If you been following the addictive Luxor series with Luxor and Luxor 2 you might know, then, that what ensues in this story will involve a battle for eternal afterlife. In Luxor 3 you are called upon to use your match-three skills in order to release the essences of the most powerful Egyptian gods of all time. You will also be called upon to fight against the power hungry god of Chaos. Remember Seth? Yes, the growing discontent of Seth, is a force to be reckoned with. Free the spirits of other Egyptian gods by stopping the line of approaching spheres before they reach the pyramid at the end of the path or all could be lost…forever! There are seven unique game modes and many unlockable power-ups, ball sets and shooters.

Delve deep into the Big Blue to help a beautiful mermaid win the Royal Garden Design Competition in the Underwater Kingdom. Solve myriads of puzzles, create a most marvelous sea garden and work your way up to crush your fellow competitors in order to win the competition. Click and clear your way through more than 200 levels filled with unexpected bonuses and power-ups in wonderful and animated underwater locations. Similar games: Fishdom, Azkend, Big Kahuna Reef, Bejeweled 2 Deluxe, Rainbow Mystery

This game has to be one of the few RPG games that takes sim game elements, so much so that we’d almost categorize it as a sim but because there are quests to achieve, an inventory of collected items, level ups, and strategies connected with RPGs, it would only be fair to say it’s much more of an RPG incorporating sim game play. In any case, it’s a fun diversion from every day life. What happens, is you and your hot air balloon break down in a mysterious place and your main goal is to get it fixed so you return to the sky, up, up and on your merry way. Meet the towns quirky characters and remember their personalities, likes and dislikes. Do them favors and gain more confidence from the locals. Your success will be a way to gain access to your ride home. Train one or many cute pets that will help you on your mini missions and to advance closer to your goal. Consider Wandering Willows a cross between The Legend of Zelda, Nintendogs and Virtual Villagers or The Sims.

The flower industry was just one shop short until you step it up with Meg. Break away from the Big City to discover that life is much more vibrant away from the city. Discover the green thumb in you and grow brilliant flowers of all colors in the rainbow. Always consider improving all aspects of your business so upgrade your store, supplies and equipment and sell the most spectacular blossoms you can grow. The more you sell the more your store will bloom into a bouquet of success. This time management game for Mac is a beautiful way to learn about the bright side of horticulture, and to see if you want to delve into the magical world of flowers. Read a review of Flower Shop Big City Break.

The game developers who made the popular and addictive Virtual Villagers…are baaaack. If you like sim games you will love Virtual Families, a game for Mac that runs in true-real time. First adopt a person but understand their needs so you can move on from there. Then take him/her on the adventure of a lifetime. Will he meet the love of his life and start a family? Hang out with him and get him to live the life you’ve always wanted to live yourself. Like real life, your Virtual family’s lives will go on, no matter what, even when you’ve turned off your Mac. You will be anxious to get back to your desktop to see what has happened!

Avernum 5 is an RPG adventure game, very similar to Kivi’s Underworld without the fast paced myriads of attacking zombies in random battles. It has an intense story line, over 50 spells, many unusual encounters with foes and villains. The play to kill the enemies is to click on the bad guys and the movements can be fast and easily handled even for a casual gamer looking to getting into RPG games, as well as more experienced PRG adventure gamers who will grab onto the battle disciplines and rpg experience. Explore more RPG games for mac when you’re finished with Avernum 5.

In a world in dire need of improving heath and wellness, prepare yourself because here comes a new game for Mac, Wendy’s Wellness – just in time to get everyone in shape. Help Wendy build and manage the spa of her dreams so that her customers can work out and find the balance and therapies their bodies so desperately need. Upgrade workout machines and oversee clients` workout routines. Step it up as their trainer and unlock special mini-games, involving Balance, Response Time, Memory and much more. Can’t get enough? Play more time management games for mac.

With the weather heating up like it has been, what is best to combat the blazing sun and temperatures other than with everyone’s favorite: ice cream? Nothing. So let’s get back to this game, shall we? Help Anna become an ice cream tycoon with grandpa’s wisdom on her side and a beat up, old ice cream truck. Can Anna beat the odds in the ice cream industry? Can she cash in? Will she upgrade her truck? Will there be a Tycoon Takeover? The path of her success is directly related to the power of your actions. Later on, please try out these other tycoon games.

