Mac Games and More The Blog

This week’s picks are already up, so take a look if you have a minute here: mac games. Also, new mac software, icons and widgets are as follows:

HiTask Widget 1.0 – Access tasks in your HiTask account. HiTask is a free online task management system. You can manage tasks with drag-n-drop, share tasks and assign tasks to your team. It works in browser, iPhone, mobile phones.(Free)

ImageDealer 1.0 – Sample images from your folders or from iPhoto or Aperture. (Demo)

ExtChanger 1.0 – AppleScript application helps you change extensions of files simply by dropping them on the application and clicking a button. (Free)

Solar System Icons 1.0 – 3 solar system icons. (Free)

iHateRoutine 1.0 – Launches Safari, checks email when you boot your Mac, and more. (Free)

BBC iPlayer Widget 1.0 – BBC TV highlights from the popular catch-up service, UK users only. (Free)

NMBS Widget 1.0 - Look up national/international train itineraries in Europe. (Free)

TrashSize 1.0 – Empties your Trash when it goes over 1GB. (Free)

Confused 1.0 – A moving puzzle game. (Free)

Best Camera 1.0 – Scans your photo files to create useful statistical data. (Free)

Batman Icon Set 1.0 – Many Batman icons ranging from classic to modern with variations.

Veggies Icons 1.0 – veggie icons and a slab of tofu.

ScreenAudit 1.0 – shows a countdown until the next timed snapshot. The window flips from right to left as the snapshot is taken and the ScreenAudit icon in the dock displays the ‘Note’ graphic to let you know a snapshot has been taken.

Tickle 1.0 – A utility that regularly ‘calls’ home. It sends information back to a web server that could help identify your computer’s location if it’s stolen.

Pakoon 3 – Help the chicks escape the slaughterhouse.

BigTime 1.0 – Displays a large digital clock on your screen. (Free

Fun Card Maker 1.0 – Send personalized postcards right from your desktop. (Free)

Sleep Blaster 1.0.4 – Alarm clock that you yell at to turn it off. (Shareware)

Yatzy Twist 1.05 – yatzee game.

ViewCSVTAB 1.0 – Allows you to load a large CSV (Comma Separated) or TAB (Tab Delimited) file and view it to the screen and also search any of the columns for a particular word or value. Can be useful during data transfers.

Iris 1.0.8 – Do more cool stuff with your iSight. (Demo)

PowerTunes 1.0.1 – Create, organize, share multiple iTunes libraries. (Shareware)

Drive-in 1.0.0.89 – Store your DVD movie library on your Mac. (Demo)

SimpleDateCalc 1.0 – Countdown when your due date has expired and more. (Free)

LinkABoo 1.0.2 – Create hyperlinks that point to e-mail messages in Mail.app. (Shareware)

DesktoGgle 1.0 – Hide/show desktop files. (Free)

Diggnation Video Widget 1.0 – Watch the Diggnation Video podcast. (Free)

Tekzilla Video Widget 1.0 – Watch Tekzilla on your Dashboard. (Free)

Nagara 1.0.1 – Play slideshow of favorite photo sets including iPhoto album. (Shareware)

You deserved a day off so why don’t you play a game or more? This week’s game picks are here: mac games.

Below are new releases of mac software from the week:

BeFit 1.0 – Track your caloric intake in the everyday foods. (Demo)
BootChamp 1.0 – Quickly boot into Windows via Boot Camp. (Free)
Slimtool 1.0 – lowers the size of apps down by stripping those unneeded architectures.
NowPlaying Mac 1.0 – displays the current playing track (name/artist/duration/artwork) in the menu bar.
TickerMenu 1.0 – Makes it simple to keep an eye on current stock prices by displaying them in your OS X menubar.
NavigX 1.0 – Converts between Ordnance Survey Grid References and Latitude/Longitude coordinates.
PreferenceCleaner 1.0 – a utility which aims to simplify the task of deleting preference files. PreferenceCleaner allows you create and store batch lists of files to be deleted in the event that you need to remove the same files repeatedly.
Dock Changer 1.0 – toggles the 3D dock, so you can get rid of the 3D dock, and you can summon it back again.
Motype 1.0 – Text animation plug-in for Final Cut Pro/Express, Motion, and After Effects based on FxFactory. (Demo)
Circle 1.0.3 – Uniquely intuitive audio synthesizer. (Demo)
Lighthouse Keeper 1.0 – Brings the Lighthouse issue tracker to your Mac. (Shareware)
iClockr 1.0 – Simple and powerful time tracker. (Free)
Dictionnaire 1.1 – French dictionary widget. (Free)
Livestation 1.0 – Watch the world’s leading TV channels in the highest quality and for free, plus your favourite web channels, all in one player.
Archibald’s Adventures 1.0 – action puzzle game.
Formatted Text Control for REALbasic 1.0 – Canvas based control that implements word processor capabilities. (Demo)
Keep Your Word 1.0.1 – Helps you learn new languages. (Shareware)
BombDunk 1.0 – Minesweeper with the cross-checking logic of Sudoku.
moneyGuru 1.0 – Personal finance management application. (Shareware)
Salling Media Sync 1.0 – Synchronizes iTunes playlists, music, podcasts to some mobile devices. (Demo)
Sea Copter 1.0.1.24 – Use a helicopter to attack ships at sea. (Demo)

Have a good week!

