Review – Drawn: Dark Flight

Rating: E (for Everyone) Publisher: Big Fish Games Release Date: August 31st, 2010 Official Website DEMO “A young girl…destined to rule but pursued by shadows. A trusted friend…broken but not defeated. A tyrant…wrapped in darkness, ambitious but cruel.” If that’s not a set-up for a great story, I don’t know what is. Big Fish Game’s Drawn: Dark Flight is the continued story of Iris, Franklin and the evil tyrant who destroyed her parents and now is looking for her. The game opens with promise, a beautiful animation sequence with those words above narrated to you along with your goal–light the three beacons so Iris can defeat the tyrant and rule as queen. I had high hopes for this game, because I absolutely loved its prequel: Drawn: Painted Tower. While the opening animation sequence is beautiful, it was too brief. It finishes and you find yourself just staring at hole in

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Review: Zuma Blitz

Popcap and Facebook have paired up again to bring us our beloved ball-shooting tribal frog on a tight deadline and for FREE!

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Guest Review – Drawn: The Painted Tower

Platform: PC ESRB: E Genre: Puzzle/Adventure Combo Number of Players: 1 Publisher: Big Fish Games Release Date: 10/2009 Official Website A family with the gift of drawing items that then come to life is under attack from a king and his dark chancellor. The parents ask Franklin, the house servant, to take and protect their youngest daughter, Iris. She too has inherited her family’s gift of animation and entertains herself with the sketches to pass the time while separated from her family. That is, until the dark chancellor puts a curse on her tower and traps her. You must rescue Iris using her art as clues to find her before the king and chancellor come for her. Graphics: The graphics in this game are luxurious and rich. It’s almost like walking into an interactive graphic novel done with a touch of Tim Burton meets the Brothers Grimm style. The game

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Guest Review: Passport to Perfume

Platform: PC ESRB: E Genre: Time Management Number of Players: 1 Publisher: PlayFirst Release Date: 07/2009 Official Website The player takes on the role of Sophia, a young perfumer in training. The game opens in Brazil with Sophia and her father searching for rare ingredients to Marie Antoinette’s perfume. Tragically, a rock slide separates her from her father and he is presumed dead. Years later, a mysterious man brings her father’s long lost diary to her perfume shop which motivates her to renew the search for the lost ingredients to Marie Antoinette’s formula. As Sophia, the player must make and sell various perfumes to raise money to search for rare ingredients all over the world. Graphics: The graphics remind me a little of Japanese anime, with the large eyes and stylistic hair. Part of the game integrates a story board portion between trips which was a great touch. The game

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