Insaniquarium Review

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(More customer reviews)Each level of Insaniquarium contains enough new surprises that it's hard to get bored with it. Whether you're charmed by guppies giving birth, coin- and shell-collecting jellyfish, singing mermaids or shoot-em-up aliens, you're sure to love the craziness of Insaniquarium.

My favourite section of Insaniquarium is the virtual fish tank, where you can purchase a variety of creatures, give them names, feed them, then watch them grow to produce shells which you can use to buy unusual and charming pets from the mermaid's store. The virtual tank can also be used for a cool screensaver and if you have the right combination of pets, you can keep collecting shells while the screensaver is operating.

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Insaniquarium is based on the highly-acclaimed PC game from PopCap. Being an aquarium owner isn't easy these days. Not only do you have to ensure that your fish are well fed, but you also have to fight off nasty aliens.
Fortunately, you have a whole gang of crazy pets to help you. For instance, Zorf the Sea-Horse helps you with feeding duties, and Itchy the Swordfish helps you fight off those pesky aliens. Even better, your fish are not ordinary fish! These cute little fellows drop valuable coins. Add a magic Pirahna to your aquarium - it might eat your smaller fish but it also drops jewels. Look out for the pearl bonuses but grab them quickly before they disappear. You'll need every penny you can get, since the price of fish-food isn't going down.

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Ice Age 2: The Meltdown Review

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(More customer reviews)My family and I LOVED the movie Ice Age 2, and so, of course, my 7 year old wanted the game for PS2!

I was hesitant to pay the $ for it, but decided to get it for him. Boy, is it worth the money!

Both of us have played the game for HOURS today and yesterday, and it's truly a lot of fun. Playing as Scrat, you roam through different areas collecting acorns (think Spyro collecting gems or Curious George collecting bananas). Small brown acorns (1 point), medium green acorns (5 points) and chestnuts (20 points) go towards unlocking bonuses. In each area, there are walnuts that Scrat has to find in order to leave the area and go on to the next one. He can also get fruit from trees and bushes, which helps to replenish his energy. If you use the sniff function (L1), it will help you find hidden fruit.

Throughout the game, there are sparkling signs. When you press the triangle button, a hint appears. (Early in the game, the hints are straightforward. As the game progresses, though, you have to think creatively. No worries if you're stuck. You can choose a Hint button that helps.)

Scrat can also interact with objects. For example, some acorns are buried in the ground (you can see the tops), and you have to use the triangle button to dig them out. If his energy meter starts to run down because of fighting with rodents and other animals, you can replenish it by interacting with flowers and collecting their petals. Some games (and enemies) need to be combated with pebbles, so when Scrat is close to a pebble pile, he can collect up to 25 at a time.

The mini-games are a blast, too...and not exactly easy! The first one, Sid's Slide on "The Eviscerator", has you going down several long slides with the goal of getting at leat 7,000 points at the end. To get these points, you slide on acorns and chestnuts, go through gates, and use the directional button for mid-air flip routines. However, watch out for falling ice! Every time you run into a piece of ice--or miss a directional challenge sequence--points are deducted!

Another fun mini-game is penguin bowling (the penguins are the pins!). You have to score 100 points before you move to the next part of the game. There's a monkey shooting gallery, a Whac-a-Mole-type game, and other fun (but challenging!) mini-games.

Scrat find himself climbing up walls (some are slippery!), swinging on vines, climbing trees, jumping ledges and through treetops, swimming underwater (he has a bubble meter showing how much air he has left!), etc. He even gets helps from other creatures, like when he must climb on the back of a swamp bird in order to get to higher ledges.

There are 5 levels at each place, including the ice/water park, the forest, the mud bog, the sloth village, and more (we're not through the game yet).

Although my son is a pretty experienced platform gamer (Sly Cooper, Crash Bandicoot, the Spyro series, etc.), he still needs my help on some of the sections. For example, I had to do Sid's Slide about 4 or 5 times before I finally accumulated 7,000 points! This game is great for kids and adults alike, but since the hints have to be read (they're not spoken) this could prove problematic for beginner readers.

Also, if you're skittish about kids hitting animals or adolescent humor like fart games (no joke...one of the games has a Fructose Bear who has a Fart meter that helps propel Scrat to acorns on ledges LOL), then you may want to think twice about the game. But if your child is used to mild "cartoon violence" and humor like I've described, I think you'll be delighted and amused with this game.

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Ice Age 2: The Meltdown takes you back in time for a great adventure! The world is melting and your Ice Age pals need help escaping from the rising waters. Swim, splash, scamper and scurry through all the action and adventure from the new Ice Age 2 movie and unearth fun, laughter and surprises along the way!

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Ricochet Infinity Review

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(More customer reviews)Back when I was younger, we had a game called "Breakout." It involved moving a paddle to bounce a ball around on the screen; the ball broke down a wall of colored bricks. (It was also one of the first commercial designs of Steve Wozniak, the genius who invented the Apple ][ computer, but I digress.)

The game concept proved addictive, and variations came out. One, Arkanoid, had a variety of different paddles and balls that could be modified by catching powerups; bricks sometimes took more than one hit to clear, or would do other things. It was a good expansion on a great idea.

Ricochet continues that evolution. The bricks are now animated; sometimes they portray little scenes (a monster truck going over speed bumps) or have puzzles attached to them (you have to clear one area before unlocking another). There are so many things going on that it's really hard to explain, but the gameplay is smoother than any Flash-based Breakout variant (I've played a number and they all bite) and the boards are both challenging and fun. They aren't impossible, but it may take you multiple tries to get through a certain level.

You can also select the type of ship (that is, paddle) that you have. Some ships have options that make the game completely different, which means that some boards are easier with certain ships. Hey! Replay value! That's significant, because there are special gold rings in each board; if you don't clear them all you can go back and try for that last, hard-to-hit one.

The game is a lot of fun and sometimes overwhelming. One minor issue (which wasn't enough to dock any stars in the rating) was that the game ignores your "Full screen" setting-- it always starts windowed. You have to go to Options:Display:Full Screen to set that every time (unless you like the windowed mode). I hope they fixed this in the other Ricochet games; yes, there's quite a number, and I look forward to playing them all.

So, if you like those ball-bouncing games, spending five bucks on dozens of levels' worth of intense and well-crafted gameplay is a no-brainer. Get Ricochet Infinity; you won't regret it. If you're a more casual gamer, the thirty-minute trial should give you a good idea about whether you like it or not, but think of it this way, if you see a movie that's $20 for 90 minutes where you're not guaranteed a good time. So if you get 22.5 minutes of fun out of Ricochet Infinity, you've gotten your money's worth, though you'll have to make your own popcorn.

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Ricochet around the Galaxy in this dynamically brilliant breakout action game! Trek across 216 awesome levels, with thousands more online, earning new ranks in the Galactic Tournament, by yourself or with a friend. Play the re-energized Ring Game, winning new balls and ships with unique specialties to give you the edge! Control your ball with the wildly innovative Recall feature...once you've tried it, you can't go back! Travel to the stars and beyond in your glorious quest to become the Ringmaster Grand Champion!

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