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25Apr/110

Smashing Tennis Review

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Hit the grass courts and fire off an ace in a high speed match of Smashing Tennis. The game is clear: win sets to win matches. Now all you have to do put your own skills to the test and see if tennis is indeed your sport of choice. The key to this sports game in particular is skill.

Smashing Tennis requires skills with the use of two hands on different keys of the computer. If a gamer fails to play well on their first try and decides to just give up and complain about it on other people's blogs, then they missed the whole concept of Smashing Tennis in the first place. Smashing Tennis is not supposed to be mastered when someone presses start, it evokes a determination to evolve in skill level as players and tournaments are conquered one by one. To rise to the top of the International Tennis Association, it takes a lot more than scrolling and clicking a mouse.

Tennis is personally not my favorite sport. However arcade games of tennis  are always amusing and tons of fun. Smashing Tennis in particular is pretty entertaining as it reminds me of a 2D version of Mario Tennis. Overall I would give Smashing Tennis a 4 out of 5 stars.

Rating: ★★★★☆

18Apr/110

Youda Fairy Review


Even 1000 year old forest wizards need a break now and then. This is the case in Mac arcade game Youda Fairy where the wizard protecting the people in the village is ready for a vacation of sorts. You are to train as his assistant learning to cast spells, create fairies and such to ward off the evil witch and her henchmen.

The main play is situated in a marshy, wet pond where you need to catch fireflies to make fairies. Never knew that’s the way you create fairies. You click on the lily pad with the same color flower as the fireflies and click on the bug to catch them. The flower will shoot out and gobble up the firefly. Stay away from the spikey firefly or it will decommission your lily flower for a while. So you have a blue lily flower on a pad and that flower will catch only blue fireflies. Pretty straightforward, right? Well, as in all time management type of game, it gets crazy or at least, frustrating in higher levels. Different colors will start popping up in later levels and you have to alternate colors to catch your insects. After the pad has its fill, you click on the pad to release the like color fairy. You click on the fairy and drag her to the like color lantern down at the bottom of the screen. Make sure you click on the gecko and frogs to shoo them away. The frog will incapacitate your flower and the gecko will eat your fireflies. There are more natural barriers as you go higher in the levels. Fortunately, you have helps like the sneeze spell to create more fireflies, spiders when dragged will collect all the same color fireflies in one scoop and a shield for your lily pad to ward off the pests.

Once you meet your goals (# of fairies in each color), you go to village to protect the town’s people from the destructive witch. The villagers will let you know when they need a fairy of a certain color to help them. Each time a heart of the fairy color pops up above a home, you need to click on the lantern with the same color fairies and then click again on the home before the hearts disappear. In addition to being fast on your feet, you have to deal with the nasty bad guys (witches, goblins and trolls). This part of the game reminded me of the Mac sim time management game Sushi to Go Express.

Although the game sounds easy, it is not; especially when you get up in the higher levels. I found it frustrating when you did not have a sneeze spell to create more fireflies to meet your goals. I found sometimes I was waiting around for the bugs. The pests though distracting helped move the play along. Another distraction to the main play is the building of the village with your earned points you can buy a cottage, bridge and many more sections after unlocking the upgrades.

As always, Youda developed a beautifully drawn game with deep, rich colors, but the play, although original, missed the mark for me. I would rather play Peggle without much of a story line than catch fireflies. I guess I was expecting more action than time management play. It wasn’t for me but you may enjoy this type of game. I give it a 3.0 for great artwork and originality.

Features of Youda Fairy:
-Original Play
-Help the Villagers
-Create Fairies
-Challenging Levels

Rating: ★★★☆☆

15Apr/110

Warblade Review

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Fly away in the fast paced life of space and aliens in the intense shooter Warblades. Closely related to old arcade scrolling shooters, waves of enemies flow down the screen firing at your ship as you duck and fire while moving left and right. As levels progress, more enemies with more firearms along with more power-ups appear. Warblade takes Space Invaders also a little farther by giving the spaceship the ability to upgrade with money earned from certain dead enemies.

Warblade is a quality game with a lot of replay value. The high score system and fact that players can set high scores with only three lives makes the craving of the game all the better. Two-player mode also makes the player feel they are back in the arcade mashing buttons with their buddy all those years ago. Warblade takes a traditional style of games and does not go off so far as to ruining it.

