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Are you hungry for cooking games?

May 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

With the proliferation of cooking shows over the years it is no wonder people are building up an appetite for cooking games. Just like a yummy sticky date pudding, the craving for cooking games is very moreish!

But don’t be confused, we’re not talking about preparing and cooking ‘game’ here. No, rather than recipes for rabbit, squab or duck from such popular cooking shows as Masterchef Australia, My Kitchen Rules or Jamie Oliver, people are chomping at the bit to take the controls and actually play cooking games on their computer, Nintendo DS, Wii, Playstation, Xbox 360 or any console for that matter!

So with that in mind, I thought it would be a nice idea to take a look at some of the cooking games that are available on the different consoles, and let me point out that it’s not just about cooking games for girls, no there’s cooking games to suit boys, girls and people of all ages. This time around we’ll feature games about cooking for the PC.

Cooking Games on the PC

There are plenty of cooking games for the PC, but let’s take a look at some of the highest rated ones on Amazon.com.

Cake Mania


Game Reviews from people who purchased Cake Mania on Amazon.com:

i like these kind of games, this one isnt too bad, it gives you a lot of upgrade options and all but i finished the game pretty fast. Cake Mania 2 is much better, it just keeps going!!

3 out of 5 stars


This game may seem childish for some but after a while you will find yourself addicted to it. It’s simple but challenging. Overall, a great product and well worth the price.

5 out of 5 stars


Burger Shop 2


Game Reviews from people who purchased Burger Shop 2 on Amazon.com:

Burger Shop is great fun and highly addictive. Burger Shop II is twice as good! I like the Breakfast and Dinner levels in this game even more than the lunch menu carried over from Burger Shop I, and the new customers and their quirks add to the fun of the game yet more. I have loads of games and I play this one far more than any of the others even though I have been through it several times already.

I found the ‘Story Mode’ of this game not quite as challenging as Burger Shop I, but that’s okay, because expert mode will challenge me for a long time to come, I think. I haven’t earned all the trophies, and don’t think I ever will, but I also think I won’t ever stop trying.

The only change I would like to see in this game is the ability to play an ‘All Breakfast’ or ‘All Dinner’ story mode or challenge mode, but the only option is to play all three meals. A minor point. This is a great, great game that is well worth the price.

5 out of 5 stars

 

I had played this game prior to buying it and I LOVE IT!! I’ve wanted to buy the whole game and not just get a free trial for a long time now. I would recommend it to anyone who loves time management games like Diner Dash.

5 out of 5 stars


My Disney Kitchen


Game Reviews from people who purchased My Disney Kitchen on Amazon.com:

I’m 11 and I love this game! My Disney Kitchen lets you cook food for mIckey and Minnie, and you can even play Make-a-Cake games and Good Morning Griddle! It’s absolutely fun, and I’m an 11 year old Iron Chef America fan! My Disney Kitchen is PERFECT for Disney fans and Food Fans alike

5 out of 5 stars


My Disney Kitchen is a simple, basic 2-dimensional point and click style children’s game. Very little graphical complexity, and the technology could easily be pre-1995. But of all our computer and video games, it’s the favorite of my 2 and 4 year old niece and nephew. Baking cakes, making pancakes, spaghetti, peanut butter sandwiches (or any combination of those), or just raiding the refrigerator make for hours of fun. It’s a basic combination of kids’ two favorite activities: eating and making messes.

The interface is simple point, click, and drag, and any child old enough to use a mouse can make a meal. Although originally built for Windows 95/98, it plays in XP perfectly well with only an occasional sound hiccup due to delayed CD-read reaction times. Your kids will love it.

4 out of 5 stars


Part 2 of our Cooking Games extravaganza will feature Cooking Games on the Nintendo DS.

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Top 5 PC Games from the Last 3 years

April 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The last few years I haven’t had the best PC for gaming so I have missed out on some of the big hits, so today I thought I would do a quick recap on some of the biggest games in recent years just in case any readers have just recently upgraded to a hot new gaming computer and find themselves wanting to catch up on some of the coolest PC games from the last 3 years.

Just Cause 2 (OFLC: MA 15+)

Just Cause 2 is an open world action adventure video game that was released on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2010. It is a follow up to Just Cause that was released in 2006. There’s a lot of chatter about Just Cause 2 being comically bad (it’s so bad it’s almost good) with terrible voice acting and lack of meaningful plot, but the game play itself is just good mindless fun. If you don’t mind a silly plot with poor voice acting, you will be rewarded with some really fun game mechanics and a huge open world to explore.

Fallout 3 (OFLC: MA 15+)

The Office of Film and Literature Classification originally banned Fallout 3 when it was released on the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2008 but it was eventually released as an edited version. The controversy was supposedly caused by the inclusion of ‘chems’ that gave the players positive or negative effects and was deemed too close to promoting substance abuse. The actual gameplay is very immersive and worth a look.

Crysis 1 (OFLC: MA15+)

My first article on this blog debated whether or not Crysis 2 is better than Call of Duty: Black Ops (if you’d like to have your say about this just pop over and leave a comment or two on the post). Well, obviously before Crysis 2 there was Crysis 1 (released in 2008) – and quite frankly this is probably the game that would have really put your gaming PC to the test (if you could play Crysis on your gaming computer you could do just about anything!). Unlike the other games I have mentioned on this list, Crysis was not available on the Xbox or 360 but was released exclusively on the PC. If you ask me, the single player mode plays to the strength of this game and is the reason I have listed it in the Top 5 PC games from the last 5 years.

Sins of a Solar Empire (OFLC: )

Released in 2008 exclusively to PC Gamers, Sins of a Solar Empire is a SciFi realtime strategy game. This one is for the space travel strategy lovers. It has also continued to receive expansion packs to keep the game fresh, such as Entrenchment which was released in 2009 and Diplomacy which was released in 2010. Sinsofasolarempire.com is an active site that at the time of writing this post was running a poll on whether players would like to see a new expansion pack – the results were a landslide in favour of ‘yes’ so expect to see even more expansions to this great strategy game.

Borderlands (OFLC: MA15+)

Borderlands was released in 2010 and is available on the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The co-op campaign mode provides hours of fun when played with a friend. This game does suffer a little from mouse acceleration issues but it is basically an awesome game that is definitely worth checking out.

Don’t agree with some/any of these top 5 picks? Leave a comment!

 

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Is Crysis 2 better than Call of Duty: Black Ops?

March 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The comparisons are inevitable – two highly anticipated first person shooters available on all the major gaming platforms, xbox 360, PS3 and PC (the first Crysis was available only on the PC and was legendary for the ‘Crysis Stress Test’ – if your gaming PC could run Crysis it could run just about anything).

A quick scan around the net reveals a lot of excitement around the release date of Crysis 2, much the same as the fanfare that surrounded Call of Duty: Black Ops when it was first released (Call of Duty: Black Ops’ release date was November 9, 2010 and Crysis 2 has a release date of March 24, 2011).

On many forums there are claims that Crysis 2 is easily the game of the year but given that we’re only 3 months in to the year I think it might be a bit early to make that call – especially with some big title games such as Max Payne 3, Battlefield 3, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Gears of War 3, and Killzone 3 (wow, it’s the year of the threequel!) all coming out in 2011.

On the other hand there are more than just a few comments floating around that think ‘anything is better than Call of Duty’. Just a little bit harsh, and if you go looking you’ll quickly find comments that think Black Ops is the greatest game on Earth.

So it really just boils down to your own personal opinion, but if you’re asking me, my pick is Crysis 2.

P.S. has anyone played Black Ops on the DS? Is it any good?

Ash.

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