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Jan 2010
Fixing stuff is always an adventure, isn't it? Especially when it's something as complex and expensive as an automobile. Fix-it-Up: World Tour, the sequel to Fix-it-Up: Kate's Adventure, makes the stakes even higher by moving you around the world, fixing, painting, cleaning and modding vehicles on almost every continent (sorry, Antarctica). It's a little time management mixed with some casual simulation elements for a simple game that's even more engaging than its predecessor.
Jan 2010
When her fiance goes missing carrying a valuable string of pearls, Johanna turns to the only one she can trust on the seedy streets of London; you. Together with one of the city's finest, you'll need to put your hidden object skills to the test in this gorgeous adventure based upon the original legend of Sweeney Todd. Just be careful who you stick your neck out for. But do try the pie. It's delicious.
Jan 2010
Based on the classic short story by Edgar Allan Poe, delve deep into the heart of Paris as you track down a brutal killer alongside one of fiction's most influential detectives. While it may not be as challenging as some veteran gamers might like, this is still a gorgeously rendered hidden object game, and a lot of fun, with just the right amount of... monkey business?
Jan 2010
Once in a while a game comes along that, well, you don't really know how to describe. Great Adventures: Lost in Mountains is one of those games. Designed by Fenomen Games, Great Adventures is advertised as a time management game. Actually, it's more like a casual sim. No, it's more like a point-and-click adventure with casual sim and time management elements. But really, it plays like a room escape game with RPG and hidden object elements. See? Difficult to describe. Basically, all of the above is incorporated to make one wildly fun, inventive game.
Dec 2009
While doing little to offer any radical new ideas to the series, World Tour offers new styles, new characters, new locations, and even a new look. With dozens of stages to play around the globe and an extensive style editor, there's enough to keep budding fashionistas (and the people who would never admit to it out loud) busy for a long time.
Think you know ghosts? Think again. When they discover their dream house is host to a gaggle of unruly spirits, the only place a young couple has left to turn is the strange little man who shows up on their front step and seems to know a little too much about what's going on. Mishap: An Accidental Haunting represents a benchmark in quality for the hidden object genre by Namco. Featuring eight chapters, 32 hidden object scenes, riddles, minigames, and more ghosts than you'll know what to do with, it's a fun, beautiful romp through an out-of-this world location.
You discover your ancestor's ancient castle, but it's set to be sold in nine days. Maybe you can find something that proves that this castle is yours? Hidden in Time: Mirror Mirror won't keep you on the edge of your seat, but it is a fun romp through hidden object land that would be perfect for those times when you just want a little relaxing amusement.
Dec 2009
Historic Dire Grove, although closed for the season, is now open to the public for only $6.99 or a Big Fish Game Club credit. The game lives up to the quality expectations of the Mystery Case Files series, and fans of hidden object and adventure games won't likely be disappointed. Download the demo, read our review, or consult our Dire Grove Walkthrough.
Dec 2009
The Dark Hills of Cherai is beautiful, fun casual gameplay. Fantastically, it bucks the latest trend of the ever shrinking game time and will keep players busy for hours. This is not a game to speed through. Take your time, explore, and experience the wonders of India without ever leaving your home.
Dec 2009
What's a person to do if they just want some match 3 goodness? Check out The Treasures of Montezuma 2 by Alawar Games. There's a ton of gorgeous gameplay featured here. Complete the initial 40 levels of Adventure mode and unlock lots more to do. Additional difficulty modes and 40 levels of puzzle mode, and even an endless mode, too. There are even trophies for various achievements as well that you can aim to collect.
Dec 2009
Heard the one about the ancient curse? Well you're about to live it in this exceptional hidden object game. When you suddenly find yourself transported hundreds of years into the past, you have no choice but to solve a mystery involving a royal family if you ever want to find your way back home. With gorgeous visuals, clever puzzles, and smartly designed hidden object scenes, Royal House of Stone is a short but stylish start to a fun new series.
