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Journey to Canada and help protect an endangered species from a variety of attacks.
Myth or Reality – Snowbound Secrets is a Hidden Object Adventure game. Domini Games, the product’s developer, has opted to place this particular offering in Northern Canada. Available in Collect’s Edition format, this title comes with a collection of bonus items to supplement the gaming experience.
With numerous themes, there are puzzles aplenty to keep your solving skills a work out.
Combining themes with a range of puzzle types, AVI Games has developed the second version of its title of Lots of Things offering. By creating profiles, different people can play the game with adjustable volume levels for music and sound effects. The game can be viewed in either full screen or windows mode with a custom cursor and a tutorial feature that can be turned off if not required. The game presents its range of puzzle types into a variety of themes.
Computer images are constructed of pixels that you can work with to colour templates.
Pixel Art 15 is the latest offering to join the Paint by Numbers genre of image colouring titles. Developed by T1 Games this particular title gets the would-be artist to concentrate on images formed from individual pixels rather than groups of pixels which have been split into sections.
Can you help a cat deal with pirates and smugglers when recuing an undercover investigator?
Catstown, once again, becomes the centre of action as Elephant Games returns to the feline world of the home for Knight Cats. This latest episode is entitled Waves on the Water and it is available in Collector’s Edition format. With this format you get a number of bonus items to enhance the main game play which can be tackled in a choice of Casual, Advanced, Hardcore or Custom difficulty level.
Another batch of outline images to colour in as you impress others at your so-called artistic skills.
Fans of the Pop Art series of titles will no doubt be pleased to hear that T1 Games has released the next title in the series with its Pop Art 5 title. As with the earlier offerings in this series, this latest version follows a similar pattern with its Paint by Number product, Pop Art 5 is built around a number of outline sketches that can be coloured in using a numbered colour palette. Appropriate tools come supplied with the product to produce the finished images.
This is the latest printer, scanner and copier from HP. Quite small while still being able to print, copy and scan A4 documents. This is the second of their recent pay by the page offerings I have used, after three months of unlimited use up to 700 pages, extra cartridges will arrive before yours are empty.
The is a 3 in 1 unit measuring 42x36x21cm add 14cm to the second figure the depth when you have extended the page catcher. The weight of the unit is just over 6kilos. You can manually turn it on/off via a push button back left of the unit near the power lead, however you can set it up to automatically turn off after a set period of time. Manual start up is just over one minute, manual shut down around 10 seconds.
With a mayor called Greedy, the town of Christmashire could benefit from your assistance.
Christmas Fables - The Wishing Store is a Hidden Object Adventure game that is available in Collector's Edition format. As part of the Domini Games' extensive catalogue of titles, this offering provides the usual options for adjusting the game's playing environment. Volume levels for different audio aspects, viewing size and special effects can all be set to suit your preferences. You also have a choice of Casual, Advanced, Hardcore or Custom difficulty level of game play.
Along with scaring away birds maybe these countryside mannequins are there to keep a watch on us.
When walking through a partially harvested cornfield, if you encounter a scarecrow that appears to have escaped from a horror film, what do you do? This is the challenge you are about to face you as you enter the world of City Legends – The Witness in the Rye, a Hidden Object Adventure game from the extensive catalogue of Domini Games titles.
Join a treasure hunt for a pirate treasure as you complete multiple levels of Match 3 game play.
Based on the Jewel Board concept of game play, SQRTS has come up with the Jewel Quest Match 3 Adventure title. As the game’s title might indicate, this offering brings together elements of Adventure and Match 3 type game play with the action being wrapped into a treasure hunt with all that this entails. Usually with a game of this genre you might be expecting to face around 100 or 120 levels of Match 3 action but that is not the case with this title.
Puzzles and mini games will be the challenge faced when entering an underwater environment.
The development team at Point 8 Games certainly enjoys producing titles based on puzzle solving. This next title from the company is no exception. Sea Life Explorer takes the player on an adventure based on an underwater theme as, level after level, the player is faced by a series of puzzles of varying types to test their puzzle solving skills.
Legends can sometimes give you a distorted view of pass events.