Armed with an endless arsenal of dangerous weapons: snowballs, happy-go-lucky Snowy is taking the snowball effect up a notch by turning evil monsters into large balls of snow and ice. He’ll need to throw snowballs at his enemies until they are completely covered in snow, then roll them so they do no further harm. Help him collect as many prizes as he can along the way in this arcade inspired action game, so he can rejoin his family back in the Arctic. Gamers who loved Gold Miner Joe, Dirk Dashing, Archibald’s Adventures and Supercow will probably like playing Snowy the Bear.

The settlement at Hope River has been demolished by an evil varmint, the Mad Russian, a villain who is determined to take down the town. Residents are hitting the trail and getting out of Dodge. Yes sir, they are fleeing the place for safer territories. Your job is to steer the fortunes of three different pioneers as best as you can, as they establish a new outpost in the Wild West. Will you be able to uncover the Mad Russian’s base of operations? Wrangle resources, prevail against natural disasters and chart out new territory as you guide your settlers to safety and success. Gamers who loved Be a King, Build a Lot, Build a Lot 2, Build a Lot 3 and Virtual Villagers will probably really like Westward II Heroes of the Frontier.

The Aztec Gods are known to require sacrifices for their sustenance, and you humans just haven’t been feeding them enough – so now they are hungry…and angry! Their wrath is taking a toll on the world, chaos is spreading and something has to be done. Coyote is there to tell you the tale and to guide you through treacherous battles. You’ll be up against 15 Aztec Gods, and you must collect ancient artifacts, which will help stop the pandemonium. Your successful battles and findings through this seek and find game (hidden objects game) will help restore the world back to its peaceful state. Play similar hidden object games: Laura Jones and the Gates of Good and Evil, 4 Elements and The Nightshift Legacy: the Jaguar’s Eye.

You have become a King and also part of the Kings Architectural Society, a modern twist on multitasking royalty. With so much to do such as building villages and communities and keeping your people well and happy and content with their ruler, you will be a busy little King bee. Build and grow the beautiful floating kingdoms and watch your realms thrive. Other similar games: Be a King, Build a Lot.

The County Fair is as huge and magnificent of a carnival as you can muster. You see, you have become in charge of creating the most amazing, popular and crowd-drawing fair, so plan well and you will be well on your way to success. Do you want to have scary, undulating roller coasters? Or are you planning on merry-go-rounds for little tykes and mellow riders? Will there be lots of animals? How many different kinds of stands will you allow? Your planning is vital to the success of your business so grab a cotton candy and funnel cake for some extra energy and get going on this entertaining sim for mac. Gamers who liked Build a Lot, Build a Lot 2 and Build a Lot 3, will really like County Fair.

This retro Japanese brain teaser will be appreciated by those whose love tiny and cute mind puzzles, so reminiscent of Japanese games from long ago. In Bunny Bunny, an adorable bunny needs to push a block of ice onto brown tiles which releases the monkey. In turn, the monkey then pushes the ice block to a pink tile. You will need to change the tiles to blue to finish the level. This adorable game starts out innocently easy but then later gets really grittingly challenging, perfect for working out that gray muscle matter.

This unique platformer is for little kids looking for an adventure to save the lovely princess in Notebook City from the evil Scribble King. His terrible writing resembling chicken scratch, and his malicious princess napping is inexcusable! Your mission is to collect all of the golden coins, which will then open the magical door leading you closer to saving the princess. A magical elf will talk to your child, giving him/her helpful hints all along the way so your little one will succeed on his mission, and save the day. *NOTE: The download is a “.sit” file for older Macs only!!

You guessed right! Jill, from Cake Mania, is back for a sweet, new adventure. Here, she will take on six bakery locations, serving up more yummy and original creations. How will her story unwind in this sequel? Will she fall in love? Become famous? Get rich? In Cake Mania 2, you will have to select which path Jill takes. Each decision leads to new baking trials, tribulations and successes. You will not get bored with the 204 levels of baking and frosting frenzy, six different possible endings, 50 kitchen upgrades and an intricate storyline. And for more games with a culinary twist, play Hell’s Kitchen, Top Chef, Cooking Academy and Cooking Dash.

