker as soon as possible. Through series of challenges and puzzles, she must figure out how to get to the clockmaker and make him return her to the right dimension. Could anything else go wrong? Every turn she makes things have the propensity to fall apart or break into many pieces such as the statue in front of the school. Unfortunately, you cannot get into the school until all the pieces are found and returned to its rightful place. The same thing happens with the airship. When you think you are ready to take off and sail away, the ship falls apart and you must find a way to fix it.

The play is to point and click each scene as you go along searching for the clockmaker. There are 2 modes: casual where it is easier slightly and can skip puzzles after waiting. Challenge mode is more difficult and you cannot skip the puzzles. In addition you must click on all the “dream pieces” or gems. The hints or helps depend upon how many you can find. You will need the pieces to reveal the Dream Jewel located along the left side of the screen. This button will find secrets on pages and maps. Other helps will decipher messages in ancient languages. The Dream Journal at the lower right corner will offer guidance and review when you need it. You can click randomly without penalty. Your final score is based on the amount of time you complete the game, the number of skipped puzzles, the number of dream pieces and the number of times you use the Locate Power (helps find inventory items).

Some of the mini games are find the words in a grid of letters, logic games, and fuel the airship by using the color stones and then clicking on the stones to fuel the ship. You need to do this last game every time you need to fly the airship. None of the games are difficult, but in the challenge mode may take a little longer to do.

When is a sequel too much? Is it the 2nd or 3rd? In Dream Chronicles: Book of Air Collector’s Edition it is the fourth. There is something missing from this 4th game. The intensity of Faye’s search or her high-strung personality is missing from the Book of Air. The story is not so interesting either. You go through this adventure trying to save yourself but with very little fear of anyone attacking you or losing a loved one. The artwork is comparable to the other Chronicles. It is clear, colorful, detailed and full of imagination. The music is also good. The puzzles are not as challenging either but with 2 modes kids will be able to appreciate the Dream Chronicle play. It’s a little short for one of their games but it might keep the interest of new casual players since it’s easier than the prior games and you do not have to play the others to understand the story. Try it out and see what you think. This edition has a bonus chapter.

Features of Dream Chronicles: Book of Air Collector’s Edition:
-5 Chapters
-2 Modes: Casual and Challenge
-Help Lyra Return Home

-Rating: ★★★☆☆