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Cake As Currency (March On Oz)

    Hey, everyone. I just bought a game called March On Oz for a paltry price of 99 cents. Here's the recipe. This game reminds me of Plants Vs. Zombies but has a heavy Role Playing style to it. You are swept up by a cyclone and land in Oz. The place is a mess because evil forces are corrupting it.
    The main problem is the Nomes, formerly peaceful creatures who are under a spell. Your tutor and guide, a fairy, takes you to meet Ozma, the Princess of Oz. She is under a spell and is being transformed into a tree. This is certainly cool from a 'green' point of view but hinders one's mobility. Ha, ha.
     So, Ozma talks you into helping the kingdom. It is at this point that I wish that I had a Scarecrow, with or without brains. But, I will get by with soldiers and Burbury Bakers etc. Oh, yeah. Floating pieces of cake appear. If you tap on them you accumulate in-game currency, hence the title of this post. You English chaps, or was that France(?) should be able to chuckle at that. (Let them eat cake?) Whatever.
     This game has a surreal musical score and outstanding graphics. The tutorial is long and well done. You even have a dictionary to describe your characters and their abilities. The game has been meticulously composed and more updates are promised. It is probably great for kids and I think adults will get a kick out of it. My guide said that she would tell me more about Oz but she feared a dude called Kah-Pe-Rite. Ha, ha. The humor is fun for grown-ups. I guess I qualify.
    The Princess wants you to find the lost heroes of Oz and also a guy named The Mighty McGuffin. I am up for the challenge. As you know, the flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz scared me when I was a kid and I hope that they are not in this game. Ha, ha.
     By the way, you choose your features, clothes and hair for your character. I am resplendent in black shorts with skulls on the legs, a pirate hat and an eye patch. (An I-Patch?)
     The file for this game is several hundred MB's so it should be a long campaign. I'll see you on that yellow brick road. As for our enemies, let them eat cake.
In dread of flying monkeys, I'm CE Wills.

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