Sims/ Simulation

Virtual Villagers 4 The Tree of Life

The highly anticipated 4th edition of Virtual Villagers is finally here, and we’re incredibly happy about it! If you’re familiar with the Virtual Villagers real-time sim game series, you’ll see that there are many new features in Virtual Villagers 4, not just the same story and game play shuffled around. The story takes place on the eastern shore of Isola and centers on a dying Banyan tree. First, select a tribe – for example, a group of children or nursing mothers or a variety of tribes people with a mix of skills (which determines your difficulty level), each group having its own set of strengths and weaknesses. Work on your tribe and get it to thrive and populate the island, find collectibles and uncover fantastic mysteries – then you can pursue the many hidden puzzles scattered around the island, and as you solve them the tree will begin to heal. If your tribe succeeds, and the Tree of Life regains its original power, you will then find out the secrets of the magical island of Isola. Remember that this Mac game is in real time, so your tribe will age and events still take place even when your Mac is turned off!

Play the previous Virtual Villagers games: Virtual Villagers 1, 2 & 3

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26
Feb 10

Fun Friday of Five Mac Games

^{Happy Friday, everyone! It’s a new week when Mac Games and More posts casual Mac games you might not have heard of that you can play into the weekend. Try them out and come back next Friday to find the new selection of Mac games!}

Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Persian Carpet – Step into the shoes of the most famous detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes, who has been called upon by Scotland Yard with an urgent request. With your trusted and loyal partner Watson, investigate an usual case involving a murder of a young artist, which left his dead body wrapped in a valuable but stolen Persian carpet. Start your puzzle adventure gaming at your residence, 221b Baker Street, London. There you’ll be able to perform forensic analyses on clues that you discover so you can can round up suspects. Use police reports, interrogations and witness statements to wrap up the case. Download it

Kakuro Epic – Kakuro Epic will be a wonderful match made in heaven for the gamers who love challenging Sudoku, math and crossword puzzles because it’s a combination of all those things. Players fill in all of the green boxes with correct numbers to pass the level. Simply insert a number into each cell so that the sum of the numbers in each row/column matches the clue sum associated with it (in the black cells). Pick from five different board sizes: 6×6, 7×7, 9×9, 12×12, 14×14; three levels of difficulty, and billions of unique puzzles. Download it

Delicious 2 Deluxe - Gamers who like to mix tasty food with their multitasking restaurant sim game play have come to the right place with Delicious 2 Deluxe. Play as restaurateur Emily (Remember her from Delicious Emily’s Taste of Fame?) who must come to the rescue of her uncle Antonio, who has recently gotten mixed up with the unsavory mafioso. To help his ailing business due to his irresponsible gambling debts, run a catering business as best as you can to earn as much as you can as fast as you can. Prepare and serve food and drinks to customers in a timely manner. If you take a little too long, the hungry people will become angry! Appease them with live music, flowers, clean tables – do whatever it takes to keep them happy. Happy customers will leave you bigger tips. Download it

More cooking games: Delicious Emily’s Taste of Fame, Kitchen Brigade, Cooking Academy 1, Cooking Academy 2, Hell’s Kitchen, Top Chef, Cooking Dash, Cooking Quest

She is a Shadow – This most recent hidden objects game adventure takes you through a gripping story with Hanna, an ex- “shadow.” Formerly called Hanna “The Shadow” Nickson, her moniker was well earned during her life of crime as a master thief. Her previous life as a shadow was not especially rewarding particularly after the traumatic murder of her husband. Follow her story as her son gets nabbed by the mob (her old employers), and used as bait to try to lure her back into her past shadowy life. Will she get her son back? Will she find out why her husband was murdered? Will she have to kick the mob’s butt? Play She is a Shadow to find out. Download it

Aloha Solitaire – Grab your flip flops and beachside Mai Tai with compulsory paper umbrella inserted; it’s time to head over to our nation’s 50th and most loved state to play Aloha Solitaire. As you island hop from Oahu to the Big Island and everywhere in between, play a combination of the popular solitaire cards with tile matching Mahjong games. Pair two cards with the same value to clear them from the board. Clear all cards to advance to the next level. The Jokers are wild card bonuses and can be used to pair with any value card. Use other bonuses as well: reshuffle, powerup and more to help with clearing the playing field. Enjoy more than 70 levels as you’re transported to the Aloha State to experience a backdrop of ocean waves, birds and all things Hawaiian. Download it