Nov 2009
Westward IV: All Aboard is a solid addition to the ever increasing Westward pantheon. There's not a lot of change from Westward III, but why mess with a winning formula? If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Of course, Westward IV offers new characters, new scenarios, new upgrades, and the same casual gameplay fun of its predecessors.
Nov 2009
It's more Flo and more of the finely-tuned time management action we've come to love in Hotel Dash: Suite Success! Flo's friend Quinn is expanding her wedding business by offering honeymoon packages, but the hotel she's booked is a bit of a lemon. Enter Flo and her uncanny ability to turn any business from failure to success in the course of one casual game!
Nov 2009
Dire Grove is a beautiful game that incorporates live action video sequences to tell the chilling tale of an ancient Celtic legend. And although it picks right up where the previous game in the series ends, it is a stand alone game that can be enjoyed without ever playing any previous installment. Dire Grove is perhaps not as long as Return to Ravenhearst, and yet it still manages to buck the current trend of ever-shrinking gameplay time now seen in most adventure/hidden object hybrids. Between the exploration, the hidden object scenes, and the puzzles you are looking at hours of fantastic casual gameplay.
Adventure/hidden object hybrid Escape the Museum creates a tense, tight, wonderful experience that can be enjoyed by the entire family. Escape the Museum is a colorful, wild ride that tops the original in just about every aspect. So buckle up, find that map, charge your cell phone, unleash your inner MacGuyver, and get ready to navigate your way through a collapsing city. Just ignore the homeless guy following you around like a lost puppy. Really, he's there to help.
Are you old enough to remember sitting down in front of the TV on a Sunday night, anticipating the appearance of Angela Lansbury in one of the longest-running mystery series ever? If so, you will be thrilled with Murder, She Wrote by Legacy Interactive, a wonderful mystery hidden object/adventure hybrid based on the long-running television series of the same name. Murder, She Wrote allows the player to join world-renowned mystery author Jessica Fletcher as she makes her way through five brand new murder mysteries.
What city dweller hasn't momentarily yearned for a little plot of land somewhere and a lovely green garden? A place to call your own, a place to breathe in nature, a place to make the neighbors, well, green with envy. This is the premise of Gardenscapes by Playrix Entertainment, a hidden object game with elements of time management and sim games thrown in to make a fun, exciting, and yet curiously relaxing experience.
Valerie Porter and the Scarlet Scandal is a stylish hidden object/adventure hybrid set in the roaring 20s. Wander back to a time when men were guys and women were dolls, when gin joints and speakeasies were the happening places to be, and when an intrepid girl reporter could really make a difference. There are 11 chapters and a prologue to this messy tale, each chapter containing multiple HOG scenes interspersed with a variety of mini-games.
Elementals: The Magic Key is a hidden object adventure hybrid that not only gets the item finding sessions right, it also delivers a wonderfully complete battle system that plays out like a turn-based strategy game.
Oct 2009
Hidden Expedition: Devil's Triangle is a gorgeous, fun, mind-bending casual gameplay ride. Fans of the old series should not be disappointed, and folks new to the Hidden Expedition games can enjoy as well. And, of course, any old fuddy-duddies (like me) who remember the days of the classic adventure game should enjoy the nostalgia of a point-and-click done right.
Oct 2009
When Miriel's grandmother discovers a strange egg, they discover that it may only be the beginning in a strange adventure that will take them across the world in trying to unravel the mystery. Of course, Miriel can't neglect the family business either! It's a fast-paced, stylish game of adventure, time-management, and even some hidden object hunting that proves magic doesn't always make things easier.
Romance of Rome is a fabulous, clever, immersive Adventure/Hidden Object hybrid. The breakdown of the game into levels lends itself to casual gameplay. Play a level at a time, or just immerse yourself and play through the whole thing in one shot. The best experience, however, is not to speed through the game but to take a leisurely stroll through ancient Rome. Slow down, relax, enjoy the sumptuous backgrounds and details, and explore the Romance of Rome!
