The original Farm Frenzy got many of us excited about the possibilities of time-management and arcade-action coming together. Farm Frenzy 2 lives up to that expectation delivering more sun and fun. It may not be wrong to tag the game as “farm management”, but that description hardly scrapes the surface of a unique mechanic that’s [...]

In terms of game design, Sunshine Acres takes after Farm Frenzy, another solid title released not too long ago by Alawar. The game is essentially fast-paced time-management, where the focus is on building up your productivity, rather than just completing tasks. Each level lasts usually around four to six minutes, but within that short time [...]

Dairy Dash, as the name already suggests, is another spin-off of Diner Dash published by Playfirst. The story begins with the Smiths deciding to take up a relative’s old farm, and that’s where you come in. Your job is to click-manage their efforts to make the best they can out of it. Also, true to [...]

Farming Frenzy is a real piece of work with plenty of real solid click-management and arcade elements. It’s the sort of game that makes you rethink a genre believed to have no more new room for re-creation.

The botanical setting for a game has quite a bit of appeal. It’s close to nature, it’s friendly, it’s soothing, and unexpectedly it can also be where a lot of magic happens. You see, in Magic Seeds, cross-pollinating your crops gives you fascinating results: sunflowers and pumpkins give you lemons. Watermelons and corn give you [...]

Some of us are the sort of players who want a nice quick fix at the end of a long day of busyness. And some of us in that category also particularly enjoy a degree of management, planning and financing in our games. But seriously, after all those hours of work, it would drive me [...]

If you thought that all farming games are alike, Bloom Busters is out to prove you wrong. Most farming and gardening games have a customization element where you buy upgrades and build up your farm, giving you the sense that you are managing your own farm. Not Bloom Busters – this game is a garden-themed [...]

Let me get this out of the way right off the bat: This game is Cute. With a capital C. The locations are cute, the story is cute, the main character is cute, and the little critters you are making are cute. Even the evil prince who has usurped you is somewhat cute. This game [...]

Since this came out so quickly on the heels of the great Grimms Hatchery from Aveyond, we tried for *minutes* to come up with a “which came first, the Hatchery or the Chicken Chase” joke, but decided to give it a rest. You can thank us for that later.

It’s about that time again: sunny days, blooming flowers, and budding trees. Well, in theory it is - unless you’re living in the Midwest, where instead of April showers, we’re getting April snowstorms. I’m itching to get outside and read a book on the warm grass or play Frisbee in the park, but I won’t [...]