The game is very pretty, thoughvery, very pretty, and considering its actually fun and interesting, well, sure makes it worth the current 9.99 asking price.

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Upon browsing the store, in the midst of the obligatory litany of throw-away games and limited demos masquerading as free games lies a decent amount of extremely worthwhile and critically acclaimed games something most platforms dont generally accomplish at launch.

Like, weird weird.

Its loosely based on a twisted version of Little Red Riding Hood, where the player must travel to grandmas house and is instructed to stay the on the path.

Of course, the whole point of the game is to wander off the path, into the strange wilderness, where the player experiences super surreal and extremely creepy things.

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The Path is probably the best and the most surprising game to be available at launch on the Mac App Store, both because of its high quality and its extremely unsettling nature, and a 9.99, it wouldnt be a good idea to pass up.

Its essentially a parody of turn-based RPGs, set in the Penny Arcade universe, yet modified with a steampunk theme.

Theyre genuinely funny, well-made games, and were originally planned as a four-part series, though after the second games release, the plan ceased, but in an effort to finish the story rather than leave fans wondering, the story is being released in prose via Penny Arcades website.

At the moment, both games are on sale on the Mac App Store for 3.99 each, an amazing bargain considering I bought both games for 15 each when I originally played them.

As expected, Angry Birds launched with the Mac App Store for the same price as its PC counterpart, 4.99, four dollars more than its iOS counterpart.

Regardless of the price, Angry Birds has basically become a killer app, and a platform hasnt arrived unless it runs the bird-kamikaze simulator.

For the uninitiated, the player basically uses a giant slingshot to fling birds at structures which hide pigs, in order to defeat the pigs and retrieve kidnapped bird eggs said pigs stole.

The game has a few mechanical issues, and its pretty simple, targeted toward the casual audience, and yet, man.

You just really want to throw birds at pigs for some reason.

The 4.99 price is pretty steep compared to the 0.99 price of the iOS version, but honestly, 4.99 would be a fine price for the game if the 0.99 price wasnt around making you feel like youre overpaying for the OS X version.

Its been around for a long time now (in video game years), dating back to 2007.

Like Angry Birds its pretty much been published for just about any modern day platform under the technological sun, and again, just like Angry Birds, Puzzle Quest has ended up on everything ever because the game has universal appeal.

Basically, its another match-three game, except it throws in nearly every element of role-playing games imaginable, from capturing and training mounts, to leveling-up characters, to highly-customizable statistics and equipment, to castle sieges, to capturable territories, to crafting, to sidequests, to an in-depth story: If an RPG has had the mechanic, its probably in Puzzle Quest, and all tied into various match-three types of gameplay.

The game is one of those simple-yet-complex masterpieces where the player can play for a five-minute train ride, or sit in bed and play and oh no its almost time for work.

The current price fo 14.99 may seem steep, but if youve ever played a video game before, youve definitely paid more for less potential time spent playing a game.

I finally gave in and tried it out one night, though, and it turned out I was all kinds of wrong about my initial assessment.

Its fairly simple, essentially a combination of pinball and The Price is Rights Plinko.

In Peggle, the player attempts to clear the level of bumpers by shooting balls at them, and racking up a high score before proceeding to the next level.

As the game progresses, the player unlocks new characters, who have unique powers which aid the player in their conquest of bumpercide.

Both Peggle and Peggle Nights currently sit on the Mac App Store at 9.99 each, which may seem a little high for more casual games, but Peggle is definitely fun, addictive, and provides more than just the single-player mode.

The game is extremely fun, though can be somewhat of a challenge for the more casual gamer that isnt quite used to advanced platforming and physics-based puzzles.

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