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25
Feb 10

Delicious 2 Deluxe

Gamers who like to mix tasty food with their multitasking restaurant sim game play have come to the right place with Delicious 2 Deluxe. Play as restaurateur Emily (Remember her from Delicious Emily’s Taste of Fame?) who must come to the rescue of her uncle Antonio, who has recently gotten mixed up with the unsavory mafioso. To help his ailing business due to his irresponsible gambling debts, run a catering business as best as you can to earn as much as you can as fast as you can. Prepare and serve food and drinks to customers in a timely manner. If you take a little too long, the hungry people will become angry! Appease them with live music, flowers, clean tables – do whatever it takes to keep them happy. Happy customers will leave you bigger tips.

More cooking games: Delicious Emily’s Taste of Fame, Kitchen Brigade, Cooking Academy 1, Cooking Academy 2, Hell’s Kitchen, Top Chef, Cooking Dash, Cooking Quest

More Epic Games: Sudoku Epic, Mahjong Epic

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24
Feb 10

Puzzle Quest

Puzzle Quest remains to be one of my favorite games because it manages to somehow marry an odd couple: a match three jewel game with a sim. Then, for good measure and years of happiness there’s some RPG thrown into the mix. Plus, there are endless amounts of side games, activities and conversations with elves and other mythical characters! Within a medieval setting it of course will ultimately involve an epic adventure of good versus evil. So, expect to become the hero (well, depending on how you will play) in this unique and unexpectedly refreshing hybrid of a game; Battle enemies, capture castles, recruit armies and fight with the ultimate goal of building an unstoppable empire that will prove your worth to the Warlords. Over 150 Challenging Quests.

More Epic Games: Sudoku Epic, Mahjong Epic

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19
Feb 10

Fun Friday of Five Mac Games

^{Happy, Happy Friday! Every Friday Mac Games and More posts casual Mac games you might not have heard of that you can play into the weekend. Try them out and come back each week to find the new selection of Mac games!}

Shutter Island – Taking place on an island off Massachusetts’s coast and involving an escaped schizophrenic patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, the suspense novel, Shutter Island (written by Dennis Lehane, the same author who penned Mystic River) turned feature film adaptation (a Martin Scorsese film to be released this month starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Kingsley) now turned Mac game, has made nearly all the rounds. You’ll be tagging along with US Marshals Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule as they set out to find a murderess name Rachel Solando. There’s a hurricane. It’s cold. It’s dark and it’s gruesome; the perfect equation to equal an entertainingly eerie experience! Shudder! While the game Shutter Island is probably one part of a marketing campaign to spread the buzz about the film, it has its own merits as a hidden objects game, filled with adventure quests and puzzles. Download it

Hidden Wonders of the Depths 2 – Hidden Wonders of The Depths 2 is the sequel to the popular Mac game, Hidden Wonder of the Depths, a game that blended mahjong, match 3 and hidden object game play. In this second installment, play through a variety of games as well: hidden objects, match three, slide and collapse puzzles and more. Your ultimate goal is to grant your little crab’s wish of exploring the seas and oceans of the world. During the main game play make matches of three or more by swapping icons, and clear a path so that your crab can approach a treasure and finish the level. Each level you complete brings him closer to his dream! Download it

Tourist Trap – The city of Kitschville has been through some hard times. Nearly all of the businesses in the area have been closed for a while now, and the city has dug itself into a huge hole of debt in the amount of $1,000,000. But! You’re now the mayor in charge of turning the place around. You’ll be responsible for working closely with the city council and listening to all of their ideas wacky and otherwise, with an ultimate goal of reinvigorating the Kitschville economy by making it the Number 1 tourist destination in the country. Download it

Sudoku Epic – Puzzle gamers might agree, I think, that Sudoku is the type of game you either love or hate. There doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. With Sudoku Epic you’ll be in sudoku heaven if you like games like these because it offers literally billions of puzzles! That is indeed EPIC, isn’t it? You won’t be getting bored any time soon here, but it if that does happen, you can change the board size, level of difficulty, enter the newspapers’ sudoku puzzles into the game, or simply design your own puzzles using the built-in editor. If you’re new to Sudoku, give it a whirl! You might find it challenging and fun. Basically, you’ll need to fill all blank squares on a 9×9 grid with the correct numbers. Each column and row must have numbers 1 though 9, with no repeats. Lastly, the nine 3×3 boxes that make up the grid must also contain numbers 1 through 9. If the game draws you in, say, in the first 20 minutes or so, you are probably a lover of sudoku. Otherwise, you might belong to the other category. Download it

