Gamezebo Archives - October 2009

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and from now until Oct. 18 whenever you buy a game from MSN Games, Oberon Media and Microsoft will donate 5% of the profit to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. Visit Play for a cause for more information. Read more »

Welcome to Gamezebo's walkthrough for Campfire Legends: The Hookman.

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Sitting around a campfire telling ghost stories has been proven to be an outstanding way to scare your friends, but how about yourself? Now GameHouse has taken on the role of storyteller, and it's your job to not just listen to the story, but to experience it first hand in an eerie tale of survival and the unknown. Just in time for Halloween, do you have what it takes to survive Campfire Legends: The Hookman?

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Welcome to Gamezebo's walkthrough for Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2 - The Siege of Spinner Cay.

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The saga of mighty pirate Guybrush Threepwood continues in this second chapter of the Tales of Monkey Island series, which takes place directly after the events of the previous game. And though The Siege of Spinner Cay plays and looks identical to the first game in the series, it ends up being a much more enjoyable experience thanks to some clever -- and very funny -- writing and much more intuitive puzzles.

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Forget Hannah Montana, now we've got Alabama Smith, in his latest adventure: Aabama Smith in the Quest of Fate. OK, despite this time-traveling hero's cheesy name (what were the developers thinking?), this sequel -- which successfully fuses hidden-object game ("HOG") mechanics with point-and-click adventure gameplay elements -- does manage to deliver a memorable ride.

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Following the success of Death on the Nile and Peril at End House, I-play and Floodlight Games have teamed up again for Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly, a hidden object mystery that brings another of Agatha Christie's classic mystery tales to life. 

As a guest at the beautiful Nasse House in the English countryside, you are invited to take part in a thrilling mock-murder game.  While visitors follow clues to figure out "whodunit," those in charge find themselves with a rising sense of uncertainty.  Could an insider be using this charade as the perfect disguise for some despicable scheme?

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Fashion designer Jojo Cruz is back in Jojo's Fashion Show: World Tour, the third game in the time management series. Download the game, write a review, and chat about it in our forum.

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Realore (makers of such casual games as Turtle Odyssey and Jane's Hotel) have just celebrated their seventh anniversary in the business. We sat down with the company's head of business development, Natalia Matveeva, to chat about some of the highlights of those first seven years, and what Realore has in store for the future. Read more »

The third game in the Curse of the Pharaoh series (sequel to The Quest for Nefertiti and Napoleon's Secret) has launched. Download Curse of the Pharaoh: Tears of Sekhmet, write a review, or talk about the game in our forum. Read more »

Her Interactive has just launched its latest Nancy Drew point-and-click adventure game, Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy. The game is available at retail, and you can also download it directly from HerInteractive.com. Write a review, or talk about the game in our forum. Read more »

PlayFirst has just launched Avenue Flo, the first hidden object adventure set in the DinerTown universe. Dowload Avenue Flo, write a review, or talk about it in our forum. Read more »

As you play the hidden object game Romance of Rome, many thoughts will go through your head. Thoughts like "This hand-drawn art is exceptionally lovely," and "How wonderful that the items are era-appropriate," or "Hey, neat, I get to have a dog!" But the one thought that is more likely to run through your mind far more often than any other is undoubtedly, "Holy crap, this game is hard!"

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The first Fishdom game made a splash with challenging match-3 gameplay and fishtank decorating, while the sequel, Fishdom H2O, switched over to hidden object gameplay. Both games were well-received by players, but match-3 fans will be happy to know that Fishdom: Spooky Splash has gone back to its match-3 roots. Like the first Fishdom, Spooky Splash has you swapping tiles and earning cash to decorate Halloween-themed fish tanks.

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When Alawar Melesta, creator of the popular Farm Frenzy-series, decides to develop a game that can be compared to the surprise hit My Kingdom for the Princess, this could be interesting. While the lack of a proper tutorial for a rather complex game and a somewhat choppy and shortish storyline appear a bit daunting in the beginning, Island Realms nevertheless turns out to be more innovative and engaging than the usual more of the same entry in the casual market.

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Welcome to Gamezebo's walkthrough for Scratches - Director's Cut.

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Welcome to Gamezebo's walkthrough for 10 Days to Save the World.

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Reincarnations: The Awakening has launched. Download this hidden object adventure, write a review, or talk about it in our forum.
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Following a web version, handheld electronic game, and even a recent television game show adaptation, the artificial intelligence-based phenomenon known as 20Q has arrived on the iPhone App Store as 20Q Mind Reader. Via a series of questions, the game attempts to guess the item or object on your mind, and this new portable iteration throws in bonus anagram puzzles and other unlockable features for added value. Read more »

Ooh la la!  Travel through the streets of Prague, Paris, and Venice to discover the secret of our romantic friend, Casanova!  Intenium's latest hidden object game Insider Tales: The Secret of Casanova is up on their Web site.

Download a free trial of Insider Tales: The Secret of Casanova, write a review, and discuss the game in our forum. Read more »