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I'm a video game critic, game designer and obsessive gamer. I play everything, but my real love is old school point-and-click adventure games so when the zombies come, I'll be hunkered down in a bunker with my Keurig, my dogs, and a copy of Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within.
  • Witches’ Legacy: The Charleston Curse Review
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    Witches’ Legacy: The Charleston Curse Review

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    You ever wonder why hidden object games feature so many ghosts, insane clowns and twisted psychiatrists? Yeah, me too. Witches also seem to be frequent hidden object fodder, as do wealthy heirs who somehow always end up cursed. These types of characters have seemingly perennial appeal so it's no surprise really, that Witches' Legacy: The Charleston Curse features both witches and heirs. What is surprising is that despite the use of these well-worn archetypes, Witches' Legacy weaves a clever and, on occasion, surprising story.
  • Maestro: Notes of Life Review
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    Maestro: Notes of Life Review

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    Along with Big Fish Game Studios, ERS Games has become one of the most highly-regarded purveyors of hidden object adventures. Known for its spooky storylines and exemplary graphics, ERS has gained a reputation for making hauntingly beautiful games; unfortunately, as the new solid-but-not-overly-innovative hidden object adventure, Maestro: Notes of Life demonstrates, the developer is in serious danger of becoming the proverbial one trick pony.
  • House of 1000 Doors: Family Secrets Review
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    House of 1000 Doors: Family Secrets Review

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    The only thing worse than failure is success, as any has-been writer can tell you. House of 1000 Doors: Family Secrets stars just such a writer in a twist on the familiar hidden object adventure "save the souls" theme. While this version won't blow the doors off the hidden object world creatively speaking, it does represent one of the more well made and intricately-designed games in the genre.
  • Mountain Crime: Requital Review
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    Mountain Crime: Requital Review

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    Rainy nights, car crashes, washed out roads, abandoned hotels, crazed arch-villains out for revenge...these motifs have become the mainstays of hidden object games but unfortunately, rampant overuse has seriously diluted their impact. Alawar Stargaze's new hidden object adventure , Mountain Crime: Requital clearly illustrates this by misusing the studio's considerable talents to present every thematic cliché in the book.
  • Pahelika: Revelations Review
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    Pahelika: Revelations Review

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    The Golden Age of adventure games is long past, but those of us who love them keep searching for games made in that old-school style. Ironcode Gaming's Pahelika: Revelations is one such game, which in an era dominated by social, casual and "lite adventure," is both good and bad. On one hand, it offers a deeper story and more challenging puzzles than those other genres; on the other, its high skill expectation takes it beyond the reach of many of today's new gamers.
  • Enchanted Caverns 2 Review
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    Enchanted Caverns 2 Review

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    It's doubtful that anyone these days gets pumped upon hearing the words "match-3," but a handful of developers keep cranking them out for the genre's devoted fans. A couple of years ago, developer Wellore Games released Enchanted Cavern, a stolid match-three that while reasonably entertaining, did little to invigorate the genre. This month, they follow that title up with Enchanted Caverns 2 which sad to say, does even less.
  • Red Crow Mysteries: Legion Review
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    Red Crow Mysteries: Legion Review

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    Red Crow Mysteries: Legion is one of the strangest adventure games in recent memory, and not in a good way. This crazy quilt of well-worn puzzle concepts, tired mystery cliches and over-used notions regarding the battle between good and evil presents itself as a supernatural thriller but comes off as something unfinished and ill-conceived.
  • Strange Cases: The Secrets of Grey Mist Lake Review
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    Strange Cases: The Secrets of Grey Mist Lake Review

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    FBI Agent Claire Ellery never gets a break. The intrepid star of the Strange Cases series is always on the hunt and in Strange Cases: The Secrets of Grey Mist Lake, even her vacation turns into an investigation. On the road with her hubby Sam, Claire's involved in a car accident (Ahem...do we really need another story that starts with a car crash? Just sayin'.) that gives her a bump on the head and makes her husband disappear.