Jodie Drake and the World in Peril!

5 out of 5 Stars

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Category: Video Games
Genre:  Paranormal Adventure, Hidden Games
Console: PC Games

Your a freelance reporter, named Jodie, who is sent to photograph amazing artifacts from what seems like lost locations.

Then one day a man hires you to continue the photos and locate the mystery location where a civilization that was lost once was.

But there is an alternative motive!  Isn't there always?  Ha~ha.

You travel to several locations and the mini games in between are mixed up are varied so your not bored with the same style.

Some of the items are hard to find, but since there is no penalty in clicking everywhere that is the alternative to using the HINT button.

Deadtime Stories

41/2 out of 5 Stars

Category: Video Games
Genre:  Paranormal Adventure, Hidden Games
Console: PC Games



Do you mess with Voodoo and not remember that there is always equal justice for those who abuse it?

Your doing the bidding of a rich woman, who refuses to pay for your services!  You'll will fix her wagon!

Along the way, however, you must help the souls trapped in several Louisiana locations.  You will collect ingredients and correctly put them together back in your shed at your home.

Great voice, info about voodoo and you really can't get lost, but be ready to ride in your carriage to several locations to gather what you need to solve puzzles to go forward.

Angel Code

3 out of 5 Stars

Category: Video Games
Genre:  Paranormal Adventure, Hidden Games, Angels
Console: PC Games

Your a reporter who needs to locate the "Holy Grail" because it is your destiny!  And God is sending you her own personal guardian Angel to help you! 

WHAT???!

You're following up on the leads an old priest started on the search and you overall the story is fast paced, but some of the items to find are outlined in total darkness where the only way you can find them is clicking all the area or use the HINT button.

The ending?  "What?  That's it?" Basically it stopped short where a little animation would have lessen my disappointment how short it was and there wasn't even a choice by the player to see if 

SPOILER ALERT BELOW:  Highlight below to view

our dear Raphael becomes human or remains an angel.

Vampire Mansion Collectors Edition

3 out of 5 Stars

LINDA & TOM

Category: Video Games
Genre:  Paranormal Adventure, Hidden Games, Vampire
Console: PC Games


Above is a screen shot of our "Hero's" of the game trying to stop an evil group of people resurrect the one and only Cain from Cain and Abel.  And yes that dude is a Vampire.

We are searching for the mysterious rare books, but later find out it is to an ancient spell to bring a very pissed off Cain back for payback.

You need a special book, blood from a descent, and a body to hold him (a~la the vampire).

Can you trust your teammate or will you discover your own truth?

In some of this hide-and-seek and the annoying mind Mastermind game where you have to find the right pattern of marbles and the right colors to boot with some many chances to figure it out.

Some items are darken in the scene to find and you can click until your hearts content because there is no clock to find the items.  If you need help there is a HINT button, of course.

The BONUS scenes are like 5 and BORING. 

Linda should have let Tom do one thing ~ get to the end to see what she turned down. 

Play Vacation Quest - The Hawaiian Islands

4 out of 5 Stars

SPOILER ALERT:  This is all you get at the end.

Category: Video Games
Genre:  Adventure, Educational
Console: PC Games

In this educational game that cost me only .99 cents to play I learned several facts about Hawaii that you can easily look up on the Internet.

True having the find the hidden objects (including several shells to open the additional levels) does encourage your brain in top shape, but the ending just left me flat.

Now if they kicked in a 'pop quiz' of all you learned or even real animation and not just some simple photo (above) of a fake you leaving on a private jet it might have made me slightly in a better mood.

Overall I think the concept of attaching facts with the game and learning something new is a great start and should do it for every state and country to broaden the horizon of those who don't know.

A hui hou kakou (Until we meet again).

Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

4 1/2 out of 5 Stars

Category: Video Games
Genre:  Adventure, Paranormal Adventures
Console: PC Games

Again, another Nancy Drew where your trying to solve the mysterious crime of a missing woman, who was on the eve of her wedding.  There is no ransom notes and no signs she got cold feet.

Nancy must investigate!

She encounters a group of characters who are related by blood and a confused fiancee.

The downfall of this story is there is parts that you seriously just don't know what to do ~ and fricken clocks riddles are annoying.

The upside?  Your employed and three separate endings to encounter.

Natural Threat Ominous Shores

41/2 of of 5 Stars

Category: Video Games
Genre:  Adventure, Paranormal Adventures
Console: PC Games

You've gone and become another assistant to some mad scientist who now wants to combine the properties of plant life with humans.

It was created to help his granddaughter, but now the vines have your Friends trapped and you must located them and find the clues on how to save them from their fate.

There was two bugs, which could be disk related, in the game, which is the repeat the keys (like Simon Says) and one more area, which I can't recall, but if you just wait you can SKIP the scene and still get the prize.

You will be skipping a lot if you get frustrated over mini-games.