The title “Magic Encyclopedia” doesn’t really describe anything about this hidden object game. If it were up to us, we’d have called it: “Fun mystery solving while teleporting around the world, with some cool mini-games along the way.” Okay, that might be too long. But the word “encyclopedia” is hardly exciting, when this game is [...]

Here’s a game that might actually change children’s attitudes when it comes to cleaning up their room. Graduate Games has just released The Magic Toy Chest, a game inspired by the classic puzzle series, “The Incredible Machine”, featuring similar mechanics and educational value found in the decade-old title. It’s a nostalgic return for fans of [...]

At Casual Review, we always complain that games nowadays have no personality. Studios can churn out the same game, disguise it under a different theme such as “beach” or “murder”, and call it new. But we gamers know better. We’re not fooled. So when a game does come along with REAL personality, a game with [...]

Working on the farm was never this much fun (believe me, I know).  Green Valley: Fun on the Farm is a classic match-3 puzzler at heart, but includes enough variety, humor, and top-notch production values to help it stand out from the crowd.  But, even with everything that it does right, there’s still a few [...]

Even after nightfall, in the midst of their dreams, the Peggle Institute is still as active as ever. PopCap’s latest sequel is all you’d expect from the previous game, with a new take on familiar characters, and the same old pachinko-style arcade madness. If you’re a big fan of Peggle, you know what to do. [...]

The award-winning pet vet game series is back with Pet Pals: New Leash on Life. Return to the vet clinic and take care of more than 15 types of animals, with over 30 real-life cases written by real veterinarians. At first we thought that it was just going to be another pet simulation game with [...]

It seems like a small thing, but for me, the best thing about Samantha Swift and the Hidden Roses of Athena is the doors. By that, I mean the gates, portals, trapdoors, passages, exits, egresses, stairways and holes in walls. There have been hidden object games with connected levels before, but Samantha Swift just does a really [...]

Top down shooters are all about dodging enemy projectiles and making sure the enemy doesn’t dodge yours. At the end of the day, those narratives about great wars and piloting giant Japanese robots are merely façades made to hide that similarity between all shooters that have ever existed. Once you rip that pretence away, what [...]

Tropix 2: Quest for the Golden Banana gets chops just for having “banana” in its title. Everything about the game is pretty silly - you’re a monkey hopping from island to island in search of treasure, meeting penguins, crabs, and birds along the way. Instead of the traditional linear adventure, Tropix 2 is more like [...]

Games like Diner Dash and Cake Mania will always hold a special place in my heart and my game library.  It was these types of time-management games that showed me there was more to this whole “casual gaming” craze than color and shape matching puzzles.  In fact, time-management games are one of the most popular [...]