Find this week’s picks here: mac games.

Find this week’s new mac software and more below:
Commenteer 1.0 – Batch file comments utility. (Demo)
Podcast Assistant 1.0 – Writes the hard part of of your podcast: XML code.
kingsend.eu 1.0 – send messages world wide with kingsend.eu sms sender.
Keep Your Word 1.0 – build your own dictionary, classifying and grouping the terms exactly how you want to, while helping you to learn the longest list of words thanks to its different exercise modes.
Reference Tracker 1.0 – tool for writers, researchers or students.
Snake and Fish Bone Folder Icons 1.0 – 84 folder icons to make horizontal or vertical animals in 6 different colours, you can have collections of folders making up the length of a snake or a fish, with different colours for different categories or just mix and match to make it look just how you like.
Imprint Studio 1.0 – Makes poster printing available for everyone.
DashPing 1.0 – Ping utility for your Dashboard. (Free)
Symmetries 1.0 – Create a wide range of shapes. (Shareware)
Metameter 1.0 – Widget to check latest movie ratings from the Metacritic database. (Free)
Vocab 1.0 – Helps you learn words in any European language and Latin. (Free)
Burn A Disc 1.0 – Allows the user to convert any folder to a CD with a single click.
Syrinx 1.0 – a customizable app supporting searching, bookmarking and configurable colors.
Liquid Defense 1.0 – game where you must eliminate all of the incoming water, gas and oil.
Funtastic Photos 1.0 – Photo editor with one-click styles and effects engine and more. (Demo)
Keyword Master 1.0 – Helps you to work with keywords for your photos. (Free)
MiTimeZones 1.0 - Displays time for many time zones and locations in a single window. (Demo)
Time Machine Buddy 1.0 – Widget organizes and displays Time Machine logs. (Free)
Fantasktik 1.0 – Taskbar app that displays open windows grouped by application. (Demo)
Oops! 1.0 – Board game of skill, cunning, and regret. (Free)
Nova 1.0 – set of 17 free, 3D icons in PNG, TIFF, ICNS, ICO and Mac folder formats.
Steelers 08-09 Schedule 1.0 – Pittsburgh Steelers 2008-2009 schedule.
Comic iPhone Icons 1.0 – 16 icons in comic style inspired in Apple’s iPhone icons.
Ultimate DVD Player 1.0 – Ultimate DVD Player will playback “DVD-Video” discs and will allow you to change the speed (50% – 150%) and pitch (+/- 2 semitones).
Pry System 1.0 – 195 system replacement icons with 4 folder types crafted in aluminum. (Free)
TickerMenu 1.0 – Keep an eye on current stock prices in your menubar. (Shareware)

Have a good week!

This week’s mac picks are up.

Here are some other new items released this week:

MyTree 1.0 – Build and store family trees and history. (Shareware)

Geek Logik Widget 1.0 – Use math to take the guesswork out of dating, career, finance, more. (Free)

Shion 1.0 – Remote control driver and software for the SmartHome PowerLinc USB. (Free)

iSgd Short URL Service 1.0 – Service menu item to shorten URLs using the iS.gd site. (Free)

ClickInstall 1.0 – makes it easy to create a professional Mac OS X software installer in minutes.

MovingPhotos3D 1.0 – Sends your photos flying around the screen to form various 3D constructions, such as a city block with buildings.

Trax OS Mac 1.0 – runs Safari 3 or Internet Explorer 7.

Webbla 1.0 – helps you in organizing your bookmarks visually.

MailFX Pro 1.0 – Notifier plugin for Mail replaces sound warning with animation. (Shareware)

Brokensea BBC Radio Script Template 1.0 – Format your Radio/Podcasting scripts in Apple Pages. (Free)

Tag Folders 1.0 – Organize and find your files with ease. (Free)

iKanji 1.0 – Kanji learning tool featuring flash cards and testing modules. (Shareware)

Silverback Usability Testing 1.0 – Usability testing app for website designers/builders. (Demo)

Sleep Blaster 1.0.1 - Alarm clock that you yell at to turn it off. (Shareware)

ChocloTask 1.0 - Task management app. (Free)

Shorten URL with Hurl 1.0 – Service menu item to shorten URLs using the Hurl site. (Free)

MailFX Pro 1.0 – Replaces the sound warning of Mail, by an evolved notification system, customizable, offering many features.

Flip Boom Classic 1.0 – A fun and creative tool designed to animate freely.

Number puzzle creation – number puzzles.

Find this week’s picks here: mac games.  Have a good week, everyone. ~cate
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Other than that, here are more just released software and games:

iPodRip 1.0 – Copy songs from iPod to Mac. (Shareware)

Tank Game 1.0 – Casual 3D shooter. (Free)

FishDog Slide 1.0 – Slide letter and number tiles to the correct order. (Free)

Korebasi 1.0 – Arcade puzzle maze game. (Free)

Calc Board 1.0 – Widget for your everyday math. (Free)

Headline 1.0 – Filter out contents by switching from Today, This Week, This Month, All, Unread or Favorites items.