Delve into the realms of ancient Legends and you might come across a magical world that exists under the threat of a Giant Wolf swallowing the moon. This event would, not unnaturally, bring about the destruction of the world and its magical ability. This is the premise and opening sequence of the Friendly Fox offering entitled Immortal Love – Polar Lights. Available in Collector’s Edition format, this title comes with a number of bonus items to supplement the main game.
To borrow a phrase from elsewhere, “Who do you call when the need to solve a crime that involves murder, robbery and hidden secrets?”
Instead of the Ghostbusters switching their field of expertise and focus, the answer to the question concerns a relative of the now retired Sherlock Holmes who steps onto centre stage and fronts AWIGOR’s Detective Agency Mosaics title. In this game you adopt the role of Sharon Holmes, the daughter of the legendary Victorian detective, who is keen to show off her talents when called upon to unravel a series of crimes that form the basis of this next title.
In less than nine months Microsoft stops supporting Windows 10. The HP Spectre X360 is both a very nice Notebook and if you turn the screen through 180 degrees it is an excellent Tablet. In either mode you have Touchscreen ability.
This was a brand new unit which took 35 minutes from switch on till you have answered all Microsoft's questions and done the required updates. I then found close to 50 files in 'updates' after around another 30 minutes I saw a number of the updates had been completed and several others required a restart. After I went to restart it decided I needed a BIOS update and after that a Firmware update. When I checked the updates I found everything completed so almost 50 updates in a hour.
Play your cards right and you may set up a prospective business.
Solitaire continues to be a popular subject for new entries in the computer gaming release schedules. The latest such entry to come my way is entitled Solitaire Quest – Love Blossoms. Using the popular Solitaire method of removing various card layouts by creating chains of cards that are one higher or lower than the previous selection, the story line of this game is based around building up a flower store on a tropical paradise island.
Can you help the Anderson family enjoy Christmas by replacing their festive decorations?
Spread over 100 festive holiday levels, the Ironcode Gaming developed release of Christmas Yarn 3 Match 3 title is available in Collector's Edition format. Offering a choice of language versions (English, French or German) with fast or high quality graphics, endless play with time or limited moves, this game can be tackled in Casual or Expert difficulty mode as you assist the Anderson family celebrate Christmas even though their festive decorations have mysteriously disappeared.
With locations to visit and puzzles to solve, this next game can help occupy your time.
Wishing you a Happy Holiday's greeting, GameOn Production has developed a mixture of puzzle challenges that have been spread over various locations. This game is available with adjustable volume levels for music and sound effects plus full screen viewing with a custom cursor and a choice of English, French or German language for playing the game. Covering six precise locations, the game will then deliver five puzzles of different types at each of its locations.
Cats like to explore whatever locations they find themselves in but perhaps not during Christmas
While the "Christmas" (stating the overall theme) and "Meow" (two cats are involved), I have no explanation for the "Suddenly" part of this game's title. You can make up your own mind as to the reason IKi Games decided on the wording for this title. Suddenly Meow Christmas is classified as a Match 3 title that casts you in the role of Mary who takes her two pet cats with her when visiting her Grandma's house.
With a choice of adjustable settings puzzles, you can discover more about the village of Evergreen.
Continuing its Jigsaw Lovers series, Revills Games has released a Christmas based offerings. As with the earlier entries in this series, this Christmas title is built around a story featuring numerous images that can be used as the source material for four different types of puzzle formats operating with user-defined settings. When starting this game, there is a wide range of selectable features including an option to set up profiles allowing different people to partake of this title.
With mirrors recording the crimes, can you solve who is responsible?
Mystery Case Files - A Crime in Reflection is a Hidden Object Adventure game from the Grandma stable of titles. This review is based on the Collector's Edition version of the title which adds a number of bonus items to supplement the main game of investigation game play. When playing this game you have the choice of tackling its content in Casual, Advanced, Hardcore or Custom difficulty level.
In order to keep warm when outside you need to protect your extremities. Feet need quality socks and shoes. Your head needs a good cap and a scarf. This leaves the most exposed your fingers.
Leather is good especially if padded inside, there is one drawback in that you will not be able to operate your phone. These are big and reasonably heavy gloves, with each gloves battery inserted they weigh 513 grams. Each glove is 29cm long and 14cm wide. To give an example the size of my thumb is 6cm round, with a fabric glove on it is 8cm round and with the Savior Heat Glove on its 12cm round.
