Mac Games – reviews and game downloads

Fashion Dash is another exciting Mac game in the Dash series of sim plays. This one is in the fashion industry where Coco, a friend of Flo’s, gets laid off from her dream job of dressing stars on a TV dance show. If getting fired wasn’t bad enough, they pay her in fabric left over from the show. Of course, waitress Flo, overhearing her customers, finds that there is a huge need for a dress maker. She talks Coco into starting her own dress business.

The play is to click on the waiting customers, drag them to the dressing area, click on the catalog, click on the person when ready take their measurements to the spinning ticket stand, the seamstress makes the dress, click on the dress or suit, click on the waiting customer once again, get paid and finally click on the hanger to take it to the stand. Be sure to seat a guy next to a girl because they will flirt with each other and their happiness level will stay good for a while longer. Also the guys dress faster so you can get them in and out faster.

The 2 modes of play is Story and Endless. In Story you follow Coco’s career and life, and in Endless you play through a stream of customers serving them as long as you can keep customers happy. If they get angry and leave, you lose 1 star and when you lose all your stars, the game is over.

All the Dash games are very similar with a fun and interesting story and quirky working characters. The play is always enhanced with great upgrades and challenges. Fashion Dash is just as entertaining as any of their games. Enjoy making your fashion statement with this Mac game.

You may also enjoy:

Diner Dash 2

Wedding Dash

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Nanny 911 is a Mac sim game for both parents and kids. This game will teach you how to behave as a mother, father or kid. To play this game is deceptively easy, however with more actions needed in higher levels, it can be challenging.

To play you begin by selecting your nanny who will not only advise you along the way, but will grade you after each level. When a parent is not acting appropriately, he/she will be outlined in red. For example if the mother should go and take a nap when the children are acting up, you click on the thumbs down button and then on the mother to change this behavior. Unfortunately she may not learn on the first click and you may need to discipline her more than once. This procedure is also true for praising a parent who may be doing a good deed. The parent will be in a green glow and you click on the thumbs up this time to let the parent know they are doing well. To discipline a child when that tot is up to some kind of mischief, you click on the parent button and then click on the child. If the parent is doing a good job talking to the child click on the thumbs up and then the parent. If the parent is yelling and in a red glow, click on the thumbs down to let him/her know. There are goals to meet such as cleaning and disciplining each day and night. In addition you will be given letter grades for how well you play.

If you should need a break, there are mini games in between some of the levels. One such game is a match play where you connect like objects in a chain to destroy. You will definitely need the break from the main game since it will get hectic and challenging as you get to the higher levels. The children are messy and undisciplined and the parents are lazy with bad habits like talking on the phone or napping during inappropriate times.

Nanny 911 is not a game for me. I could not wait until I finished this play. It reminded me of the sim plays like Baby Sitting Mania and Nanny Mania goes to Hollywood. The first I didn’t like, the other is good only because it had more of a story line. In Nanny 911 the parents are introduced but you didn’t feel warm and fuzzy towards them. Nanny does give reasonable advice and I can imagine some people will need it, but do you want to be scolded and graded by Nanny over and over again? Parental behavior modification, although tempting, is not for me. Some of you out there will get into this play so try it out for yourselves and have fun.

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Have you ever watched old men playing mahjong? They smack the tiles down with a loud clatter. Apparently mahjong translate to clattering sparrow. Mac game Smack Mahjong with its many layouts and different tiles has a lot to offer when it comes to this type of play.

The goal of the play is to clear the game board of all the tiles by making matches of 2 of the same tiles (or the same set). The tiles are formed in different patterns such as the blimp, chains, buildings, fence, etc. There are many options to choose from. Tile types can be changed to whatever you may like. The available tiles are highlighted so you know which tiles can be used to match. Tiles must be free on 2 sides to be able to make a match. You do not need to know which tiles are available since they are highlighted with the unavailable tiles in shadows. It’s very clear and easy to identify, except the black tile set. These dark tiles are difficult to make out and it becomes a challenge just to figure out which tiles are usable.

The mahjong classic tiles are the 4 seasons, directions (north, south, east and west), numbers in Chinese characters, flowers and foliage. The flower tiles and season are a set of tiles known as 8 guardians. There are a lot of inner meanings to this game, but the play in Smack Mahjong will guide you on the instructions and make your time fun and entertaining to spend a relaxing afternoon.

The background scenes are very plain and simple. Making the background subtle helps you concentrate on the game at hand. My favorite part of this game is the highlighted tiles. This makes finding the right tile so much easier. In addition to the beautiful tiles, you get good music (somewhat Asian like and repetitive) and good sound effects. Try this basic mahjong game for a great time.

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