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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.
Continuity to give you a choice of colouring methods, AWIGOR has released version 2 of its latest software
As you might suppose from its title, Art by Numbers 2, is the follow-up offering to AWIGOR's previous product. Following the pattern created by the initial offering, this follow-up title continues to deliver the tools needed to "paint by numbers" and indulge in some "free colouring action" to show off their artistic eye. Whatever your choice of producing coloured output, you can use any of the 72 detailed sketches as your starting point.
With this next title in the Gaslamp series, Morgan and Jack return to help villagers deal with problems involving Automatons.
With Gaslamp Cases 9, e-Funsoft brings us its Match 3 offering of The Ghost Automaton City. As with other titles in the Gaslamp Cases series, this tale relates the adventures of a pair of Victorian detectives. This duo always manage to become involve in various situations without any apparent effort on their part and thus provide a gaming situation.
This is one the latest batch of new Notebooks from Acer, it has Windows 11 and it has the ability to use some AI built in.
The weighs 1368 grams and is 31.5x22.5x1.5cm at the back it is .5cm less at the front. Open the lid and the viewable screen is 31x19.5cm which gives the notional diagonal imperial measurement of 14 inches. On the centre of the top of the screen surround is a web-cam. The screen display is 2560x1400.
Venturing out into the wide, wide world, the hero of this next game looks to restore his family fortune.
Taking a fresh approach to Hidden Object Adventure game play, Grandma embarks on Stephen's Journey in its City of Stories series. You will need to follow Stephen on his journey as he sets out to forge a career and help raise his family's farm which has fallen on hard times.
Continuing to keep its customers protected from the various types of threat and attacks aimed at our personal computers and other related features, ESET has developed a number of new updates to its family of ESET HOME Security software.
For those not familiar with the ESET HOME Security product, this software is available in Essentials, Premium and Ultimate flavours. Depending upon the specific version, ESET HOME Security will deliver features such as Antivirus & Antispyware protection, Firewall coverage, Ransomeware Shield, Anti-phishing, Safe Banking & Browsing, Password Manager and VPN capability.
While this year's Halloween period has come and gone, possibly leaving you in a reasonable state, you can still manager to relive some of the after-effects of this celebration of the witch community.
Delayed slightly due to the pressure of work in progress, an invite has arrived to join a mysterious Halloween party organised by Vlad. This event is being held at his secluded Romanian hotel that is often referred to by the local inhabitants as The Hotel Frightsylvania. This location and festival forms the latest release in Domini Game's series of Hidden Object Adventure series of titles.
With a wide mixture of source material, this next puzzle selection offers a choice of puzzle types.
Tiny Little Lion continues with its scheme to test the player's ability to solve a variety of mini game puzzles. This latest test comes in the shape and form of So Much Stuff 4 which is available as a Collector's Edition product and comes supplied with a number of bonus offerings. As you might expect, this title follows the same pattern as that used by version 3 of this particular series of themes and puzzle types.
Can you tackle a series of stepping stones to discover the identity of a murderer?
It is time to take a break and relax. While in this restful state you can accept the challenge offered by the Relax Games' latest release. Entitled H.O. Secrets - The Whitefield Murder, is the next offering under review and it is available in Collector's Edition format for Hidden Object fans.
With Christmas time approaching, you might find these next products to be the present you are looking for.
When looking for suitable presents that will appeal to the younger members of the family, the toy industry make4s sure you have a wide range of choice from which to make your selection. Issues such as an immediate appeal mixed in with elements such as creativity, learning and sustainability can all help when making your decision. Perhaps the next few items will be of assistance when making a selection for the inquisitive child.
This is two vacuum cleaners in one. This means you can use it with or without its arm. Full size cleaners often have a cleaning head more than 30cm wide which is great for those with large expanses of open spaces.
The head on the is 23cm wide and 10cm deep meaning it can weave into smaller spaces without you having to move things about a lot. It is 107cm tall but it also allows you to bend and get under things with 10cm or less clearance from the floor. It is also a lot less weight than most other cleaners. This is battery operated meaning it can go to work without worrying about where the nearest 13amp plug is.
