I've been a fan of
Ninjai (the little ninja) for some time now, so I liked the idea of the
Ninjai Game straight away. Unfortunately it's either very buggy or I'm very bad at it (and I know which of those options I'm picking and I'm sticking to it). The game trys to mix some
point'n'click elements with some typical Ninjai violence (oh yeah - it's probably not one for the kids to play btw), but I don't seem to be able to get it to work properly, I just keep dying horribly. Can you do any better? [
subbed by winniethepooh].
If you've been moping around the house pondering how empty your life is since the end of the
Da Vinci Code Quest, have no fear the
Eurostar Quest is here. It's another Da Vinci Code game (sponsored by
Eurostar) with plenty of puzzles and a chance to win prizes galore. Also, of course, it means you have a chance to redeem yourself if you didn't manage to get through to the final of the last one and you're still feeling bitter about it [
subbed by Fiona & sopdox].
DeadEnd's Hotel is a French horror genre
point'n'click game (so in case you can't work it out from that description, it's not one for the kids to play, or you, if you are a big scaredy-cat). Turn the lights down low, and the volume up high, so that the moody graphics and an atmospheric soundtrack can combine to produce a game that will have you hiding behind the sofa before you know it. Especially if that's where you keep your English-French dictionary [
subbed by winniethepooh].
The idea of
The Envelopes Please is, as it so politely asks you, to find all of the envelopes. In total there are 10 to find. It's not quite a
point'n'click game, you use the cursor and space keys (clicking only sort of works), but this kids adventure is still nice to play. As with all kids games this is the point at which I now mention how simple it is to play, but how I am incredibly stuck, and this one is no exception. I have 3 envelopes, but I'm now wondering how to, or even if it's possible to, get the caterer to move the food cart. What to do next? [
subbed by MonICQ].
Fear Country is another one of those fiendish on-line puzzles that has you changing URLs, altering graphics files, searching google, and pulling out your few remaining hairs. Excellent. Rather nicely it also comes with some smart looking graphics, and a Twin Peaks-esque soundtrack [
subbed by Stephanie].
PS. If you like
Fear Country you may also like to raid the LL archives and play
notpr0n.
Cross The Cliffs is a simple little
point'n'click game where you have to, er... well, you have to cross the cliffs obviously. I say it's quite simple, but it can take a while to get started if you haven't spotted the 'use' and 'get' icons in the top righthand corner. But what kind of idiot would do that? Not me, that's for certain. Doh! [
subbed by anonymous].
Plaque Fighter is a simple little arcade game that's probably meant to make you want to clean your teeth (and buy lots of Listerine in the process), but all it makes me want to do is come up with a way of installing a stirring anthemic soundtrack in my bathroom. It would really make getting up in the morning a lot more interesting. Just one word of warning about the game - I think it needs
Flash Player 8, it kept getting stuck on the load screen in Flash 7 [
subbed by CrisMach].
EsCape (GH) offers the, by now, familiar tale of being trapped in a room and needing to escape. It's not new ground for a
point'n'click game, but it is much loved. Kind of like wearing your favourite scuffed old shoes [
subbed by Suki, Flop & winniethepooh].
I haven't quite worked out
Trapped yet, but I don't think I am making too outrageous a guess by saying we are trying to "escape the room" in this
point'n'click game. For now I'd be happy if someone could just tell me how I'm meant to work out what the safe code is... in the meantime my top tip, if you haven't got to this point yet, is don't try to cheat with the [TAB] key... [
subbed by winniethepooh].
Ok. If you don't like
Lost and/or you want to keep control of your life look away now. Rumour has it the
Hanso Foundation is the trailhead for a
Lost related
ARG. Eeeek. Here's the email I received for you ARG addicts:
It started during the Season 2 premiere on
Channel 4 last week when during the break there was an advert for the
Hanso Foundation, which contained a phone number. Ring the number to get started (it's free), a quick google will tell you what it is if you missed it on TV. Not much going on at the moment, but who knows where it could lead...
As an aside I've also seen Hanso linked from US based sites so I don't think this is a UK only based deal. Conspiracy-ise all you like in the comments to this post, but just don't, I beg you, get me involved in this....[
subbed by Rhiannon].
Experience some relationship troubles
point'n'click style in
Domestic Bliss (I'm detecting a hint of irony in the name). The best description I've received about this one is "almost as infuriating as being married". Warning people: I am not your marriage councellor [
subbed by f00 & oxyacetylene].
Fly Further is a neat little adver-game for an airline (the clue is in the domain name). The idea of the game is to pilot the airliner through the skies collecting the power-ups along the way to keep your passengers happy. Apparently flying a commercial airliner is actually like this in real life... [
subbed by yourmotherquake].