Reincarnations: Awakening is a fun, if not completely fulfilling hidden object adventure experience. Join Jane as she travels into her past lives via hypnosis, solving problems and puzzles for each of her past selves so she can gain a more thorough understanding of reincarnation.
Oct 2009
Avenue Flo features everyone's favorite waitress as she tries to help her fellow business owners salvage what could be the biggest wedding Diner Town has ever seen. Tony and Vicky are finally getting married! Maybe. Quinn of Wedding Dash fame is at her wit's end. The rings are missing, the cake has gone bad and all of the butterflies have flown away. Flo quickly springs into action and hits the streets of Diner Town in search of answers.
Oct 2009
World of Zellians: Kingdom Builder is a simulation and city building game along the lines of My Kingdom for the Princess and Build-a-lot. Set in a moderately whimsical fantasy realm, your job is to repair a broken kingdom by mending roads, setting up farms, and getting each area's economy up and running again. It's a colorful, light-hearted and straightforward game you can jump right into and start enjoying.
Oct 2009
For those who enjoy hybrid hidden object/adventure games PuppetShow: Mystery of Joyville is casual gameplay done right. If you want to kick off the Halloween season right, then sit back, relax, and make your way through Joyville before evil completely envelops the town. Just one word of advice: you might want to play with the lights on.
Sep 2009
Gemini Lost is a casual village simulation that works to bridge the gap between titles like Virtual Villagers and Sprouts Adventure. During an eclipse, a group of people stumble onto an ancient relic with twelve zodiac symbols on its face. Upon touching one of the tiles, they were transported to a strange new world. Now, the twelve symbols are scattered throughout the land, and it's your job to manage the small tribe so they can assemble the pieces and return home!
Sep 2009
My Kingdom for the Princess is a casual resource management/building game from Nevosoft. Mixing elements from simulation titles as well as borrowing from the time management genre, the game puts a big casual gameplay hat over itself and delivers a deceptively linear resource management experience with a surprising amount of strategy.
Sep 2009
From building neighborhoods to buying movie-star houses, from constructing railway stations to buying a lion for the zoo, Be Richer! is even more engaging than the original. Perfect for casual gameplay, beautiful, addictive, and just downright fun, Be Richer! once again delivers (as do the new pizza parlors)!
Sep 2009
The series that made farming less of a "wake up at the crack of dawn, work 'til nightfall" chore and more of a "yay let's farm woo hoo!" form of entertainment is back! Farm Frenzy 3 doesn't mess with the proven formula from the first games, but it does bring a lot of variety into the series by moving you across five locations around the globe. Watch penguins eat fish in the arctic and fend off lions in Africa, all while harvesting eggs and turning them into a succession of better, more profitable products. And, as always, watch out for predators falling from the sky!
Sep 2009
Much like the Dream Chronicles series or the more recent Princess Isabella: A Witch's Curse, the new casual adventure game Drawn: The Painted Tower drops you in a gorgeously drawn world filled with items to find and puzzles to solve. The story and artwork wrap the game in a brilliantly mysterious package, delivering a feast for your senses as you devour the simple (but tasty!) gameplay.
Aug 2009
Ahoy, matees! I be here to tell you the gruesome tale of The Adventures of Mary Ann: Lucky Pirates! It be— ahem, it is a match 3 game that combines three methods of puzzle gameplay with casino games to create an adventure of near-epic proportions. The game itself takes place along a Caribbean that exists only in tall tales and Disney movies. Your job is to help Mary Ann defeat all enemies and find all treasures until she rules the Pirate world.
Aug 2009
Mr. Jones' Graveyard Shift is a curious combination of a free-form simulation, tycoon management title, and time management game. As customers come in, you custom-create grave plots based on their requests and budget. You have an enormous amount of freedom in how you create your graveyard, allowing you to be creative, inventive, or just plain efficient. Plus, there's no time pressure!
