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Long-time PC gamer and shorter-time freelance writer, with work at Gamezebo, The Escapist, PC Gamer, Joystiq and parts unknown. Owner of many cats, drinker of fine beers, eater of too much. A steadfast javelin in a flaccid world.
  • Unsolved Mystery Club: Amelia Earhart Review
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    Unsolved Mystery Club: Amelia Earhart Review

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    I play a lot of hidden object games. The bulk of them are pretty much the same in most meaningful ways, falling into that dull, hazy gray area of "average," but every now and then one comes along that really stands out from the crowd. This is one of those times: The name of the game is Unsolved Mystery Club: Amelia Earhart, and it is very, very good.
  • Mind’s Eye: Secrets of the Forgotten Review
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    Mind’s Eye: Secrets of the Forgotten Review

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    Playing Mind's Eye: Secrets of the Forgotten is a bizarre experience. I wanted to like it, I really did, and for the first hour I thought I would. It starts strong, with a grisly murder and the promise of a story that's actually going places, but after awhile it starts to spin out of control and eventually stops making any sort of sense whatsoever. In the end, all that early potential goes nowhere at all and the game, while decent, never manages to be noteworthy for anything except what might have been.
  • Haunted Manor: Lord of Mirrors Review
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    Haunted Manor: Lord of Mirrors Review

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    There's a spooky, abandoned house on the edge of town and we all know what that means: Somebody's going to bet somebody that they won't go inside and have a look around. No, it's not terribly original, but that's the way it goes in Haunted Manor: Lord of Mirrors, a new hidden object game from Top Evidence Studio that's actually a quite a bit better than its worn-out opening notes would suggest.
  • Big Tree Defense Review
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    Big Tree Defense Review

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    Big Tree Defense is a member of the tower defense genre of video games, in which players arrange assorted types of gun turrets and other fantastical weaponry in order to intercept and destroy wave after wave of attacking enemies. It's a simple concept that's been around for years; at their most basic, tower defense games are easy-to-play time-killers, but some of the more advanced versions require a surprising amount of strategic thinking. This one definitely falls into the latter category.
  • Ankh: The Lost Treasures Review
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    Ankh: The Lost Treasures Review

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    Have you heard the one about the Arabian girl who launched a revolution against the greedy Pharaoh by popping all the balloons at his birthday party? That's what awaits in Ankh: The Lost Treasures, a short, sharp shock of a hidden object game that starts off with promise but fizzles out quicker than the Twenty-fourth Dynasty.
  • Memory Clinic Review
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    Memory Clinic Review

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    I find myself changing as I get older. My waistline has expanded. My hairline has not. It may be that I don't have quite the same sunny disposition that I used to. And my mental faculties, well, let's just say that my tack isn't quite as sharp as it once was. What's a poor old gamer to do? Whatever the answer to that question, it's a safe bet that Memory Clinic won't be a part of it.
  • The Three Musketeers: Queen Anne’s Diamonds Review
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    The Three Musketeers: Queen Anne’s Diamonds Review

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    In 1844, Alexandre Dumas published The Three Musketeers, a rousing tale of friendship and honor set in France in the 1600s. The story has been adapted numerous times over the years for television, film, stage and more, and now Dingo Games has put its own spin on the saga with the new RPG/adventure game called simply The Three Musketeers. But while Dumas' novel has endured to become one of the famous literary works of all time, the video game is proof that great source material does not guarantee a great game.
  • Hidden Identity: Chicago Blackout Review
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    • PC
    Hidden Identity: Chicago Blackout Review

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    You wake up in a seedy hotel room, the noise and smells of the sultry Chicago night seeping through the open window like secrets pouring out of a squealing stool pigeon. You can't remember your name, or how you got there, or why. The only thing you do remember is that youmustremember. The streets are unforgiving, and second chances are hard-earned and rarely given.