One of the new casual games at Big Fish puts you in the tower to land airplanes at eight different airports. Airport Mania: First Flight is a time management casual game where you have to help land several different cute airplanes.

Whether it’s Las Vegas travel or Los Angeles travel, as the air traffic controller you are responsible for landing those planes safely. Air traffic controller is reportedly one of the most stressful jobs. Now you can experience their job on a small scale and without fear of crashing planes.

I’ve never thought about air traffic controller as a career but with the cute airplanes, I may give this one a try.

Who doesn’t love a good mystery? In the casual game from Legacy Interactive - The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes - will have you helping the most famous detective solve several cases.

Sherlock Holmes is a hidden object game that combines all the best gameplay of the other seek and find adventures into one game - making each level fun, exciting, and unique. One room might be to spot the differences while another will be to find the object. There’s a lot more to this hidden object game than just the seek and find formula. Players will be immersed into the world of London’s most famous detective as he works to solve various mysteries.

There are more than 100 mind bending puzzles to solve in the first computer game officially licensed by the Conan Doyle Estate. You will have to find the evidence in the hidden object puzzles. Compare the crime scenes and note the differences in another puzzle. You will have to use your deductive reasoning skills in the games “who’s the suspect?”

Plus there are plenty of more type puzzles including anagrams, cryptograms, jigsaw, and more.

The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes features 16 unique cases to solve as well as some favorite characters from like Watson and Inspector Lestrade. Also you get to explore 40 historically accurate locations in London, all from the comfort of your computer chair!

Sherlock Holmes is a very entertaining game that will provide hours or hidden object/puzzle-solving fun.

Romperz.com was the first domain that I ever registered. I did it to have a spot to play on the Internet. The first year it was through a lot of transformations like beng solely about GameCube to being a website about Sunday School lessons. I finally decided to go with a subject close to my hear and chose casual games. The first blog on it was a php script called Orca that I absolutely loved. It was a blog that you could stick anywhere. I used Cutenews for my content management and just stuck the Orca blog on the front page. Then my ISP updated PHP and Orca no longer worked. So that’s when I made the switch to WordPress.

I’ve really enjoyed blogging through the years. It keeps me up to date on casual and video games. It also gives me a platform to talk about games at large. It is definitely a great stress reliever and also since becoming a mom, it’s nice to have a blog that is just mine. My blog helps me to keep my identity as a gamer and also be a mom, wife, and anything else I want to be. I also love checking stats and hoping that my ramblings turn on a gamer to a game or steer then away from buying something that they wouldn’t like.

Here is a little video I did that pretty much sums up why blogging makes me happy, especially blogging here at Romperz, my very first domain.

Even though it’s been out for a few weeks, I finally remembered to download the trial version of Big City Adventure - Syndey, Australia. I loved the first Big City Adventure set in San Francisco and couldn’t wait for the next installment. It was finally realized and I completely forgot about it until now.

The whole family including grandma, grandpa, mom, dad, and brother and sister are traveling to Sydney for this adventure. This hidden object game has all sorts of new objects to find. One thing that won’t be found is top wrinkle cream for grandma, but that’s really about it! There are sundials, turtles, airplanes, and boomerangs along with hundreds of other items, too. New puzzles to solve also are included that will lead you to your next destination.

Big City Adventure Sydney, Australia continues the fun adventure that was found in San Francisco. This is my favorite hidden object game franchise. It’s the only one I’ve ever completed and feel pretty sure that I will work to complete Sydney, too.

I do like to talk about The Sims, my favorite PC game of all time. I was so excited when The Sims 2 was released but it was just awkward timing. With a newborn in the house, it made it very difficult to play. Plus when I did play, I felt guilty for playing a family when instead I could be spending time with mine!

I did buy a few expansions like University and Open for Business. Sadly I haven’t played either that much although I do look forward to playing more in the near future. I have some great business ideas that I’m sure other Sims will be wanting a franchise opportunity to start their own!