Span the globe as you track down clues left for you by your late grandfather in a race to find the Jade Coin. Visit exotic locations, uncover priceless artifacts, and solve cunning puzzles in this hidden object adventure.
Aug 2009
Appearing out of nowhere like a crazy tropical storm, Coconut Queen has arrived and is ready to give Build-a-lot (and, heck, even Totem Tribe) a challenge for its casual sim throne. Combining the "neighborhood improvement" concept with some inventive unlockables and a subtle sense of humor, Coconut Queen provides a phenomenal gaming experience with enormous replay value.
Strange Cases: The Tarot Card Mystery is a new hidden object/adventure/mystery hybrid by Sulus Games. You play FBI agent Claire Ellery assigned to a case in a fishing village so small it can't be found by GPS, which should be your first hint that something's rotten.
Aug 2009
In Burger Shop 2, you are once again tasked with combining ingredients coming from an ever-producing food machine to serve the constant stream of customers coming into the restaurant. In a nice twist on the time management genre, you don't control an actual character, so your speed is limited only by how good you are at clicking.
Aug 2009
Picross has returned in World Mosaics 2, a brand new puzzle game from Fugazo. Fans of picross (also known as nonograms, paint by numbers, picture crosswords, etc.) will appreciate World Mosaic's straightforward interface and attractive visual design, while everyone else will get a great introduction to the world of picross. Plenty of puzzles, both easy and difficult, and a little story thrown in for good measure make World Mosaics 2 a great choice for all types of puzzle fans.
Jul 2009
Passport to Perfume is the latest time management game from Mean Hamster Software, creators of Everything Nice. Play as Sophia, a 1940s perfumer who collects ingredients (via hidden object scenes), assembles perfumes, mixes her own scents, and sells her goods to customers as efficiently as she can!
Jul 2009
The casual village sim Many Years Ago drops itself in a crowded genre, competing with games like My Tribe, Virtual Villagers, Escape from Paradise, Totem Tribe, and many more. Why, then, should anyone bother with another village sim? In four words: laid-back and relaxed gameplay. In one word: dinosaurs!
Pure Hidden is designed to be a hidden object game unlike any other. There is no story, no mystery to solve, no thinly-veiled plot designed to accommodate the endless locating of things that have nothing to do with the story, much less the surroundings. Pure Hidden takes a very zen-like approach to the hidden object genre. The games exist to be played, not to serve any external plot or characters. It makes the entire process of playing a relaxing, soothing experience.
Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine is a hidden object adventure game from Frogwares, creator of Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened and Secret Missions: Mata Hari and the Kaiser's Submarines. Take the role of an agent working for Department 42, a secret organization that investigates paranormal events. Yes, kind of like X-Files! Nine malevolent artifacts that were sealed away in Grimstone mansion have gone missing, and it's your job to find them before their evil influence spreads chaos around the world.
Jul 2009
In the hidden object game, G.H.O.S.T. Chronicles: Phantom of the Renaissance Faire, you play a ghost hunter called in to aid a renaissance faire/theme park that has seen better days. It's one of the better hidden object games around that doesn't resort to cheap tricks when hiding items, and the beautiful presentation and haunting adventure aspects make it a true winner.
Jul 2009
Games Featured:Our goal is to bring you only the games that are worth playing, meaning most of these titles are left in the forgotten realm of Didn't Quite Make It land. This is especially true with downloadable games, as it's a bit more of a commitment to buy a game than just click on a link and play. Some games look good, play well, and are entertaining enough to be featured, but for one reason or another they just didn't make the cut. Here are a few games that are, by all rights, excellent titles to play, but for one reason or another didn't quite get their own review.
- • DinerTown Tycoon
- • Kitten Sanctuary
- • Pahelika: Secret Legends
Kuros is Sandlot Games' first foray into the realm of hidden object adventure games. Taking a page from the Dream Chronicles series, Kuros blends gorgeous environments with a slew of inventory-based puzzles along with clever mini-games that round out the experience. It's a beautiful game from beginning to end, one that you'll be glad you ventured into!