Swap is a matching gem game from a few years ago, but it’s one of our absolute favorites because it never gets old and manages to keep you entertained for a long, long time. We see it as a more relaxing game, much like the game of solitaire – rather than a frenetic, nerve wracking challenge. While the matching is not difficult it’s simply enjoyable to spend a few minutes or longer playing. Do try out the different difficulty modes because the one called, “crazy” is just that: crazy. It’s hard to explain but just give it a go and see how you like it. While you’re at it, customize your own gems or choose between many different looks and backgrounds. Or do you think you’re more of a Jewel Quest gamer?

Marble popping gamers, you have hit pay dirt because Inca Quest will take you and Arthur on a rescue mission deep in the lush, verdant jungles of Peru but you’ll need to pop a lot of marbles to get there. You’re going to South American because you are on a mission to save Arthur’s daughter from a mad and possibly dangerous shaman. To reach her and bring her to safety, you embark on a puzzle popping journey through 100 puzzles, 10 temples of adventure and six floors of the shaman’s survival trial. This one’s not to be missed. Do you have a different kind of bubble popping madness in mind? Try three of our favorite games, Sparkle, Sweetopia and Zuma.

Made for the very young kid gamers out there, the adorably cute Ignazio The Frog is just waiting to enchant each player coming for a visit. Ignazio is a curious little frog. In this froggy Pacman game, he strives and strives to discover 25 beautiful images of flowers and cute animals. On his adventure he determinedly trys to avoid the imminent dangers ahead like boulders and yellow stars. If he is successful, after he walks all over the map, he will happily reveal pieces of an image that will delight the players of the game once the image is completely uncovered. Ignazio is easy to play for small children with their parents, and there’s a convenient in-game help if necessary. Later, if you and your kids want more fun games, try Lua Lua.

In this combination RPG, Adventure and Hack n Slash game, DROD, you will venture deep into King Dugan’s dungeon, solving puzzles and fighting monsters. DROD is packed with hundreds of rooms, monsters, obstacles, and other elements. You will have to solve 350 rooms, which will challenge your brain muscle and you will learn what happens next in the story, which is full of surprising twists, turns, events and characters. This most stand out game will be one of your all time favorites and you’ll be able to play it for a very, very long time – which is the best when you really get into a game. With DROD, it will take you some time to finish but consider that a good thing. Need more RPG games?

The competition is sizzling and is heating up the kitchen. In Top Chef, become a contestant to compete against several talented chefs. Have your meals and dishes judged by the ever popular Host, Padma Lakshmi and Judge Tom Colicchio. Keep organized, be familiar with your flavors and pick the perfect ingredients that work impeccably with the challenge at hand. It’s up to you to create a culinary chef d’oeuvre. Slice and cook your way through Quickfire and Elimination Challenges, sautee your way to the top of the Top Chef Food Chain. Looking for more star chefs? Try out a culinary bootcamp with Gordon Ramsey in Hell’s Kitchen.

A record breaking heat wave scorches the city, so the local DQ hires Emily to help out with the increasing number of residents in search of a cool, sweet reprieve from the shooting temperatures. Help Emily climb the ranks, and ss manager, make sure she’s efficient in the use of her business and sweet-tooth savvy. Plan and act accordingly, budget staff, and franchise the DQ to expand to surrounding territories. After you’ve finished, check these similar entertaining games: Cooking Dash and Cake Mania will satisfy the sweet tooth and gourment gamers.

The developers of Ningpo Mahjong do not want you to think this is just your basic run-of-the-mill clone because they say, it’s much more than that. The simplicity and relaxing feel and look of this popular game draws thousands of people year after year. The game play that is intense yet calming all at the same time, make us not really wonder why so many people love games like this. Another one of our favorite mahjong games for mac is Smack Mahjong, which is also worth taking a looksee.

Here’s another unique sim by the developers who brought you Virtual Villagers and Plant Tycoon. Fish Tycoon is an intriguing virtual fish breeding game. The object of the game is to breed and cross breed fish until you find the seven Magic Fish, which helps you solve the genetic puzzle. Buy supplies like medicines, eggs and special plants and then sell some of your fish to your many customers in your virtual pet store. Earn enough money and you’ll be able to buy new supplies and customize your virtual aquarium. The game runs in true real time: new surprises every time you check back into your game. Very much like The Sims but for fish in an aquarium! You can’t get any better than that.

