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This new game for Mac reminds me a bit of Cooking Mama for Wii. Yay!

Cooking Academy is a fun game that places you in the working kitchens of a prestigious culinary school. From Pancakes to Cordon Bleu, prepare over 50 different recipes and learn interesting trivia about food while mastering the skills of chopping, mashing, flipping, frying, and more. Unlock new recipes and trophies by passing your cooking courses and exams.

Buy it now or Download the free demo to test it.
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Spell Jam

If word games are your thing, you will have a blast with Spell Jam. A fun and family-friendly game, you and your family and friends will compete for hours to obtain the Spelling Bee championships.

Buy it now or Download the free demo to try it first.

It slices! It dices! It slashes your arm in a single bound! Look! On your desk! It’s Macbook Air!

From engadget

Sorry I didn’t alert you last week. I was on vacation and didn’t have much time or internet access. Anyway, this week is ALL games of various sorts – so you’re sure to find something you like. Here are this week’s picks: mac games. Have fun!

For those of you celebrating Memorial Day, have a big, juicy cheese burger for me.

Lastly, here are some mac game and software items that didn’t fit on the list:

Aria 1.0 – use Aria for internal projects and customer relations (Ie. bug tracking, sales, and support)

Cast off calculator 1.0 – Calculates chapter layout for books and other publications, based on number of words and pictures per page together with fixed number pages.

Loan Calculator 1.0 – Allows you to determine monthly payment for loan and look at the loan schedule.

Fisheye-Hemi 1.0.1 – Plug-in filters which provide correction for hemispheric fisheye lens distortion. Fisheye-Hemi provides a more normal view of people by not distorting their faces and bodies, as it straightens vertical lines.

2008 Moon Void of Course Calendar 1.0 – During Moon void of course, contracts, promises or new laws bring on difficulties, and purchases prove to be unsatisfactory, among other negative things. Know when to make important decisions.

Changes I Ching Software 1.0 – Bring the wisdom and insight of this ancient oracle into focus in a way that’s entirely accessible and straightforward.

Espy 1.0 – Quickly access the information you need or browse through your contacts’ pictures in the unique SnapFind interface. Espy is intuitive and easy-to-use, featuring a clean, informative look and drag and drop photo assignment.

Yes! Part of 3 of this real-time strategy sim for Mac has been released! If you remember Virtual Villagers 1, A New Home and Virtual Villagers 2, The Lost Children, you’re stranded on a deserted island called Isola in the middle of the Pacific. Like the characters on the series, “Lost,” you make the best out of the situation and try to survive. When things start to settle down, two islanders wander off and find a hidden cave filled with children! The Secret City takes you on a new journey with a group of villagers. You will land on the hidden shores of the northern side of Isola and explore what was once a secret city. Who lived here before and where are they now? What is THE secret of this mysterious city?

A note: The weather is in real time, and the people in the village continue to grow and age, and events take place even when your Mac is off. So, you will probably be surprised each time you turn on your Mac to play it.

Buy it now or click below to download a free demo.

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Here’s another new excellent game that I wanted to mention this week.

Supernova 2

Supernova 2 is a space/war is a sci-fi strategy game featuring the macromanagement of your space empire, and a classical turn-based war game when a fight occurs. You’ll have to carefully manage your resources, balancing several aspects like researching new technologies, training better troops, raising the people’s loyalty in your empire, and building the ultimate fleet to conquer the galaxy. Buy it now or click below to download a demo of it to try out.

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Got this week in a little bit early. I hope you enjoy them here: mac games. BTW, Happy Mother’s Day!!

The other new items that didn’t fit on the mac picks page are:

Times 1.0.2 – news reader for Leopard.

CopyPaste Pro 1.0 – Multiple clip utility.

Bezipped 1.0 – A file compression and archive utility freeware.

Moody 1.0.2 – Plays a mood instead of an album or a genre. Shuffles better in iTunes.

pngweasel 1.0 – Convertis an image to the PNG image format and makes parts of the image’s background transparent. Freeware. See also gifweasel.

m.o.t.e.s. 1.0 – a fun way to kill some time.

WeatherSnitch 1.2.2 – Displays weather information in your menubar. Freeware.

Macnification 1.0 – Enables scientists to organize, find, annotate, analyze, adjust, compare and publish microscopic images.

Viveza 1.0 – Control light and color in photographic images.

Lingo 1.0.1 – A word game where you have to use your vocabulary and deduction skills.

Leech 1.0 – Queue, pause and resume downloads, download from password-protected servers and store your passwords in your system-wide, secure keychain. And you won’t have to worry about downloads that were disrupted by a crashing browser ever again.

Saturn Fighter Wing – Red Zone 1.0 – “Red Zone” is the code name for the Saturn Test and Training Range (STTR). You are required to collect all green and red gems in the area avoiding missiles, bullets and mines.

Travel Tips for Globetrotting Geeks – Guide to mastering the art of high tech travel.

Gamers who love hidden objects games (seek and find games) will love The Scruffs for Mac. It’s an extremely well done game with beautiful graphics but it’s also injected with fun, witty banter that will make you laugh. Interspersed between your object finding missions, you’ll find fun mini-games.

Here’s the story: The Scruffs are depending on you to save their family home from being sold. Grandpa Scruff has a solution: a scavenger hunt to recover his valuable artifacts. But in a surprising twist, Grandpa Scruff reveals that he’s been hiding something else – a shocking family secret. Help the Scruffs uncover the secret that will change their lives forever by finding lost items and putting together the clues they need. Buy it now or click below to download it.

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From mactipsandtricks:

“1) Only use the battery as needed. For example the less you use the battery the long it will last. Instead of using the battery only a little and then recharging keep it plugged in.

2) Drain the battery down. Although it is not as need as much, it has shown (on my battery) that by draining the battery down and then doing a recharge it seems to make the battery last as long as possible.

3) Keep your battery cool. Batteries are designed to run at around 15 degrees Celsius. So if you keep your battery really hot, for example using it outside all day, or two cold (inside a fridge). By keeping your battery at a good temperature you may keep the charge longer and more healthy.

4) Calibrate your battery. It keeps it up to date with the maximum and minimum battery capacity and helps you computer work out how to use its charge more effectively.

5) Keep firmware the latest. Download the latest firmwares and it will help. Although you may not see an immediate difference. It will help you keep it in tip top shape.

Finally buy a new battery. If you battery has really died, and has become a lump of metal it might be time to buy a new battery. Until we develop a battery that always keeps its charge you may have to keep replacing them every 18months.”

Read about it at Macworld here.

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The picks are up right now and all are games except for one book recommendation. Check it out here: mac games

There were lots of new releases, so here are some that didn’t fit in the week’s picks:

Fossi 1.0 – Send your documents straight from your print dialog.

MovingPhotos 1.0 – A screen saver that sends your photos flying around the screen.

Coccinella 0.96.8 – A freeware chat client with a built-in whiteboard for improved collaboration with other people.

Cents 1.0 – A menubar app that will help you keep track of your little spendings and show you how much you’ve spent.

CreatureCutes Icons 1.0 – 12 freeware icons of funny creatures.

Mysteryville 1.0 – Solve a town’s mystery.

Syncman 1.0 – Synchronizes your Mac’s built-in Address Book with your Gmail contacts.

How to Touch Up Your Pics – Tips to get you to tweak your pics so they look great.

Very cute purse, isn’t it? Well. It only holds ONE apple. So, it’s not really a purse but an apple case with a knife. I like the design but it’s too small! Could Apple make a case as cute as Hermès’ apple purse?