Lately, I've been spending a lot of time on a site called Human Age. The object of this game sounds fairly simple. You start off as a cave person, and work your way towards evolving. I'll write a more in-depth review of the game once I've been on the site a bit longer. For now though, I'm really enjoying the game. It doesn't take much time to play either, since you can accomplish all the daily tasks on the site in about five minutes or less each day. If you'd like to check it out, you'll find the game by clicking the banner below.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Fairy Godmother Tycoon
Fairy Godmother Tycoon is by far one of the most enjoyable tycoon-type games I've ever played, and, as an added bonus, it's a game with a wicked sense of humor. 
Gameplay takes place in the land of Onceuponia, where you become the assistant to...the Godmother. If you thought fairy godmothers were all about granting wishes and making dreams come true, think again. As the Godmother says, she only does that stuff for the good PR. In reality, it's all about profits.
Onceuponia may be a fairy tale land, but it's not a place I'd want to live. Villagers are routinely afflicted with curses that do everything from giving them a broken heart to setting them afire. That's where you come into the game. The Godmother is in the potions business, and it seems that others have been encroaching on her territory. Your job is to take over her shops one by one, and, in most cases, put the competition out of business. The different levels in this game consist of a series of villages with names like Shoe Haven and Three Piggyton.
Your game begins in the aptly named Tutorialville. As you're just learning the business, you won't have any competition here, and the Godmother's trusted assistant, Paulie Sugarplums, will be there to help show you the ropes. Each day the news report will give you the "curse forecast", giving you an idea of what kinds of potions the villagers will be buying. You'll use this information to determine your ingredients and the quantity you'll want to buy. Tutorialville is where you'll learn the basics about advertising, setting your prices, and hiring "goons" to help send customers your way. As you earn more "beans" (the currency of Onceuponia) and begin to show a profit, you'll be able to reinvest some of your earnings in upgrades for your shop, storage, employees, and performers to keep your customers entertained while they wait. And, since you are a fairy yourself and have magical powers, you'll also be able to purchase spells that allow you to do things such as read peasants' minds.
Along the way you'll encounter little side vignettes which will involve anything from giving building advice to the Three Little Pigs to solving a dispute between Little Miss Muffett and a biker named Spider.
Fairy Godmother Tycoon's sense of humor is what sets the game apart from others of its kind. It's one you'll want to keep playing just to see what they come up with next.
Gameplay takes place in the land of Onceuponia, where you become the assistant to...the Godmother. If you thought fairy godmothers were all about granting wishes and making dreams come true, think again. As the Godmother says, she only does that stuff for the good PR. In reality, it's all about profits.
Onceuponia may be a fairy tale land, but it's not a place I'd want to live. Villagers are routinely afflicted with curses that do everything from giving them a broken heart to setting them afire. That's where you come into the game. The Godmother is in the potions business, and it seems that others have been encroaching on her territory. Your job is to take over her shops one by one, and, in most cases, put the competition out of business. The different levels in this game consist of a series of villages with names like Shoe Haven and Three Piggyton.
Your game begins in the aptly named Tutorialville. As you're just learning the business, you won't have any competition here, and the Godmother's trusted assistant, Paulie Sugarplums, will be there to help show you the ropes. Each day the news report will give you the "curse forecast", giving you an idea of what kinds of potions the villagers will be buying. You'll use this information to determine your ingredients and the quantity you'll want to buy. Tutorialville is where you'll learn the basics about advertising, setting your prices, and hiring "goons" to help send customers your way. As you earn more "beans" (the currency of Onceuponia) and begin to show a profit, you'll be able to reinvest some of your earnings in upgrades for your shop, storage, employees, and performers to keep your customers entertained while they wait. And, since you are a fairy yourself and have magical powers, you'll also be able to purchase spells that allow you to do things such as read peasants' minds.
Along the way you'll encounter little side vignettes which will involve anything from giving building advice to the Three Little Pigs to solving a dispute between Little Miss Muffett and a biker named Spider.
Fairy Godmother Tycoon's sense of humor is what sets the game apart from others of its kind. It's one you'll want to keep playing just to see what they come up with next.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Nanny Mania
I've been waiting two weeks for the release of this game, and it's finally here! In Nanny Mania, you are the new nanny for the mayor's family, and it's your job to keep on top of household chores.
When the game begins, you cook and clean for the mayor, his wife, and their newborn baby girl. When a task needs doing, an item will become highlighted (you'll see a yellow outline around it). To perform the task, you click on the item. Sound pretty easy? It is for the first few rounds. As the game progresses, however, things get more difficult. The baby becomes a toddler who is capable of creating even more messes and undoing cleanup you've already done. Dad decides to go golfing and tracks mud into the house. Mom decides to take a relaxing bath, leaving you to clean the bathtub. As in real life, the family grows and the children get older. Soon, you find that you're caring for a toddler and a newborn while still performing the usual household duties. Eventually, with the progression of the game through higher and higher levels, you'll be taking care of Mom, Dad, and their four children.
The trick to this game is to find a strategy for staying on top of all the chores and getting them done before a member of the family creates a new mess. Personally, I like to start by gathering all the laundry first so it can be washing and drying while I perform other tasks. You just have to find something that works for you and get into the routine of it.
Nanny Mania is a hugely addictive simulation/strategy game with a good replayability factor. No two rounds are ever exactly the same, and it's fun to see if you can finish all your chores within the "perfect" time limit. I played a beta test version of this game two weeks before its release date, and I could hardly wait for the full version to be released. Well, now it's here, and it was definitely worth the wait! Who would have ever thought that housework could be this much fun?
Let's Try This Again...
When I created this blog, I had all sort of things in mind for it, but somehow it kind of fell by the wayside. I was waiting for a couple of my favorite gaming sites to add features that I would be able to use along with my site. It took them a little longer than I thought it would, and, with the way life moves on, this took a backseat to other things. I never forgot about it though. It's been there in the back of my mind with the label "someday" on it. Well, I decided that today should finally be that "someday".
I hope you'll enjoy reading it, and I hope you'll find interesting information here. I hope you'll visit often. See you soon!
I hope you'll enjoy reading it, and I hope you'll find interesting information here. I hope you'll visit often. See you soon!
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