Mac gamers playing USM 2 shouldn’t worry that they haven’t played USM 1. It never existed for Mac. That being said, you are actually getting a much improved version of the original, lucky you! USM 2 is one of the best soccer management simulations for Mac available. The performance is fast and you will have no waiting time for the game to calculate events and statistics. In the game tke the role of a manager for one of your favorite football (soccer) teams. Buy and sell players, decide formation, and start a winning career as a coach. The game features: full season cycles, multilanguage support, six leagues, huge database, fast performance and more. Later, try out the excellent simulation, Goalkeeper, made by the same developers who brought you USM 2.

Gamers who seriously got into platformer games like Bud Redhead, Dark Castle, Prince of Persia and games like Mario, will absolutely jump for joy with Midnight Mansion. Run and jump around the mansion jam packed with puzzles, traps, creepy crawly creatures, secrets and gems. You’ll be searching for legendary treasures as you ride on conveyor belts, dodge monsters and avoid zapper beams, so you can collect the keys that will give you access to different and new areas of the mansion. Spend hours and hours wandering through a players’ favorite place to be lost, an addictive game.

Your favorite Food Network chef, Gordon Ramsay, takes boot camp to a whole new level. Gordon’s job is to be tough and the pressure cooker is on and you’re starting to feel the heat! Experience the show’s intensity as you advance through kitchen and dining room challenges. You’ll be judged on how well you cook and serve meals, so keep your cool and set the next culinary standard with your 5 star creations. In the game you will find 35 tasty recipes from the show that you can try at home yourself! It may not sound like it but Hell’s Kitchen is a godsend in a game. Can’t get enough foodie games? Try Cooking Academy and Cooking Dash.

Chapter 2 of the popular simulation game for Mac, Virtual Villagers, continues on with a new story and more intriguing game play. This time, you’re to follow two curious, determined villagers as they wiggle their way into the darkest recesses of a cave that had long mystified them. Discover this new mystical cave that leads into dazzling sunlight and mist, with a magnificent waterfall. What they discover past this area will surprise them as in this new region, they see a land filled only with…children! Afterward, to continue on with the saga, play Virtual Villagers 3: The Secret City.

Virtual Villagers mixes up a couple of popular media icons: LOST, the series, which is modern take on Gilligan’s Island, and The Sims. In the case here, just a few survivors are lucky enough to escape a destructive volcanic eruption. Days of drifting in the sea leave them disoriented and lost but evenutally they land ashore a mysterious island. They are completely unfamiliar with it but everyone seems to agree that it’s an isolated paradise! Take care of the villagers and help them strive in this addictive simulation game. The real-time elements of Virtual Villagers make it so that each time you turn your Mac back on to play, new things have already happened! Don’t miss the events. Make sure to continue with Virtual Villagers 2 and Virtual Villagers 3.

Magic Stones, based on Celtic mythology, is a unique mix between a role-playing game (RPG) and a card game. It is takes place in the land of Aravorn, where players are able to find hidden treasures in the deepest, darkest, most menacing places. This is where druids are challenged to duel every year in the Black Tower. They are challenged to fight to the death that will declare the absolute winner. Three playing styles, 20 different avatars available, each one with his own skills, 17 different spells, and over 15 total enemy druids. Later on, if you’re looking for more RPGs, check out Eschalon.

Some of you may disagree but the world has been very kind to gamers who love jewel matching games, hasn’t it? While there are hundreds of games like these out, new jewel games are always welcome. Azkend will give that puzzly fix players need in a gem game. You and your archaeological team must take a trek to the Temple of Time, after you find an ancient relic. This relic should not be separated from its home so you must return it to its proper place, deep in the heart of Asia. Once returned, the relic will lift a curse. To play, create matches of three or more to earn eight talismans that will give you the needed powerful to continue your trip and play for hours and hours on end. Can’t get enough of these kinds of games? Play more match games.