The Return of Monte Cristo – The sequel to the popular hidden objects Mac game, The Count of Monte Cristo continues with our hero, Edmund, avenging the murder of his beloved fiancee, Mercedes. Returning to Paris he hires a private detective, and with your help, you’re to find the culprit. Look through seek and find scenes to pin down evidence and clues that will lead you closer and closer to solving the case and locating the killer. As you progress, the plot will thicken in this mystery based on Alexandre Dumas’ classic tale of love, betrayal, vengeance and hope. Download it

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16
Feb 10

Tradewinds Caravans

Tradewinds Caravans takes gamers on an extended voyage along the dangerous Silk Road, an ancient trading route stretching from China to the Mediterranean Sea with this simulation game combined with an RPG. Your travels include stopping by cities like Baghdad, Herat, Constantinople, Damascus, Kashgar, Bactra, and more. Take on the role of one of six different characters, each with his own unique personality and story. Play to accomplish quests for the town’s people, trade exotic goods and battle bandits along the way.

Read a Review of Tradewinds Caravans.

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8
Feb 10

The Flower Shop

Our friends over at Tycoon Games have released a new game, a unique blend of visual novels, dating and gardening sim games for your Mac. Take control of Steve, who has been shipped off to a farm as punishment because of his bad grades. He’ll spend a summer in Fairbook, working on the farm, making new friends and maintaining old relationships. Raise and sell crops, and work hard to keep the land well-watered and free of weeds and insects. Stop by the flower shop to buy seeds but choose wisely. Some plants take longer to mature, and some crops will get you a better return at the market. In addition to working on the farm, you’ll have to juggle your personal life within this mix. There are four girls you’ll hang out with. Maintain good relationships with them by giving them lots of attention and learning about their hopes and dreams. Impress them by improving your skills, but if you only focus on one thing, they won’t be interested. Build a strong enough friendship with one of them, and it might even bloom into romance.

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5
Feb 10

Fun Friday of Five Mac Games

^{Happy Friday, everyone! As usual, every Friday Mac Games and More posts casual games you might not have heard of that you can play into the weekend. Try them out and come back each week to find the new selection of Mac games!}

4 Elements- A once blissful land has been turned to blackness because the four powerful forces of nature (air, earth, fire and water) have become disrupted and unbalanced. You’ll need to locate 4 books of magic that only you can decipher by journeying through many levels of puzzles. Finding these 4 elements will unscramble the books’ secrets and will help return the land to its original state of being. Your only assistance comes from a forest fairy. 4 Elements is a twist on the gem match three genre and also offers different kinds of game play. Throughout your journey, you’ll also encounter spot the difference games as well as hidden object challenges. Download it

Ancient Hearts and Spades – Ancient Hearts and Spades takes two of the world’s most popular card games and gives them a surprisingly fresh new look right on your Mac’s desktop. These are two of the many games I grew up playing with my family but we used real cards; what a concept! Anyway, some of you, too, might remember why you spent hours and hours playing them. If you’ve never played Hearts or Spades, you can follow the very excellent, brief and to the point rules of the games. The games are easy to pick up and fun to play. Download it

Sweeney Todd - Short serial publications called Penny Dreadfuls were introduced in England during the 1800s. These fictional horror stories always embraced a macabre plot and each part of the story cost one penny. The String of Pearls: A Romance was one such penny dreadful, which is actually the original story that introduces Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. A brilliant musical, one of my favorites by Stephen Sondheim, as well as a movie were based on this penny dreadful. If you’re unfamiliar, Sweeney Todd’s a vengeful barber who kills his clients by giving them a REAL CLOSE shave, then gives their bodies to his girlfriend so she can make meat pies with them. Fun! Now, on to the game. Of course, the story offers much more depth than the basic plot I’ve just described and there are side stories happening simultaneously: people and items are missing and mysteries must be solved. You’ll have several adventure quests to solve, as well as puzzles and there are a good number of hidden objects challenges, where you’ll be scouring through gritty, grubby 19th century London. Lastly, there’s some singing in this game, but it has nothing to do with the original musical (I wish it did!). You can opt to skip ahead if you want to jump right into the game. Download it