Jun 2009
Sprouts Adventure is the latest in the increasingly long line of casual sim games made famous by Virtual Villagers, Totem Tribe, My Tribe, etc. This one separates itself from the pack by clearing away the bloat to leave a streamlined experience behind. Sprouts Adventure gives you a clear, goal-oriented simulation that meters out its rewards at a careful pace, ensuring you are never overwhelmed with choices and fully appreciate each new upgrade you get to use.
Jun 2009
In the mood for more beach-themed Virtual Villagers-style simulation gaming? Escape from Paradise 2: A Kingdom's Quest is now available, and it delivers exactly what its predecessor did and quite a bit more. Instead of straightforward village management, Escape from Paradise 2 blends in mini-games to break up the action, and combined with a little hidden object finding and character stat upgrading, you have a game that will quickly sink its hooks in you.
Nelly and Tom are at it again! Yes, the kids from the original Treasure Seekers: Visions of Gold have returned, and this time they're all grown up! Just like the original game, Treasure Seekers 2: The Enchanted Canvases a unique hybrid of adventure and hidden object gaming that makes use of context-sensitive actions rather than laundry lists of items to find. Add to that some much-improved visuals (which is saying a lot!) and you have another potential hit on your hands.
May 2009
As you might expect, the objective in Youda Marina is to run a successful marina. You do this by building facilities, attracting visitors, and earning money to gain fame. It's a unique simulation game that offers a very casual gameplay experience, along with the appeal of pretty boats and steel drum reggae music. Make yourself a Pina Colada (or a Shirley Temple) and settle in to live the dream!
3 Days: Zoo Mystery, a new hidden object game from Realore Studios, drops you in the middle of a mystery at the local zoo. You play as the owner's niece, Anna, whose job it is to find several animals that have mysteriously disappeared. You have three days to solve the crime, otherwise the feds sweep in and shut the place down for good! Serve meals, work with the police, become a salty dog, circumvent hi-tech security systems and so much more in this eclectic mystery.
May 2009
New from Myth People, creator of Miriel the Magical Merchant and Azkend, comes another matching-based puzzle game with a new take on an old mechanic: Dragon Portals. The friendly dragons have been bound to earth with dark magic. Young Mila is called in to save them by dropping orbs from one dragon to another, matching groups of like-colored ones to keep the dragons aloft. It's a nice departure from most matching games, and combined with Myth People's signature art direction and epic power-ups, makes a game well worth trying out.
May 2009
While it may be built upon the same time management foundation we're already familiar with, Everything Nice skirts the perimeter of the genre with a recipe-based setup reminiscent of Miriel the Magical Merchant. Fed up with all the violent toys flooding the market, Abby has the idea to create classic, "happy" toys such as teddy bears and jack-in-the-boxes. A local businessman rejects her idea, but then she stumbles across the Wondermachine9000, a magical device that can create anything her imagination conjures. Just the thing she needs to start her own factory!
May 2009
If you don't already own the unique, puzzle-filled game Azada, or the epic hidden object adventure Hidden Expedition: Everest, or the remarkably fun and challenging Fairway Solitaire, or the time management hit Spa Mania, then you can get the full version for any or all of these titles, FREE! Offer good only until May 31, 2009, so don't delay — do it NOW...
May 2009
The undead hordes are on the march, but your back yard is standing in the way, covered with fresh, fertilized topsoil. In this cheerfully absurd melding of resource management and tower defense, you must defend your delicious brains with an assortment of warrior plants. Plants vs. Zombies is the strangest, most original game from Popcap yet.
Apr 2009
Virtual Families is the latest addition to the impressive lineup of simulation games from Last Day of Work, makers of the Virtual Villagers series. Virtual Families takes the basic concepts of Virtual Villagers and brings them home — literally. No longer are you concerned with a village of people trying to survive the ravages of the wild. Now it's just a single family in a single house. While the concept may seem over-simplified when compared to Virtual Villagers, you'll find that it's less about simplifying the game and more about concentrating on the details.