Plant Tycoon gives you the opportunity to enter a world, a virtual gardening sim game world, to nurture plants and experiment with rare and valuable species. You begin your career with just a few dollars in your pocket, a handful of seeds, soil and water. Make your garden grow and organize and harvest seeds with care. You absolutely have to monitor your plants’ health, age and maturity and be particularly vigilant of dehydration and infestation. Later, sell your plants to fund your research and to buy improved tools and supplies. With over 500 species of plants to discover, each new species places you within reach of your ultimate goal of solving the genetic puzzle and discovering the 6 Magic Plants of the island of Isola. The game runs in real time so each time you turn on your mac and play, new surprises will be waiting for you! Not into plants? Would you rather be a Fish Tycoon? How about a Virtual Villager?

If you were lucky enough to play Smack Mahjong, you will be happy to know that Smack Solitaire will keep you glued to your desktop just like Smack Mahjong did. Classic solitaire for mac remains to be one of the most played and popular games ever, with good reason: Solitaire games are relaxing and let you take a much needed mental escape from the real world. You are entitled to do so because it helps you keep your sanity. Whatever works, is what I always say. You’ll find 30 variations on the game of solitaire in Smack Solitaire, which will keep you playing as long or as short as you want.

Saddle up and ride through the saloon doors because solitaire just got plumb louder and as crazy as popcorn on a hot skillet! Remember to bring a deck of cards and your six shooter. Yipeeyahyay! Gunslinger Solitaire is a kick in the pants and features a variation on the game of solitaire mixed with wild cards that take you to a shooting gallery. These wild card bonus rounds gives you free reign to truly be trigger happy as you shoot as much money, wooden ducks or tin cans as you can. After a few rounds, visit the General Store to buy some bullet cards to ultimately help you find the gold mine at the end of the treasure map. Gamers looking for classic computer solitaire for mac should try out Simply Solitaire, one of our favorites.

This platformer has been around for quite a long time, and there’s a good reason why. It is undeniably fun! Taking the most entertaining games of Mario to heart, Bud Redhead focuses on one thing: game play. You might not think it’s possible but you will play this game for hours and hours and hours, continuing on your journey to find Bud’s girlfriend, who has been kidnapped by an evil alien. You will get into the game so much that at times you will probably forget that you have to save Rachel! Try it out and see if I’m telling the truth. After you’ve saved Rachel, here’s another jump and run platform game that will keep you busy having a blast: Midnight Mansion.

As the world becomes more and more vulnerable to the elements that are trying to harm it, it becomes increasingly more important to do something about it. Eco Match, making a loud statement, mixes match three gem game play with An Inconvenient Truth, which classifies it an environmental awareness game…of sorts. Al Gore would be proud…if he knew about it. In Eco Match, the rain forests and wildlife of the world are quickly vanishing at the hand of short-sighted man, whose greedy ethics and action have taken a toll on the health of the environment. You have the power to turn this around by locating the dangerous “hot spots” and paying them the much needed attention they so desperately deserve. When you’re done, try another environmental game: Global Warning.

Fans of word games and travel, you’re in luck. Akkadia will satisfy your need for entertaining and challenging word games, while taking you on a long, faraway holiday, a place where the air is fragrant with mouthwatering spices – where magnificent temples fill you with awe and where cities seem as luxurious as the most lavish, royal venues fit for kings, queens and the rich and famous. Link together words as quickly as you are able and as long as your vocabulary will allow. Find the bonus word for perks and extra points and when necessary, shuffle the board to aid you when you come to an impasse. Beware of the dangerous letters. Use them quickly because if they are left unused then fall to the bottom of the board, they cause your game to melt. For those of you who really know word games for mac, in my opinion, Akkadia is slightly easier than Bookworm Deluxe and a little harder than Flipwords.

Developed a few years ago, Doulber Gold manages to never get old, and this arcade-like game will hit the soft spot in the very core of many gamers, young and young-at-heart. Play over 130 levels with Doulber, an adorable purple ant digging for diamonds in this puzzle game that will remind some gamers of the popular “Boulder Dash” and “Dig Dug” from way back when. Collect a certain amount of diamonds on time to move on to the next level while managing to avoid enemies trying to stop you. Use helpful tools to break through walls and floors and use special powers to protect Doulber from harm. Find all the extra hidden levels and brain teasing puzzles, too. Watch a trailer of Doulber Gold.

