Game review: Jane's Realty

The Jane's Hotel series has yet another sequel. This time, in Jane's Realty, Jane is helping her husband run a real estate business. While it is completely different from the first two games, is it any good? In short, not really. The first two "Jane" games were time management, hotel-themed games where you were assisting customers with their wants. I'm not even sure I could classify this one as a time management game. There are no customers for you to serve but each level does have a few goals. At the start of each level, you need to purchase land and build both an electric and a water company. From there, you can start to build houses but you can only build so many before you need to upgrade the companies. Of course, all of this requires money, which you can only get by renting the houses you build. Needless to say, I didn't get far in the game before this stopped me in my tracks. I couldn't raise enough money to finish all of my goals so I couldn't pass the level. I've played the level five different times and I still can't figure out the key to passing it. And I'm not even halfway through the game!

In all honesty, Realore Studios should take Jane back to the time management game. She can move up from the hotel business. Give her a casino business perhaps. Or, if they really want to keep her in the realty business, take a tip from Build-A-Lot or even Build in Time. The key time management elements need to rule the game.

Condo Hotels?

Back when I lived in North Carolina, my then-boyfriend and I went on a trip with some friends. I believe we stayed at a condo hotel or something like that. I didn't make the reservations so I'm not sure exactly how the place was classified. However, it was really nice. Maybe the next time my family gets to go on vacation, we'll take a look at a condo hotel. It just might make our vacation nicer.

New Knives

My husband is the one that does all the cooking in our house. I know that our kitchen desperately needs new knives so I was thinking about getting him a Rubis set for Christmas this year. It's definitely something he'd use a lot and it would make preparing the food a ton easier. I'm just not how sure he'd appreciate it. Wouldn't it be kinda like a husband getting a wife a vacuum cleaner for her birthday? Maybe I'll just buy them anyway. Not for a holiday, just for the heck of it.

Game review: Ranch Rush

I found myself falling desperately in love with the Farm Frenzy series so I've been trying other farm games to see how they stack up. Ranch Rush is quite different from Farm Frenzy. Instead of caring for a ton of animals, you are caring for a few animals and a lot of crops. While I enjoyed the beginning levels of the games, the higher levels felt like they needed something more. The problem is that the crops and animals all need to be "harvested" quickly and your character just doesn't move fast enough to do everything. Perhaps this is fixed in an even higher level of the game but I couldn't bring myself to go past the hour demo. It was an entertaining hour at least.

Music review: Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

Artist: Prince (OK, he was the symbol at the time)Album: The Gold Experience Release date: 9/26/95 Video link: on MySpace TV

Lyrics: Could U be the most beautiful girl in the world? It's plain 2 see U're the reason that God made a girl When the day turns into the last day of all time I can say I hope U are in these arms of mine And when the night falls before that day I will cry I will cry tears of joy cuz after U all one can do is die, oh

Could U be the most beautiful girl in the world? Could U be? It's plain 2 see U're the reason that God made a girl Oh, yes U are

How can I get through days when I can't get through hours? I can try but when I do I see U and I'm devoured, oh yes Who'd allow, who'd allow a face 2 be soft as a flower? Oh I could bow (bow down) and feel proud in the light of this power Oh yes, oh

Could U be (could U be) the most beautiful girl in the world? Could U be? It's plain 2 see U're the reason that God made a girl Oh, yes U are

And if the stars ever fell one by one from the sky I know Mars could not be, uh, 2 far behind Cuz baby, this kind of beauty has got no reason 2 ever be shy Cuz honey, this kind of beauty is the kind that comes from inside

Could U be (could U be) the most beautiful girl in the world? So beautiful, beautiful It's plain 2 see (plain 2 see) U're the reason that God made a girl

Oh yeah! (Oh, yes U are) Girl (Could U be?) U must be ... oh yeah! (Could U be?) U're the reason ... oh yeah (Could) {x3} About the song: I don't think Prince has ever failed me. He is an amazing artist, no matter what he wants to call himself. I think any girl would love to have this song played for them. There really isn't anything else I can say about it. An amazingly romantic song despite the almost-completely falsetto voice it is sung in.

I can't hear the TV!

I occasionally have trouble hearing. It usually pops up when there is a lot of background noise. Unfortunately for me, my husband is a big time World of Warcraft gamer. So, often times, when I am watching television, there is a lot of WoW background noise. Instead of turning the TV up really loud, I just click on the closed captioning. It helps a lot. I'm thankful for the people that take the time to type all that up so that people with hearing trouble can still watch TV.

Game review: Build In Time

Build In Time is a building time management game along the lines of the awesome Build-a-Lot series. Unlike other games, this game takes you through a couple of decades, year by year. It makes the game slightly more interesting as you watch the clothes and houses change little by little. I did have fun playing this game but it wasn't nearly as much fun as Build-a-Lot. Here, I seemed to waste a lot of time painting the houses and putting up accessories such as flowerbeds or basketball hoops. And instead of catering to a mayor's whims, you are building houses that the homeowners are asking for. So you never really know what is coming up next. If anything, I would use this as a beginner's game on my way to Build-a-Lot.