Apr 2009
To celebrate Earth Day (April 22), National Geographic has sponsored Plan It Green, a casual building sim in the style of Build-a-lot that joins the sparsely populated ranks of "green" games. True to its name, Plan It Green focuses on boosting your energy credits by designing green buildings and communities using four types of structures. It also manages to have an environmentally friendly message that doesn't smack you over the head at every turn.
Apr 2009
Hey look, it's Dream Chronicles 3: The Chosen Child! The latest installment in the Dream Chronicles series has arrived, and its as breathtakingly brilliant everyone would expect. A little bit of hidden object finding, a little bit of puzzle solving, but a whole lot of adventuring can be found in this superb sequel, along with some of the most gorgeous scenery you've seen since looking out your own window (assuming you live in a fantasy world with fairies, fountains, and vibrant gardens). It's an excellent follow-up to the previous Dream Chronicles games and a fantastic game in its own right.
Apr 2009
We've just finished a complete walkthrough (with images) for Dream Chronicles 3: The Chosen Child!! Be warned: contains major spoilers, so proceed only as a last resort. Be sure to read our review of Dream Chronicles 3.
It's been quite a while since I've been genuinely excited about a hidden object game. They usually look fantastic with immense effort put into the artwork, but the hidden object aspect of things suffers from a lack of diversity along with a handful of poor mini-games thrown in because, well, that's the done thing these days, isn't it? So I'm very happy to say that Flux Family Secrets: The Ripple Effect is a quality addition to the hidden object genre. And I like it!
Apr 2009
The Legend of Crystal Valley is a mini-epic adventure game with an eclectic mix of fantasy and sci-fi elements. Gather items, solve both environmental and inventory puzzles, and examine everything you see as you travel through over 150 locations, each just as extraordinary as the last.
Mar 2009
Be a King is a new fantasy strategy title from 300AD. It follows in the tracks of games such as King Mania, Forgotten Lands: First Colony, and the Build-a-Lot series and blends a streamlined building-centric real-time strategy game with a handful of casual knowhow.
Mar 2009
Combining some of the best parts of Animal Crossing and Virtual Villagers with a sprinkling role playing know-how, Wandering Willows is something so incredibly alluring you'll burn through a few hours of game time before you realize what hit you. It's a pet-raising recipe-collecting item-bartering friend-gaining character-customizing leveling-up collect-a-thon!
Curse of the Pharaoh 2: Napoleon's Secret is a hidden-object game with added puzzle elements, such as spot-the-difference games. It's a direct sequel to Curse of the Pharaoh: Quest for Nefertiti and captures the same sense of adventure as the original, now in a new setting with all-new puzzles to solve.
Mar 2009
The well-received Farm Frenzy series of time management games has now expanded to include... pizza? HA! I'm joking. Wait, no I'm not. Even funnier than my little gag there is the fact that Farm Frenzy Pizza Party is actually a good game. It doesn't innovate much beyond what the first two titles layed out, but the addition of some new buildings and new products adds a decidedly more strategic twist to the experience.
The Clockwork Man is a beautifully illustrated hidden object game from Total Eclipse. Set in a stunning steampunk world, you follow aspiring engineer Miss Miranda Calomy and her clockwork companion Sprocket as they travel from London across the seas and beyond. The adventure doesn't stray far from the hidden object standard, but the story and setting are exquisitely presented and the game itself a true joy to experience.
Ever wanted to combine a hidden object game with a riddle-centric room escape title? Like strawberries and bananas, the two genres go together remarkably well, as Elephant Games' Lost in the City eloquently showcases. Steeped in mystery, you travel from room to room finding items, solving puzzles, deciphering riddles and completing simple mini-games as you unravel a particularly intriguing storyline filled with strange plot twists.