Personally I would give Warblade a 4.5 out of 5 stars due to appreciation of similar games and the fact that it was down right fun. Warblade is a pure arcade game that deserves praise and status as a competitor for all the past scrolling shooters that have come and gone in the video game world.

Features of Warblade:
-100 Levels
-Uncover Secrets and Bonus Games
-Use Strategy
-Beat the Bosses

Rating: ★★★★½

5Apr/11Off

Chicken Invaders 4: Ultimate Omelette Review


“Episode IV, greatest adventure yet to come” is the claim in this 4th edition of the fantastic series of Chicken Invaders. Chicken Invaders 4: Ultimate Omelette continues the fight against the alien chickens in outer space with addition enemies and bosses threatening everyone in the galaxy and beyond. This time you will have help from Hen Solo.

Hen Solo comes to you and warns of a grave danger coming from a distant galaxy far, far away. After traveling warp speed through a black hole you view the deadly Egg Cannon. It’s in the testing stages now, but will soon be ready to engulf earth and every planet that gets in its way. Before you can escape unnoticed some of the new up and coming recruits spot you and attack. You must fight these chicks the same way you took out their older relatives one chick at a time.

Move your ship all around the screen unless specifically given a safety zone, and if so, stay in that zone to avoid any mishaps like losing your life. Move away from the bosses to evade their powerful weapons. The play is the same as all the other Invader games that came before this one but with added bonuses and more fun. Is that possible? Yes, it is still challenging and more fun with more weapons, chickens and bosses. In addition, Hen Solo will shadow you and help you fight the chickens. You will get parts for your tiny ship to enhance its power, but don’t be fooled because the more power-ups you get the stronger the chickens become especially the boss levels. The robotic crab ship shoots out chicks and chickens alike and is difficult to beat. Keep at it and defeat the manic looking crustacean airship with its many arms.

Chicken Invaders 4 is just as humorous as the other games with more gift wrapped weapons and waves of chickens to fight. Laugh your way through the many levels picking off the enemy. Win your many medals, points and unlock secret weapons for more entertainment in this fast and furious shooting Mac game. The chicken series is one great play. Any one of the games is a good thing so try them all for an exciting arcade shooting game with great graphics and sounds.

Features of Chicken Invaders 4: Ultimate Omelette:
-Go Beyond the Milky Way
-Egg Cannon
-Unlockables

Rating: ★★★½☆

2Apr/11Off

Super Granny 5 Review


This is a story about the weird cat lady who lives down the street. Granny is sitting around relaxing in her backyard with all her cats she rescued from unspeakable hardships; I’m guessing. She is wondering what happened to Twinkletoes when Twinkletoes or aka evil Mr. Meow appears at the front doorsteps. Mr. Meow has been working in the basement laboratory he created to somehow get rid of Granny and the other cats. He’s a great inventor because he made a machine to zap poor Granny and her cats into small creatures.

The play is an old fashion 2D arcade platform game. The object of each level is for Granny to rescue all her cats on different level platforms. In order to reach her felines she must climb ladders or vines to get to them. You grow vines by collecting the water canister and water the small green plants to grow into tall vines. You move Granny with your arrow keys to go up and down and right and left. You begin with very easy levels where you can sit back and study logically how you will move Granny to reach every one of the cats and the items to collect for more points.

Easy, right? Well, add in crazy mad vegetables, spiders, ants, centipedes, bees, slugs, and water drops. Some of the baddies will move back and forth in one place but others will chase Granny down. What’s a Granny to do? Fight back that’s what! She will dig holes to trap the bad guys and walk all over them. In additions, she’ll use jackhammers, blowtorches, bombs, umbrellas, fans, baseball bats and the ever ready purse. There also will be floating leaves that can be used to reach other areas.

So what is that diabolical Mr. Meow up to? Help Granny rescue all the cats and get back to her normal size. This game is full of things to watch out for and accomplish. And, it must be done quickly and logically. The cute artwork is adorable and perfect for kids, but some of the levels can be more than challenging for young fingers and casual players. At least you have 5 lives to complete your level, but lose all 5 lives and go back to the beginning. Keep at it and bring Granny and her precious cats back.

Features of Super Granny 5:

-Over 100 Levels
-Win Trophies
-Go Back and Redo Levels

Rating: ★★★☆☆