Mac Games – reviews and game downloads

Chef Ramsay may seem like one tough shell to crack on the outside, but we all know he’s a softie on the inside. In Hell’s Kitchen, you can unlock this never before seen side to Ramsay, as long as you keep the kitchen moving. Prepare dishes, seat customers, and always get your waiters moving, as Hell’s Kitchen is a race to please the almighty head chef Ramsay and climb the ranks to the top chef.

Tending to the restaurant while staying on pace with Ramsay’s expectations, in the form of stars, is not all that Hell’s Kitchen offers the player. Real recipes, no doubt from the show and Mr. Ramsay, are found on every level the player progresses to. You can work your virtual kitchen and learn to make actual food in your own home all in one place.

The dynamics of this game are simple: point and click to make the waiter attend multiple actions, and point and click ingredients to prepare and cook meals as the chef. Picking up the game is similar to the Diner Dash series yet the concept is different. Players must choose how to balance between making the meal or serving it. The switching of kitchen to restaurant floor can become a little overwhelming, but apart from being a major aspect of the game, it’s still very rewarding to time a meal right and make Gordon tear up from your excellence as a chef. I give Hell’s Kitchen a 4 out of 5 stars.

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Who doesn’t love Where’s Waldo? Book after book I would search for Waldo in every scenario, time period and location, looking for the familiar cap and glasses in the midst of tangled humanity. Gotcha: Celebrity Secrets is reminiscent of those days of cartoon hidden objects, or in this case people, games.

The scenario for Gotcha: Celebrity Secrets is Gaby’s world of blogging about superstars before her competitor can even get a wisp of a clue. She must be at the right place at the right time in order to get her scoops. She gets tips from callers on her cell and she goes looking for certain informants who could help her with the latest gossip on the celebrities.

Instead of looking for 1 character you look for many kooky cartoons displayed at the bottom of the screen. Sometimes you’ll only have a description of the informant. After finding the people, you will be able to play many side mini games like taking the picture of a movie star onboard a yacht, finding money in the mall, find pieces of an wedding invitation or playing a memory game with postcards.

There’s so much to do in Gotcha: Celebrity Secrets that even though the hidden object play is simple, it’s still a lot of fun looking for those crazy characters. As the levels increased there are a lot of distractions to make your play more difficult. The tourist buses and cars moving across the scene took your mind off the search, but you can still spot your people eventually. The cartoons are funny, the music cute and the scenes are colorful. There are 40 screens, 1000 characters, 40 puzzles and mini games to keep you occupied for a long time.

I think the only thing that would make the game better is if the scenes had mini dramas among all the people. For instance, if someone was getting mugged, someone was slipping on a banana or some small comedy within this hidden object play, may have enhanced the fun factor. In any event, get working on leads and find your informants in Gotcha: Celebrity Secrets.

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Make your grandma proud as the family gets back into the ice cream business to take down the evil Big Co. After being run out of business by Big Co back in the day, grandma now thinks that you have what it takes to revive the ice cream business out of non-loving corporate hands. Players must network their business riding around in your tricked out ice truck and sell ice cream to all the strange individuals in town. Halloween freaks, detectives, clowns, nerds and skate punks all flock to your ice cream asking for all sorts of desserts to buy. All that’s left is for you to throw it together while keeping up with the demand.

Ice Cream Craze: Tycoon Takeover is another point and click restaurant/business game that follows the popular Diner Dash formula: click to make and serve. The concept is generic and has little difference to others of its genre. Even with the extra upgrades to the truck and serving equipment, Ice Cream Craze had me thinking it was impossible to get a five stars out of any customer unless I was psychic in preparing the ice cream. The pressure put on the game is tiring but that’s how most of these games are played. Maybe not the most unique game, but was not a let down in gameplay. I give Ice Cream Craze: Tycoon Takeover a 3.5 out of 5 stars.

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