Mac Games

Awem releases the hidden object game sequel to Golden Trails: The New Western Rush. The first one takes ya to the Wild West where you travel around town asking questions about a bank robbery and send the bad guys to jail.

In Golden Trails 2: The Lost Legacy Collector’s Edition, yer grandfather has been arrested. Naturally, being the good grandkid ya are, ya sniff around to find out what the deal is and encounter nasty characters like that scallywag Captain Morgan. Something isn’t right about this guy and he has it in for ya. What’s up with that? Just because yer related to the guy he arrested?

Based on talking with the townsfolk and Captain Morgan, yer grandfather used to be a pirate. Yeah, right. Yer the good guy. How can the good guy’s grandfather be a pirate? This hidden object game challenges you with its diversity of puzzles. I never could solve one of the puzzles and had to move on because we had a deadline to make so y’all (Whoops, thar goes me Texan accent.) could stop waiting for the game and play it.

Avast, thar! I had something to do with the game, so I’m biased. This is not an official review. I loved playing the puzzle games. Some were familiar and some were not for the lily-livered. Most of them make ya work hard for the booty and doubloons.

Ayyy, matey. It feels like “Talk like a Pirate Day” even though it’s not until September. Anyway, grab ye some grog and try out the game. Yo ho ho and a bottle of water! OK, I’ll cut it out already. Seriously, let me know what you think.

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The famed writer Nathaniel Hawthorne has died during a freak snow storm, and his ghost has come to you, asking for help. Travel back and forth in time from the scene of the author’s demise to the 17th century, where a town is going mad with rumors of witchcraft and a woman is facing the gallows. Unravel the secrets of Salem’s accused witches and solve the death of Hawthorne in Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials, a fun Hidden Object game.

The hidden object game is available for PCs and Macs.

The game is the Catch of the Week from June 20 through 26, 2011 — on sale for $2.99.

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Flo games always keep you challenged and busy for hours. I’ve played many time management games and the Diner Dash series is the hardest to beat. Here’s a paragraph from my Diner Dash Hometown Hero game review: “Diner Dash games continue to be the hardest ones to play in its genre and it doesn’t stop here. I don’t get very far before they have me banging my head on my desk. I can’t be that lousy of a player at these games since I manage to get through other tough diner games including Turbo Pizza — an insane one.”

On a visit to her hometown, Flo and her Grandma Florence take a stroll down memory lane. Bring five restaurants back to life, and meet new customers like the Hungry Man and the Celebrity. Take special care of customers with reservations and place flowers at tables in order to make diners happier. Stuck with a four-person group and no four-person tables? Now you can move tables together to create a larger table. Help restore Flo’s hometown now!

Catch the deal for your PC or Mac! Use coupon code CATCH299.

The catch of the week runs through Sunday, June 19, 2011.

Do you love those antique roadtrip shows where hundreds of people stand in line carrying items big and small in hopes to receive an high appraisal for them? Isn’t it said when they’re not worth much? Well, for those worthless things you can get this week’s catch. Now you can go on a roadtrip without lugging anything.

PC and Mac Catch of the Week: Antique Road Trip USA: Grace and James Anderson are newlyweds with a growing antiques business. Help them open their very own store by traveling across America and searching for hard-to-find antiques! Collect plenty of new wares to sell for a mighty profit. Visit fantastic cities like Cheyenne, Memphis, and Austin and solve different types of puzzles in this fun and exciting Hidden Object game. Go on an Antique Road Trip today!

Catch the deal for your PC! Use coupon code CATCH299

Catch the deal for your Mac! Use coupon code CATCH299.

This $2.99 Catch of the Week runs through Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 11:59pm.

Remember Big Fish Games has a Daily Deal offering a different game for $2.99 every day. (Look to the right.)

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Another princess special this week. I’m sure that’s a nod to the recent nuptials of one new princess. Alas, the Macs take a different route in searching for Atlantis instead of saving a princess from a curse.

PC Catch of the Week: Princess Isabella: A Witch’s Curse : Princess Isabella is all set to marry the love of her dreams, Prince Adam. After returning home from a trip, however, she finds that an evil curse has been placed on her castle by a mysterious witch. The curse has placed evil in every room, and turned everyone inside the castle into mirrors! Follow a fairy friend as you piece together the clues and save your friends and family in Princess Isabella: A Witch’s Curse , a gorgeous Hidden Object Adventure game!

Catch the deal for your PC! Use coupon code CATCH299

Mac Catch of the Week: Hidden Wonders of the Depths 3: Atlantis Adventures: Travel to the legendary world of Atlantis for Match 3 fun, and discover the Hidden Wonders of the Depths! Go on an Atlantis Adventure in this hit sequel! Use powerful tiles to clear the path as quickly as you can, and chain together crazy combos to rack up the points. Experience a magical under the sea world as you help bring the once powerful empire back to life in Hidden Wonders of the Depths 3: Atlantis Adventures!

