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 [...]

If you’ve ever felt your wrist and hand cramp up from clicking too much in a casual game, you might want to try System Mania. Its innovative use of mouse gestures will make you rethink what a click-management game is supposed to be like. Top it off with cute art and wacky levels and we’ve [...]

It takes a good business game to show you the harsh and ruthless side of money-making, while getting you excited about entrepreneurship at the same time. Right here is a narrative that makes the cut: John Smith, a diligent, hardworking manager who unfortunately has been laid off by his boss for reasons relating to the [...]

Coffee franchise stores are all over the world these days, from London to Beijing to Singapore, and now there’s the Yummy Drink Factory in the land of fairies! It all started when you forgot to tip the strange old lady in the coffee shop in the woods, and she zapped you into a magical realm, [...]

We reviewed the first Home Sweet Home - and now the second one’s just come out on Big Fish Games. Home Sweet Home 2: Kitchens and Baths lets you decorate uptown apartments - specifically kitchens and bathrooms. Decipher what your clients need, then design the room with your own creative style and sweet moxie. With [...]

Jojo’s Fashion 2 still rules the runway, but some old favorites are nipping at its heels. One day you’re in, the next day you could be out… How long will Jojo last? Stay tuned every Saturday for our updated charts!

The heroine of the Jane’s Hotel series is back, and this time she’s in the big city! Or at least, she will be, once she builds it. That’s the premise of Realore’s freshly released ”Jane” game, a time-management sim that takes place on two levels. There’s the big picture of building your own cities complete with infrastructure such [...]

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 [...]

I’m pretty convinced that there must be a textbook on making time management games out there. Many studios seem to be developing games of this genre with stunning similarities. Spa Mania is among the ranks, sharing many of the same good qualities, like a functional mechanic and a fair gameplay style, which results in a [...]

Farmer Jane may be another time-management game with the farming theme, but it does a sweet take on the graphics department. You’ll be treated to some simple, lovely 3D graphics that fit nicely into the game. It’s well-integrated and taken advantage of, sporting camera panning in level introductions, and a selection of customizable clothes (in [...]