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22Sep/110

Eco Match Review

Education is the name of the game in Eco Match a colorful and fun match 3 game. The planet is dying from air pollution, deforestation and more. This is not just a children’s game but a forecast for what is happening to our earth now and what it will become in the near future. Only you as the director for World S.A.F.E organization can restore the world to its once beautiful and pristine place for all species to live happily.

As the leader of this remarkable coalition you must travel world-wide to clean the air polluted atmosphere from industries, cars, and machines. In addition, you must reforest the devastated areas and return the balance back in the jungles. As you succeed in all these projects, you will, in turn, help save the endangered species. Also recycle factories are important to meet goals. You will take one step at a time in 7 continents with 15 levels each. After completing 10 missions, you can go on to another continent.

The levels consist of match 3 of the same items to clear. There are goals set for each level, and each level can be a match 3 like items to clear by one of the 3 methods: swap, drop or flood. At the upper right of the screen will let you know which of these 3 methods you will be playing. You must make matches over tiles or “eco zones” to finish the board. Coins collected can be used on the necessary projects. There is only a timed mode, but you can replay a level after unlocking it. You keep making matches until you fill all your goals at the right of the screen. Once these fill, you proceed to the next level.

There are useful power ups to assist you, and animals will help you on your missions. Jillian, your assistant, is there to guide and offer important data along the way.

Eco Match becomes an addictive match 3 play as you go along. The ecological information dispersed throughout the game is extremely important and useful for teachers, children and all beings who are into saving the planet. However, if you are a gamer wanting to play match 3 games, Eco Match will meet your needs. Some of the levels are easy, but some are a bit challenging and you may need those power ups. Have fun bringing back devastated forests and saving the endangered animals in an atmosphere of clean breathable oxygen.

Features of Eco Match:
-Over 100 Levels
-Swap, Drop and Flood Match Plays
-Power Ups
-Save the Animals

Rating: ★★★½☆

14Jul/110

The Amazing Brain Train Review

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When you think you have figured out the target audience for a game, it changes and gives you a completely different perspective. The Amazing Brain Train is one those Mac games. The title itself is a clever play on words. What first comes to mind is the children’s locomotive, operated by Professor Fizzwizzle (the very one in the platform game by the same name and many others), which moves the play along, and then you find it’s also training the brain with diverse and changing mind exercises.

The Amazing Brain Train has 15 different games, 3 modes of play and 32 trophies to unlock. The Quest mode fuels the train along on the board with your “brain power”. Test has 5 mini games, and Practice has 15 timed or untimed mini games. Each mini game will test your logic, memory, dexterity and patience.

Instructions are simple and given by animated, colorful characters. The first few levels are easy enough for young children to figure out, however don’t let it fool you, it quickly becomes more challenging and difficult to keep in the timeframe. Some of the mini games were the memorizing what is behind the barn door, untangling dogs on leashes, connecting the stars to form a constellation, and bringing animals to food without sliding off the board. Once you get comfortable in the games it makes a complete 90 degree turn and your time runs out or you forget what really was behind that door, but don’t get frustrated just keep going you will conquer the toughest of tests. If the timed tests are too much, just switch to the untimed games until you get the hang of things, and you’ll do a lot better later on.

The pros of this Mac game is that the Amazing Brain Train will test and push your limits of thinking. It has different kinds of mini games so you are not always doing the same kind of play each time. The cons may be you will feel silly playing a game with the beautifully done graphics of very cute, pre-school-like animals and characters. If you can get past the children’s artwork, Professor Fizzwizzle’s Amazing Brain Train is for those practicing and maintaining their mental wellness. It is great for all those brain fitness people who are looking for difficult mind games, other than crosswords or sudokus. Also it is for those who just like to play fun and educational games, but be ready to put your brain to work while traveling down the railroad of thinking.

Features of The Amazing Brain Train:
-15 different games
-3 modes of play
-32 trophies
-easy instructions
-fun and challenge for both children and adults
-educational
-amazing graphics

Rating: ★★★½☆ Puzzle

19Jun/11Off

Bob the Builder: Can Do Carnival Review


Bob the Builder: Can Do Carnival is an educational and fun Mac game for kids ages 2-5 years of age. It is full of cute characters and a variety of things to do at different levels to assure your child succeeds in having fun.

Bob and his friends see the carnival train go by their town without stopping, and instead of being sad, they decide to build a carnival of their own. Your child can play the game in the Story mode where he/she will follow Bob and his friends build a carnival for their small town. The Free Play mode you play the games without the cute story and the Sticker mode you can click on the sticker at the bottom of the screen and place it on different backgrounds for unique scenes your child creates.

In order to make the game playable for your child, you can choose the difficulty level from Easy, Medium to Hard. Of course, hard is for the 5 year olds and the Easy for the youngest of the group.

The first game is the planning stage of creating a carnival. The blueprints must be drawn for the rides. Bob will guide your tot on how to play this game. There are several different plans in different stages of development. The first plan you need to click on is the blank blueprint, next the base and then a piece on top of the base. It may be hard for some the kids to decipher but with a little help and encouragement from Bob, they will be able to accomplish this task. The next game is building. There are many different length logs and steel beams scattered on the ground. The child must pick out the matching color and the longest piece first, click on it, drag it to the table and click again to place. Then the next size and color bar must be placed on top until the smallest log is on top. Another game is to secure screws and bolts with the same color and proper tool. Another is to clean up the tool room by placing the same color tool to its correct box.

Addition games involve numbers and other skills your little tot can work on like finding the cat under which pile of objects and counting objects. In most of the games, two characteristics are in play like numbers plus colors. For example it will ask which pile has 6 yellow logs or 9 green plants.

Throughout the game Bob is very upbeat with his comments even when you make a mistake he’ll say things like “try a different tool”, “keep going”, “nice work” or “Oops, try again”.

The Sticker mode is a completely different and fun game where your child’s creativity will come out. He/she can go wild making their own scenes with all the fun characters like Scoop, Roley and Muck.

Bob the Builder: Can Do Carnival like the other Bob games are both educational and entertaining at the same time for young children. They can practice their numbers, colors and more with this fun puzzle game. Have your kids try the demo out and see the smiles on their faces.

Features of Bob the Builder: Can Do Carnival:
-3 Difficulty Levels
-Fun and Familiar Characters
-Entertaining Learning Experience

Rating: ★★★½☆