Be Rich - How can you ignore a Mac game called Be Rich? I couldn’t. Pick up this sim game and work on various construction projects. Your success with building a number of things: cinemas, apartment buildings, mansions, chateaux, luxury stores, amusement parks and more – will be directly related to whether you will accomplish exactly what this game is called. In each town, you’ll have different challenges. While you take on construction jobs, you must also juggle buying, selling and upgrading other properties. Can you handle all that? Then, it’s time for you to Be Rich! If you enjoyed the Build a Lot series of Mac Games you’ll probably love Be Rich. Download it

Ancient Secrets – Hidden object adventure Mac gamers, you’ve hit pay dirt this week. Play Ancient Secrets and team up with Kate, an archaeologist in search of pieces of a mystical key, which reveal the ancient secrets of the Tekka, an advanced and enlightened civilization that existed before Roman times and even before anyone had discovered the Amazon. Solve puzzles, adventure quests and hidden objects challenges as you continue your quest for the key to ancient secrets . Download it

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3
Feb 10

Be Rich

How can you ignore a Mac game called Be Rich? I couldn’t. Pick up this sim game and work on various construction projects. Your success with building a number of things: cinemas, apartment buildings, mansions, chateaux, luxury stores, amusement parks and more – will be directly related to whether you will accomplish exactly what this game is called. In each town, you’ll have different challenges. While you take on construction jobs, you must also juggle buying, selling and upgrading other properties. Can you handle all that? Then, it’s time for you to Be Rich!

Games like this one: The Build a Lot series

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29
Jan 10

Fun Friday of Five Mac Games

^{Hello and Happy Friday! If you haven’t seen this before, every Friday Mac Games and More presents casual games you might not have heard of that you can play into the weekend. Try them out and come back each week to find the new selection of Mac games!}

Simplz Zoo – Similar to the captivating Fishdom game series, which combines either match three games or hidden object games with a sim, the perhaps even more addictive Simplz Zoo also takes inspiration from this formula but instead of building an aquarium here, gamers will build a zoo from scratch. The choices for your zoo masterpiece are enormous. First, play through match three puzzles swapping icons vertically, horizontally and diagonally – accumulating resources like food, building materials, decorations, money, manpower, pathways and more in order to construct a zoo that is as elaborate (or simple) as your imagination will allow. Your zoo starts out ranked as number 1000 out of 1000, so things can only get better from there as you strive to move up the ladder to become number 1. It takes playing through a lot of puzzles, planning strategically, caring for animals, saving endangered species and organizing and maintaining a zoo, and this will keep you busy for a long time, but I think you’ll love every minute of it. Download it

Boonka – Boonka is a clever, creative and rather kooky twist on sliding puzzle match Mac games, and it even has a fundamental environment message to boot. Your ultimate mission in Boonka is to rebuild a group of trees that have been chopped down by the evil Skours, portrayed as dark, menacing clouds. Unlike other match games that either swap tiles (like Bejeweled) or slide and line up tiles (like Chuzzle), gamers can move Boonkas in any direction individually but only horizontal matches can be made. Use the pixie jars to eliminate anything above them so Boonkas don’t stack up to the top. If that happens, the Skours win and you have to start over. If you successfully remove the Boonkas, the trees begin to grow back! Download it

Youda Legend The Golden Bird of Paradise – The Youda Legend continues following the huge and successful hidden objects Mac game, Curse of the Amsterdam Diamond. In this installment, you’ve taken a much needed vacation just after your action packed adventure in Amsterdam, but a visit to a fortune teller soon has you embarking on a new journey that will take you to faraway tropical islands. This leads you on an odyssey to ancient temples. Later, you will come across a long vanished tribal civilization and finally be able to reveal the unyielding mystery of the golden bird of paradise. Download it

Alice’s Teacup Madness – I think and hope Lewis Carroll would be flattered knowing that his whimsical and nonsensical literary tale was translated into a Mac game. Alice’s Tea Cup Madness follows the original story in that Alice has fallen down a rabbit hole, but diverges immediately from there. In order for Alice to exit the wacky world of wonder, she’s to work and earn her way out of there by serving tea and pastries to quirky and oftentimes picky characters. Download it

Pop-a-tronic – Pop-a-Tronic is an addictive bubble popping puzzle game for Mac. As bubbles fill the screen, pop them as fast as you can. Inhale bubbles and pick a new place to drop them. The bubbles are constantly approaching, so do your best to clear the board as fast as you can. There are four game modes to vary the game play: Puzzle, Marathon, Lock-Out or Self Destruct. The game might remind some gamers of Collapse but with more game modes, power ups, challenges and bonuses. Download it

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