Oiligarchy 2 is cool oil tycoon game that is set right after WWII. The west is full of oil and you are the CEO of a company whose job is to dig it up, make profits, and expand your empire. If you perform poorly, the investors will fire you. The first thing you do in this game is use the exploration tool to explore the ground and find oil deposits. Concentrate on just a few areas at first because you need some money to build small and normal oil rigs.

I usually explore a few places first and then build 1 normal rig and a few small rigs to start. Its pretty obvious where the big oil deposits are and where the small ones are so build rigs accordingly. You will have to try to keep up with consumer demand and the changing political environment. Be sure to donate to political campaigns on both sides and pay attention to which party is ahead so you donate to the winner more. This is a very important part of the game. You want to contribute a lot in hopes of getting an “oiled president” to give you access to “basement meetings”. This will give you undue influence on policy making. Also watch out for green movements and general cries for clean energy. This is quite like running a real business and for those of you want-to-be businessmen, it may be a perfect game.

An interesting little game I came across the other day is Ma Ku The rain cloud. In this game you play the part of a cloud whose purpose is to water all your plants and make them grow before the timer runs out. You must also protect your plants from the nasty insects that try to nibble and eat your plants. The flying insects are especially troublesome because they can eat full-grown plants while the ground insects can only eat plant buds. In order to protect your plants, you use lightening to kill the bugs crawling around your plants.

If you fail to grow all your plants when the timer runs out, you lose. Because the flying insects can eat full-grown plants, I suggest you target them first and then water as many plants as you can to make them grow so the ground bugs can’t get to them. Its a fairly simple game that really depends some on quickness and reflexes. The theme of the game is pretty cute but the music, while fitting, got really annoying after a while(I guess I just don’t like that kind of music). Overall its an entertaining game made for the younger audience.