Family’s To-Do-List 1.0 – Widget for families with one central Mac in the house. (Free)

Texcodet 1.0 – Create variable-height, text-based bar codes from FileMaker Pro data. (Demo)

Dictionary of Cancer Terms 1.0 – Cancer research terms in English and Spanish. (Free)

Weight Tracker Pro 1.0 – Tracks weight, sugar levels, diet, exercise. (Shareware)

iLinkPhone 1.0 – One click iPhone backup via USB. (Free)

Shutterz 1.0 – Create workspaces for your apps/files/folders. (Demo) – also Clean Your Mac 1.0 – Clean your system of caches, trash files, temp items, and log files. (Demo)

Mac Tricks And Tips Widget 1.0 – Latest tips, tricks and hacks from mactricksandtips.com. (Free)

Yuma 1.0 – a
development tool that enables BASIC programmers to write web software that
runs on any major server platform.

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Other new releases:

Speakapedia 1.0 – Listen to any Wikipedia article on your Mac, iPod, or iPhone.

Delicious 1.0 – Recipe book.

Noble Avatar 1.0 – Pick your personal avatar from over 15 trillion combinations.

Chronicle 1.0 – Keep track of things like bills, tasks, projects.

PhotoTiles 1.0 – Create a tiled image of many images.

Delish 1.0 – a del.icio.us client application for Mac OS X. See your posts as hi-res screenshots. Cover Flow, Quick Look, multitouch and bundle support.

Screensaver X-Galaxy 1.1 – Screensaver for Leopard.

SpotInside 1.0 – Takes Spotlight a step further.

SAPO Messenger Mac 1.0 – A free Jabber/XMPP client for the Mac.

Shiny Droplets 1.0 – A- bundle of small applications that integrate with the finder toolbar, providing a fast shortcut to your favourite text editor.

ExchangeRateCM 1.0 – A utility for easily converting text selections in any application that supports contextual menus from US Dollar to various other currencies and vice versa.

BurnToDisc 1.0 – simplifies the process of exporting your images and burning them to DVDs and CDs for sharing, archiving or off-site storage.

Japanese inn YORITSUKI icons 1.0 – 5 free icons that are associated with hot springs in Japan.

Cryo64 Exodo YQ2 1.0 – 3D icons for your Mac.

Luminous Blue Folder Icons 1.0 – Folder Icons

FunctionFlip 1.0 - controls your Macbook or Macbook Pro’s function keys, turning special keys back to regular F-keys, or vice-versa.

miniTimer 1.0 – Freevon-screen timer.

Copititolo 1.0 – a menu bar item which displays and copies the title of your browser’s front window to the clipboard.

IEEE Job Site Search 1.0 – Search for jobs posted by more than 4,000 leading corporation and organizations in fields ranging from ASIC design to weapons system development to transportation.

PowerTunes 1.0 – allows iTunes users to create multiple libraries, organize their music among multiple music folders, and share music and libraries between multiple users on a machine.

Twittery 1.0 – Twitter application with many functions.

Searcho Desktop Set 1.0 – desktop set that acts as a word search.

RingtoneStudio 1.0 – drag any movie or unprotected music file onto PocketMac RingtoneStudio and it does all the rest. It’s the first tool to allow you to easily create ringtones from practically any multimedia file — from QuickTime movies to unprotected music files of all types.

Tastiera Piano Widget 1.0 – lets you use your computer as a piano.

FishDog Jigsaw 1.0 – Jigsaw puzzles of 28 animal photos.

ConcertGoer 1.0 – Widget retrieves concert data from PollStar.

Circulator 1.0- Keeping track of borrowed items.

Fluid – A Mac OS X application creator.

Picks are here: mac games. Have fun!

Other new items:

Tubular 1.0 – a new way to experience Internet TV.

Resourcery 1.0 – access all of your resources for all of your projects from one integrated window.

Colendar 1.0 – produces colorful PDF calendars in many languages and currently two formats, DIN A4 & US Legal.

iLabel-it CD 1.0 – create and label your own CD/DVD with iLabel-It-CD. Personalize the title, contents and add the date and then output to a PDF template for printing.

AnotherPOS 1.0.4 – easy to use point of sale system for your Mac.

Pencil Check Pro 1.0 – This line testing software is the classic animators’ best friend, sitting next to the animation table for fast and accurate line tests. An easy to use must-have tool for students learning animation principles.

Source Editor 1.0 – Editor for developers. (Free)

4th Saturday of every odd month, except where holidays conflict.

Premier Event: Saturday, March 22, 2008.

Mac Day L.A.
CBS Studio Center — “Radford Studios”
4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City CA 91604
Website: Macdayla (for details and required RSVP)

Live-Rome is a Dashboard widget where you can choose from a list of 4 webcams, from the most famous spots in Rome: Saint Peter’s square, Palatin Hill and Saint Peter’s Dome. It’s also possible to see them all in rotation or in random order.

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Here’s one for Vencie, Italy too. Download the Venice widget now