4 Elements combines classic puzzle matching gameplay with a hidden object game and just a dash of fairy tale fantasy for good measure. Help restore the power of the elements to protect the land from an evil power.
Mar 2009
Cleaning up is rarely fun to do. Unless you're cleaning someone else's mess, right? Hmm, no? How about if you're cleaning up someone else's mess in a casual game? That's the surprisingly successful recipe for fun in Nanny Mania 2 Goes to Hollywood. After helping Mayor Whitby and his family in the original Nanny Mania, Emma moves on to help Sophia Ashford, an incredibly wealthy woman who can't seem to keep her family affairs in order. It's your job to help raise the children, care for pets, and keep the house spotless as clueless teenagers leave unmade beds and babies create problems of their own.
The Serpent of Isis is a new hidden object game by Gamgo with some considerable mystery and adventure game elements added into the mix. Beneath the ever shifting sands of Egypt, untold treasures remain buried. These are the kinds of treasures that drive men mad, possessing the minds of the adventurous and luring explorers into catacombs that twist and writhe beneath ancient pyramids. The Serpent of Isis was just such a treasure, and your grandfather was just such an explorer.
Mar 2009
In Ice Blast you take control of Skye, Luna, and Sun and destroy ice crystals to restore the world to its happy warm-like state. Using a fun puzzle/strategy layout reminiscent of The Lost Vikings, you must find the most efficient way to clear each field of ice to earn points and upgrade the girls' abilities.
Feb 2009
Unwell Mel is a light-hearted and humorous match-3 puzzle game. In the grid comprised of Mel's organs (some of which are shaped like dogs and birds, which we'll assume is normal), click two adjacent pieces of food to swap them and form a line of three in a row to clear them. Thrown in with the food are medical packs, which can restore your power-ups, and bugs that, in some instances, actually help you clear away disease.
Feb 2009
Boonka is a cute, kid-safe and surprisingly challenging puzzle game with unique gameplay that combines strategy, timing and satisfying explosions. A luscious green paradise has been invaded by Skours, nasty black clouds who cut down trees and turn the whole world grey, chasing away the adorable rainbow-coloured Boonkas and generally being total downers. The sage Bababoonka introduces you to each tree, and gently encourages you through the process of growing them from a stunted stump to a magnificent specimen of hardwood by doing what you do best: making color matches and blasting them skywards!
Feb 2009
Point and click adventure games will never die, thanks in part to the efforts of Wadjet Eye Games, creator of the Blackwell series, The Shivah, and now, Emerald City Confidential. In the studio's latest title you are cast in the role of Petra, a young private eye trying to make a living in the strange Wizard of Oz-inspired world known as Emerald City. The handdrawn artwork is utterly captivating, the storytelling and writing top-notch, and the game itself is a package you won't be able to tear yourself away from.
Feb 2009
Games Featured:Hungry for a good, meaty adventure game? We've got three excellent titles that will draw you in with a deep story, keep you hooked with delicious artwork, and perplex you at every turn with some seriously challenging puzzles. They may not be as casual as some might prefer, but they more than make up for it with a heavy-hitting presentation and well-designed gameplay.
- • Syberia
- • Dracula: Origin
- • Syberia II
Jan 2009
Chocolatier: Decadence by Design is the latest installment in the popular Chocolatier series. Decadence by Design returns Chocolatier to its original format, allowing you to make chocolates in factories, explore new ports around the world, running errands and completing quests. So, even though this sequel is set a half a century after the first, fans of the original Chocolatier will feel right at home.
Jan 2009
From the creator of Youda Camper comes another overtly-titled casual game: Youda Farmer. In this resource management sim you play the role of a farmer growing and gathering crops and other food products to sell in town for profit. Using the money you earn, buy new facilities and upgrade existing ones, stimulating the town itself to open new shops and expand current ones.