The fans of the popular, Monster Quest on the History Channel, will be happy to extend their adventures with this new hidden objects game. Of course, if you’ve never watched the show and you love hidden object games and mysteries, you’re invited here, too. In the game, become a Monster Quest investigator while using the most modern techniques available to you, to unveil the shroud of mystery, rumors, herersy, and superstitions. Your challenge is to reveal the truth and prove your points methodically with science and undeniable facts. Need another hidden object games fix? Take a peek here, at more hidden object games for Mac.

Somewhere over the rainbow there’s a land you’ve heard of but it’s not the same place with flying monkeys, lollipop kids or munchkins. You will, however, find the Scarecrow, Lion and Toto. Yes, Toto, too! Of course, they will not resemble the characters you fondly remember from a classic old movie. In this Oz, aka Emerald City, you’ll be on an investigative job to solve the mystery of a missing person, which leads to the unraveling of a bigger conspiracy. Follow the case through five chapters of suspects, allies, puzzles and witnesses in this adventure game version only roughly based on The Wizard of Oz. For more adventure game challenges, try Summer Session.

I thought it was about time to present another game for little kids. YooDoo is not a game, it’s actually three game activities in one – that invite children to explore their creativity. The activities, made by the same developer who brought your kids Ladybugs, are designed to give empowerment to kids and encourage them to take charge and let their muses inspire them. These activities are also meant to teach drag n drop computer skills, to prepare them for more complex computer skills in the future. This is why the set of games is called, YooDoo. Get it? You do? The first activity is called, “Mister Monster” and it gets the little gamer to create the silliest, scariest or most funny monster they can muster with their artistic abilities. “YooGlow” is inspired by the board game, Lite Brite and the palette of colorful bulbs await them to be applied to the Mac’s canvas. The third activity is “My Garden,” an environmentally friendly place where kids can plant seeds and watch flowers grow.

Action-packed, bombastic, turn-based strategic tank artillery game seekers, you’re in luck. Don your ultra heavy duty protective gear and delve into the world of tanks and explosions and duking it out with others who need a bomb or two dropped onto their heads. Or maybe you’d like to send them a missile or rocket? How ’bout something more destructive? Yes, blast the heck out of your enemies or be blasted. It’s an ultimate artillery battle with 100 weapons of mass destruction and 25 different landscapes neatly packaged in this brilliant arcade game for Mac.

Kickin’ Soccer is a fast-paced, top down perspective arcade style soccer game (football game for non-Americans) for Mac. This sports game will appeal to footie fans who are less inclined to play soccer management games and instead, prefer a more pro-active game of football. Dribble the opponent players, slide into their defenses with quick and accurate passing, score with shoots from a distance or use crosses and try to head the ball in the back of the net. Use six simple keyboard keys: the arrow keys, Z to shoot and X to pass. That’s it. The game will take care of the rest.

The tabletop arcade game, Pacman, remains to be an all-time favorite for many people who spent more quarters on this game than they’d like to think about. I remember seeing Pacman games in arcades and in the waiting areas of some restaurant chains. However, all reminiscing aside, times have changed and games have evolved. This is what happened with Deluxe Poc Mon. EMV Software, the same developers who made the addictive Pixie, became obsessed with Pacman, then recreated a version that takes cues from the 80s classic, but adds a boatload, or rather, an ark of extras, items he thought would make Pacman truly awesome. In Deluxe Pocmon for Mac, all kinds of goodies await you: ghosts, bombs, lasers, duels, guns and alll sorts of bonuses and options. If you never got to experience the greatness that was Pacman, don’t feel badly, you can grab a little blast of others’ nostalgic past and play the 100 levels of Deluxe Pocmon yourself. You will then understand what all the hooplah was about.

Not many can deny, when watching a soccer game (football game to everyone except Americans), that they haven’t imagined stepping into the shoes of the goalee or goalkeeper. Afterall, the position does have the advantage of not needing to run around the field. That’s tiring! On the other hand, when up against a power player getting ready to blast a goal directly your way, you probably need nerves or steel to endure that brief moment, which probably feels as if it lasted hours. Playing The Goalkeeper will let you live this life vicariously, and you will make it your mission to be the best goalkeeper you can possibly be. In this popular sim game by Winterwolves, choose your league, base skills and personality. Then train yourself to increase your abilities. All of your changing stats are easily accessible to you and each match shows statistics for each player from both teams, i.e., injuries, substitutions, goals and more.