My favorite Sims 2 expansion is University just because I have played it more. My favorite The Sims expansion is Pets. I had this dalmatian named Jubilee who would run and greet me after work in the game. What unconditional love I tell ya.

What’s your favorite from The Sims, The Sims 2 or both?

Here’s how we start most of our evenings. We settle down to watch Wheel of Fortune. wishing we already had our LCD TV. Maybe one day we’ll have the TV but now we can watch Pat anytime by playing Pat Sajak’s Lucky Letters - TV Guide Edition.

This game combines Pat’s witty humor, the lucky letters game, and crossword puzzles from TV guide. Sounds like a lot to pack into one casual game! Pat Sajak as your host as you choose your favorite era to play. Place letters correctly to solve the puzzle.

First you will have to bet and then spin the slot machine for letters. Then you must place them in the right spot on the board. The clues will help you out, much like in a standard crossword puzzle.

And as with a lot of casual games, there is a free one hour demo of the game, so you can find try it before you buy it.

Jill’s grandparent’s bakery shop is on the verge of foreclosure and it’s up to you to help them out. Jill returns home from culinary school and quickly sets out on a mission to save her grandparent’s beloved bakery.

Cake Mania, the hit casual game for the PC, is now being developed for the Nintendo Wii. Cake Mania in the Mix is set to be released in early 2009. In the new version, there will be motion mini-games and a co-op level where Jill will have some extra help in the kitchen.

Players will use the Wiimote to guide Jill through nine different bakeries, making plenty of custom cakes along the way for an array of customers. Some demanding new customers will be pregnant moms and ninjas. There will also be a new phone system that will allow catering orders to be place by phone instead of just walk-ins.

Casual games are perfect for the Wii since the Wiimote makes it so easy to ‘point and click’ much like how you can on a PC. Other casual games such as Home Sweet Home are also being developed for the Wii.

Our trip to Dragon Con is Labor Day weekend. We are wanting to cover it as press for our various blogs and places we write for. This means it would be really nice to have a second laptop to take with us.

I’ve been wanting one of those cute, small Asus Eees for a while and think if I hold off on buying some games that are due this month can afford the laptop. Now we don’t have a huge budget for games and we don’t rob other expenses like home insurance to buy games. It’s just that May is a pretty good month for releases.

I’m going to hold off on picking up Wii Fit. Right there is almost one-third of the cost of the Asus! It seems there is something else on my game want list that comes out this month. Wii Fit is the most notable and expensive, though.

Besides with Mario Kart Wii, LostWinds(WiiWare), and a few new casual games, we have plenty of gaming entertainment to last us at least a month.

The game that let you freely enjoy chocolate without having to worry about needing acne treatments from eating so much. Chocolatier has a sequel: Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients.

There is a mole controlling Baumeister Confections. You must build a new empire to take on the company and snuff out the mole. To do this, you will need to find secret ingredients to make new and exciting chocolates.

The downside of this game is that all those yummy chocolate treats make my mouth water. I better have some chocolate on hand before playing that’s for sure.

Dora is extremely popular at our house these days. The little one loves Dora. We have Dora DVDs, clothing, and dolls. So, when I came across Dora’s Carnival 2: Boardwalk Adventure, I figure it would also be a hit as well.

I downloaded it to my PC and it runs a little shaky like I need more ram. I have 1 gig of memory, so I’m going to check to see what is all running in the background. But the play may be slowed down a little bit but the fun is all there.

There are several mini-games that feature color recognition and other pre-school skills. You earn tickets and then use those tickets to buy prizes. Some prizes might be printable coloring pages or other games.

Dora’s Carnival 2: Boardwalk Adventure is loads of fun for her. Not so much for me but I enjoy watching and helping her play. Great for young kids but would be terribly dull for those already in school.

The little one has trouble with my trackball mouse, so she points out the right one to click.