Catch the deal for your Mac! Use coupon code CATCH299.

This $2.99 Catch of the Week runs through Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 11:59pm.

Remember Big Fish Games has a Daily Deal offering a different game for $2.99 every day.

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Dream Chronicles is back! Doesn’t feel long ago since The Book of Air came out. In Dream Chronicles: The Book of Water Collector’s Edition, Lyra has found her way home only to find her town hit by a devastating storm. In search of power, the evil fairy queen of Dreams has cast a terrible curse over all of Wish. With her father gravely ill and her mother missing, Lyra must find a way to break the spell. Journey through beautifully enchanted places, solve challenging puzzles, and seek answers to save Lyra’s hometown in Dream Chronicles: The Book of Water.

Other Dream Chronicles

• Dream Chronicles
• Dream Chronicles 2: The Eternal Maze
• Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child
• Dream Chronicles: The Book of Air

Download and try Dream Chronicles: The Book of Water.

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PC and Mac Catch of the Week: PuppetShow: Mystery of Joyville : The puppet show in Joyville was once a wondrous attraction until the great fire. Now, rusted gears and dark mysteries lay within strange machinations and disheveled puppets. A young boy, Simon, is the most recent in a long line of missing people. In PuppetShow: Mystery of Joyville , you are tasked with solving nefarious puzzles, finding hidden clues, and uncovering the dark secrets of a town that is anything but joyful.

Sounds like a town that needs to change it name or change things to live up to its name.

Catch the deal for your PC! Use coupon code CATCH299

Catch the deal for your Mac! Use coupon code CATCH299.

This $2.99 Catch of the Week runs through Sunday, May 1, 2011, at 11:59pm.

Other PuppetShow games:

• PuppetShow: Souls of the Innocent
• PuppetShow: Lost Town

Remember Big Fish Games has a Daily Deal offering a different game for $2.99 every day. (Look to the right.)

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PC and Mac Catch of the Week: Samantha Swift and the Fountains of Fate: When Samantha’s quest to follow the trail of Cortez is interrupted by the manipulative M’Alice, she embarks on a journey to reclaim the Emerald of Judgment. With the help of Dr. Butler and Adam, the archaeologist and adventurer soon discovers that the rare artifact she possesses may be the key to unlocking the Fountain of Youth! Travel the globe in Samantha Swift and the Fountains of Fate, a fun Hidden Object game.

Catch the deal for your PC! Use coupon code CATCH299

Catch the deal for your Mac! Use coupon code CATCH299.

This $2.99 Catch of the Week runs through Sunday, April 24, 2011, at 11:59pm.

Here are reviews of two other Samantha Swift games. It’s a good series.

• Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch
• Samantha Swift and the Roses of Athena

Remember Big Fish Games has a Daily Deal offering a different game for $2.99 every day. (Look to the right.)

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No, this isn’t yet another reality TV show on the already crowded reality TV genre. The Hidden Object Show 2 (game review) is a carnival of sorts that does hidden objects in a creative way.

PC and Mac Catch of the Week: The Hidden Object Show 2: Do you think you have what it takes to compete in this season of The Hidden Object Show? Test your skills of observation in this dizzying whirlwind tour of a wacky amusement park. Compete for your chance to win loads of carnival prizes as well as our biggest grand prize yet. So, ya think you can do it?! Come for a ride!

Catch the deal for your PC! Use coupon code CATCH299

Catch the deal for your Mac! Use coupon code CATCH299.

This $2.99 Catch of the Week runs through Sunday, April 17 at 11:59pm.

Here’s The Hidden Object Show, if you’d like to check it out.

Remember Big Fish Games has a Daily Deal offering a different game for $2.99 every day. (Look to the right.)

I don’t know why, but reading about this game made me think of Edward Lear’s “The Owl and the Pussycat” story that I had. First thing that came to mind, “The own and the pussy cat went to sea in a pea green boat.” Strange what the mind conjures from what the eyes see.

Empress of the Deep 2: Song of the Blue Whale Collector’s Edition: Anna awakens on a mysterious tiny island after escaping the destruction of her underwater kingdom. She must find her way to a mystical floating cloud city in the sky, seek out the four Children of Light and save them from the twisted clutches of the Evil Empress Pandora. Along the way she must rescue and heal enchanted animal slaves in this fantastic Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game!

Here’s the original Empress of the Deep: The Darkest Secret.

Download and try Empress of the Deep 2: Song of the Blue Whale Collector’s Edition.

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