It’s your turn to take on the epic challenge of constructing a war machine and use it to become a dominating world power. Control a massive army of forces across the battlefield in this popular real-time strategy game for Mac. With Machines at War, every game you play will be different and will always pose new daring missions. Build walls, bridges, vehicles, aircraft, tear down forests to clear paths en route to enemy territory. Track your enemies’ tanks to find their base, then hide under trees for an ambush attack. Your ultimate challenge will be to defend your position. To get you through even more perilous missions, upgrade your weapons and expand your cities and bases. Whether you become the most powerful force on earth is entirely up to you.

For much too long, genetically modified grown food, and pollution from the ocean and environment caused a harmful impact on the natural food chain of Planet Terria. Terrians understood that eating flesh was fatal, so most of them survived on food they grew themselves. The other survivors on Planet Terria were several particularly resistant species of insects as well as some resistant forms of ocean creatures. All life except the Terrians were considered…very, very bad and they mutated in unusual ways and became stronger and more intelligent. As their new intellect grew, so did their appetite for planet domination. They now feel that Terrians are their Public Enemy Number One. So, they developed a secret army and are now ready to eradicate the Terrians with all of their mutant force. You and your ship Kaijin, must save the universe. Yes, again! Inspired by the classic arcade game, Galaga, play this shooter with Kaijin’s powers at your disposal. You must annihilate the baddy bugs with your lasers, fireballs, homing smart bombs and devices. Need some insider tips? Read The Missing Kaijin Companion.

Games are evolving ever slightly after a recent deluge of straight hidden object games. What resulted was, in fact, more hidden object games that mixed a variety of game genres and more depth of play in one place. Enter the gates of Good and Evil, with a famous adventurer, Laura Jones. Overall, it is indeed a hidden object game but with very light point-and-click adventure game tasks, much like the game play in Dream Chronicles and Azada. The game involves Laura Jones on a secret project with her professor. She discovers a mysterious ancient talisman that happens to be part of a key that can open a mystical gate, which she must protect from evil. In order for her to offer this protection, each time Laura finds an artifact, a guardian angel or spirit puts her through a test to prove that she is worthy of having it. These tests are where the mini-games come into play. There are different kinds games to prove her worthiness thereby keeping good in and evil out, which include a pipe puzzle, a word game, a jigsaw puzzle, a gravity game, and brain teasers. These break up the seek and find games and will take you to the various boisterous character interactions woven into the story.

Whether you were a fan of the arcade game, Galaga, or not, I’d be really surprised if you didn’t like Warblade. Yes, even gamers who love to play puzzles will get into Warblade. I say this with confidence because I play puzzles and normally do not like shooters. It’s different with Warblade, though. Based on the old Amiga game Galaga Deluxe, it’s actually the Galaga that you always wanted and more. The plot: with your trusty CryTech Delta fighter, your mission is to eradicate all evil aliens. It’s 100 levels of adrenaline pumping, fast-paced arcade action with ship upgrades, power-ups,  and new weapons. Every fourth level takes you to a shop to buy yourself even more power to destroy all enemies. Warblade is one of my top 20 favorite mac games. Later on, try another must-play arcade inspired shoot em up:  Kaijin, which also brings Galaga roots into its game play.

Did you ever wonder why the world is obsessed with computer mahjong and computer solitaire? Me too. Well, I can’t help you out there because I don’t know why exactly. Could it be because it’s a type of fun that doesn’t get old? Is it an activity that is more like a meditation (not medication)?  With Smack Mahjong, one thing is clear: you can play this before work, at work and during breaks at work. I’m kidding. Sort of. Yes, you actually can play it where ever you have a mac, but don’t blame me when your boss catches you and the unspeakable happens. Anyway, back to the game. With over 50 different layouts and unlimited amounts of levels, Smack Mahjong will always provide a relaxing yet stimulating game environment, and if you feel ambitious, design your own levels. The Smack series also includes Smack Solitaire for people who love a good game of computer solitaire for mac.