By playing your cards right, the cold weather might become bearable.
Adding to its range of Solitaire Seasons series, Suricate Software has released its Jewel Match Solitaire Winterscape 3 offering. Available in Collector’s Edition format, this product combines numerous levels of digital Solitaire game play with various types mixed in with a building construction feature used as a reward. The game play takes place set out in a winter playground spread out over a wide area of countryside that you need to travel across during the game.
How do you revive a fading sun? This is the challenge set at the start of Spellarium 11 game featuring Match 3 game play.
While you may have your own ideas regarding how to carry out this particular task of universal proportions, the guys at LGT SIA believe Erik and his team of willing workers have a solution. This particular solution consists of a mixture of fire, water, earth and air spirits working together to restore the sun and bring back life to a world struggling to survive.
Rather than the Japanese colour jigsaws called Nonograms sometimes appearing on these pages, these jigsaws are of the traditional format.
For the next title in its 1001 Jigsaw series, 8 Floor Games has opted for its next source material to be based on Japan and the culture it can offer to puzzle solvers. Following the pattern established in the previous title in the series, adjustments can be made to the music and sound effect levels plus a choice of three resolutions for displaying the different images displayed in photo album style.
When researching cold cases, you come across a lighthouse which has secrets to impart.
With a gaming environment set in the modern world, It Happened Here - Beacon of Truth is a Hidden Object Adventure game that is available in Collector's Edition format. The game casts you in the role of Emily Smith, a true crime podcaster. You are asked by a friend to investigate a decade-old death and the rumours surrounding a mysterious cursed lighthouse as part of your series of podcasts regarding cold cases.
Fancy a quick game of Solitaire. This next title might suffice if you can ignore its tasty treats.
Yummyland Solitaire is a rather basic version of the traditional Solitaire card game. The Yummyland part of the title refers to the game's graphics which are based on what a desert Chef may produce to appeal to sugar addicted customers as their food supply is presented against various mouth-watering and size increasing waist line backgrounds.
Choose a theme, select a puzzle type and try to come to the correct solution
Similar in concept to Tiny Little Lion's So Much Stuff offering, the Best Friends Game product of Find All Things sets various puzzles based on location themes. This review is based on the Collector's Edition version of the title which comes with an additional six levels and a number of wallpaper screens to supplement the main game. Following the usual selection of volume and viewing settings, you are faced with a layout showing the current location and a choice of four individual puzzles.
A mystical land gives you a choice of puzzle types as you explore its inhabitants and landscape.
A couple of months ago I came across a product developed by The Revills Games entitled Jigsaw Puzzle Lovers 2 which allowed you to put together images categorised as Animals, Flowers, Food and Nature. Now the company has switched its focus for its jigsaw images to the magical realm of Eldoria with its inhabitants of wizards, elves, fairies and goblins plus scenes containing ancient artefacts, Elemental Stones and mystical creatures.
Your talents are called for to help put right the mishap when the wrong present is delivered.
With the vast amount of Christmas presents to deliver to recipients who have qualified for the Nice List, the amount of work involved plus the necessary organisational skills means mistakes and accidents can happen. This next title concerns such an incident and the confusion that can occur following such a mistake. Domini Games has built this next offering around such an event.
When looking for puzzles with a festive flavour to solve, this next title might help.
Built around the Christmas Festival, Mixo Games has released The Season of Joy product. Available in Collector's Edition format, this product comes with a number of bonus items to supplement the main mixture of puzzle type games. With options to adjust volume levels for background music and sound effects plus viewing the action in full screen mode with a cursor depicting a gloved hand, there is a choice of Casual, Normal or Extreme difficulty levels.
Can you help solve the mystery of the Christmas presents that have gone missing?
Adding to its catalogue of titles, Revills Games has released Santa's Christmas Solitaire 3. This mixture of card and mini game action is built around a festive holiday adventure. You join this adventure in an attempt to solve the mystery of what happened to all the missing presents that Father Christmas was planning to deliver on Christmas Eve. Aided by elves and fairies, you can set about creating the game's working environment.
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