If you’ve got a kid who likes (or, God forbid, you like) “The Clone Wars” cartoon, then you might like this game. As it is, I found the usually reliable humor and writing of the Lego games, which take pop culture and turn it into kid-friendly adventure games, starting to wear thin. But then living the action of the latter Star Wars entries feels like less of a good time to me and more like a criminal punishment.

Batman: Arkham Asylum is the most satisfying Macintosh game experience I’ve had in a long, long time. This is impressive, because I’m only marginally interested in Batman, or superheroes of any type, really. But I love a good action adventure, and when you consider that Batman: Arkham Asylum is pretty much just Tomb Raider with better combat and a much cooler lead character, it’s easy to see how it completely took over my evenings for about two weeks.

Totem Destroyer Deluxe felt like I was playing an iPad game on my iMac, but considering it’s priced that way, it’s nothing to complain about. I can’t imagine anyone playing Totem Destroyer Deluxe for more than 10 to 15 minutes at a time, but if you’re bored with your other time killer games, Totem Destroyer Deluxe’s 70+ levels offers up a fair balance of entertainment and frustration.

Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood was released in the Mac App Store on September 15, 2011. I originally reviewed the Mac version for Applelinks back in January of 2005. The PC version was initially released in 2002. I expect we’re going to see a lot more of this; old games getting new life as digital downloads in the Mac App Store, and I’m all for it, especially if the games are as much fun and hold up as well as Robin Hood (mostly) has.

Galaxy on Fire 2 HD is an absolutely gorgeous looking game of sci-fi starship combat. If you’re a fan of sci fi series like Firefly or Buck Rogers, Galaxy on Fire 2 HD is a really fun way to soar across the galaxy without a steep learning curve. As a combination shoot-em-up and resource management game, its staggering good looks make it well worth your time.

The Next BIG Things feels very much like the type of adventure games I used to play back in the mid-90s, but with updated graphics and voice actors who can actually act. Despite its faults, I completed The Next BIG Thing feeling like I’d just finished watching a rather enjoyable movie; one I was looking forward to discussing with friends.

Deathspank: Thongs of Virtue is a profoundly juvenile game. I know, you’re surprised. A game that shamelessly appropriates the legend of The One Ring into a battle for seven items of all-powerful underwear? One where you teleport from location to location using outhouses? Juvenile? True, all too true. It also happens to be very funny. Deathspank, our titular (hee hee) and slightly dim-witted hero must battle his way through a world at war. A world that looks like it was cobbled out of a teenage boy’s Trapper Keeper…

Is there a game franchise that’s more fun than the LEGO film games? In terms of exploration, simple challenges, production design, and just sheer happiness, I don’t know that there is a set of games you can pick up and enjoy with such ease. Now we have LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues, which somehow even manages to make Kingdom of the Crystal Skull enjoyable.

Back in the days when we had five TV channels, there was a Saturday afternoon TV show in my area of Ohio called Action Theater Presents. This is where we would turn for our weekly dose of bizarre Hong Kong action movies. Action Theater Presents may be gone, but its spirit lives on in the Mac App Store through Samurai II: Vengeance.

Egypt Series: The Prophecy is a point and click adventure game broken into three chapters, all of which are currently available in the Mac App Store. Across the series, you’ll play the role of Maya, a young magician investigating the mysteries of ancient Egypt.