This is both a HDMI and USB 'C' monitor. The colours on screen are amazing as are the brightness and contrast default settings, both of which have much higher settings. Being able to connect a notebook and or mobile phone to this is a big plus but also being able to output from a PC via HDMI means it can do up to three jobs.
This comes with a circular base and while there is a good amount of back and a small forward movement, there is no side to side movement for the screen so you are stuck with 4 to 16cm above your desk. The circular stand is 21cm across with the up-rite support bar being back 17cm from the front. The screen surround is 61x36x1.5cm, the viewable screen is 59x33.5cm which gives the notional diagonal imperial measurement of 27inches.
With the aid of Japanese Crossword puzzles, can you assist Eilie get to the Brazil Carnival?
After visiting Japan for the last Adventure Mosaics excursion, DIGIMIGHT has selected Brazil and its carnival for its next location in which to place its Nonogram game play. As usual with titles from this series, you can create profiles to allow different people to have their progress recorded. Adjustments can be made to various volume levels, select your choice of tile sets and opt for either Casual or Advanced level of difficulty when working with Nonogram layers.
Are you ready to intercede in a battle between a wizard and a witch for control of the area.
Adding to its Halloween Trouble series of titles, Ironcode has released the sixth entry which is entitled Pumpkin Revenge. Classified as a Match 3 game, which also offers a number of mini game puzzles as an additional incentive, this title involves a battle for supremacy for control of the local forest.
Giving a new coat of paint to a product can give it an extra period of life.
Brightstone Mysteries - The Other is a Hidden Object Adventure title from Cateia Games. This latest version has been remastered with enhanced graphics and a revamped interface. As I seemed to have missed out on the original version of the title, I am unable to comment on any possible improvement regarding the title's performance and appearance.
Continuing its European excursions, mixed with puzzle solving and Hidden Object game play, AVI Games adds another offering.
AVI Games latest excursion into the world of Big Adventure game play comes in the form of Trip to Europe 7. As with the previous entries in this series, this game presents a mixture of Hidden Object game play and mini game puzzles as you accompany a family of four on their vacation.
Can you, with the aid of some Match 3 game play, assist Holmes and Watson solve the mystery of the annual Pearl?
Just over three years ago e-Funsoft introduced the game playing brigade to its Gaslamp series of titles. This series is based on the cases of two Victorian detectives. Rather than the more famous duo of Homes and Watson, these two detectives were named Morgan Johnson and Jack Brown. Their recorded activities became the focus of Match 3 game play.
Whatever the season, whatever the type, this collection of Solitaire game play will keep you busy.
"Suricate Software","Jewel Match Solitaire Seasons"As part of its Jewel Match series of game playing offerings, Suricate Software has released Solitaire Seasons title. Available in Collector's Edition format, this digital Solitaire card game comes with a promise that it will take the player on a year-round adventure of Solitaire action. This will involve 1,000 levels of card playing spread across ten different locations.
This is the latest foldable screen Smart Phone from HONOR. Instead of the idea of a tiny phone enlarging to normal size this offering from HONOR starts as normal size and opens like a normal book to increase to double the size.
In its folded condition the measures 15.5x7x1.5cm the last figure at the 4.5cm round 3 cameras and flash unit on its back. Open it so the camera is now on the right back and its 14.5cm wide this gives a diagonal imperial measurement of very close to 8 inches. Its weight is only a little more than most standard phones at 237 grams.
With montage of various images and limited instructions, this next offering will certain challenge your searching skills.
Are you ready to enter a world where Dadaism meets Hidden Object game play in a puzzling offering? This is the challenge that Tiny Little Lion places before you with its offering of Gallery of Things - Reveries. While this title allows you to adjust volume levels for background music and various sound effects plus make a selection from a choice of resolutions, it neglects to allow you to create profiles for different players as it only allows single player action to be recorded.
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