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MacSoft has generally seen success with their modern spins on classic board games, so why not take a shot with a couple family favorites? Your family, anyway. Not mine. My family’s favorite games were Bonkers and Beat Up Your Little Brother Until the Commercials End. Regardless, if the dining room table just feels a little too passe, you can now play The Game of Life: Path to Success, and will soon be able to play Clue Classic on your Macintosh.

Follow the path to success in a contemporary spin on a classic family favorite in The Game of Life: Path to Success! Advance from college to marriage and beyond and take care of everyone under your roof as you build your Life! Collect tokens at a fast and frenzied pace when you succeed at meeting the increasing demands of friends, family, and new characters who enter your life throughout the 50 levels gameplay. The Game of Life “peg people” have never been this animated—or this demanding! Featuring all your favorite aspects of the classic board game, amazing 3D graphics, and all-new game play, Life has never been as fun - or as fast - as The Game of Life: Path to Success!

Features:

• 50 Challenging levels of gameplay
• Fun mini-games
• Gorgeous 3D graphics
• Easy to learn fun for the whole family

Of course, we all know that “fun for the whole family” generally means that’ll it’ll only be fun if the alternative is church choir practice, but because MacSoft has a pretty strong record we’ll give them the benefit of the doubt. The Game of Life: Path to Success is available now for $24.99.

Solve the mystery that’s kept everyone guessing for more than 50 years. Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum, Miss Scarlet and the rest of the usual suspects have gathered together in stately Tudor Mansion to determine who killed Mr. Boddy, where the murder was committed, and how it was done. Was it Mr. Green in the Hall with the revolver? Or perhaps it was Mrs. Peacock in the Ballroom with the lead pipe? With six suspects, six possible murder weapons and nine rooms in the mansion, there are hundreds of possibilities, and plenty of clues to investigate! A family favorite for generations of gamers, CLUE Classic is a whodunit you’ll want to solve again and again!

• Search for incrimination clues, sneak through secret passages, and make the ultimate accusation to solve the murder.
• The crime scene at Tudor Mansion comes to life!
• Challenge up to five computer opponents, keep tabs on suspects in your digital notebook, and earn accolades for bringing Mr. Boddy’s killer to justice!

Hey, wait…why isn’t the murder game fun for the whole family?

Both games require a Macintosh computer with any G4/G5 or Intel processor, Mac OS X v10.4.11 or higher, and a CD or DVD ROM drive.

Products [The Game of Life: Path to Success and Clue Classic]