Jan 2009
Build-a-lot has a new competitor in town: Divo Games' Be Rich, a strategy-oriented casual tycoon game of real estate planning, building and investing. The game's title gives away your ultimate goal of raking in cash by constructing and upgrading houses in various cities to increase your profits and up your credibility. It takes a more real estate-centric approach to building than the Build-a-lot series does, although the similarities between the games are hard to ignore.
Jan 2009
From newcomer World Loom comes the latest resource management game to take the action out of the diner/restaurant/shop/airport: Fix-it-Up: Kate's Adventure. More of a business simulation along the lines of Build-a-lot, you must help Kate expand her profits by buying cars at low prices, fixing them up, and selling them for a hefty profit. The combination of time management and business acumen creates a delightful final product made even better by its whimsical art style and soundtrack.
Jan 2009
Casual sim/strategy fans (and anyone who enjoyed Virtual Villagers or My Tribe) take note: Westward III: Gold Rush has arrived! Following last spring's release of Westward II: Heroes of the Frontier, the third installment in the series continues the new 3D visual style and basic premise introduced in the second game. Take control of three new heroes as you collect resources, construct farms, saloons, granaries and more to keep your settlers happy and healthy.
Dec 2008
A follow-up to the 2008 hit Escape the Museum, Adventure Chronicles: The Search for Lost Treasure continues to bend the hidden object/adventure barrier with a captivating game of inventory puzzles and interactive scenery. You play Dr. Susan Anderson, an archaeologist who receives a treasure hunter's journal and embarks on quests to find new pieces for her museum. The slick visuals paired with an impeccable presentation and strong puzzle design make it a solid entry in the cross-genre adventure wars.
Dec 2008
Heartwild Solitaire is "made for romance readers", so if your second-favourite thing after casual gaming is sinking into a hot tub with a lychee bath bomb and a copy of Love's Turgid Kransky, you're going to love this game. The nice thing is, if you're the sort of person who prefers lampoon romance novels with titles like Love's Turgid Kransky, you'll still enjoy the challenging gameplay, soothing music and intense colours.
Dec 2008
Casual games built around sets of mini-games are gaining popularity, as are pared-down strategy titles that keep the spirit of the genre intact while trimming the bloat. Then something like Floating Kingdoms comes along and somehow manages to combine both: a simplified strategy game that's one part resource management, two parts mini-games. And it does it in a light-hearted, fun kind of way that just about any age group can enjoy.
Dec 2008
Hidden object adventure games are a well established genre now, meaning that the way games distinguish themselves is through presentation — beautiful artwork or a well-developed story. Secret Missions: Mata Hari and the Kaiser's Submarines has chosen to go with a fictionalised version of the life of Mata Hari, born Marguerite Zelle. The names of real people are used, but the story itself is pure speculation. All told in a part-adventure, part-hidden object, part— dress-up game?!
Dec 2008
Archibald's Adventures is a puzzle platform game from Rake in Grass, creator of Larva Mortus, KingMania, and others. You play the skateboard-riding Archibald who accidentally becomes trapped in Professor Klumpfus' twisted underground lair. Roll your way through 100+ stages, moving boxes with bubblegum, leaping gaps with a running start, and hitting switches beneath pools of acid to work your way out of the mutant-infested passageways.It's one of those rare games that keeps begging you to come back for more.
Dec 2008
A hidden object game that follows its prequel, Nightshift Code, closely in terms of style and story. Join Mike and Isabel as they travel through the jungles of Guatemala, across Spain and to the streets of Moscow researching the mystery of the ancient Jaguar's Eye. It's got adventure, it's got comic-style cutscenes, and it's got all the cheesiness that makes the Indiana Jones films such entertaining adventures.
Dec 2008
Alabama Smith in Escape from Pompeii is a new adventure game that builds inventory puzzles into a hidden object-style interface. You play the young Alabama Smith, an archaeology student who has just been given the opportunity to study in Naples. His mentor tells him of a mysterious amulet buried in the ruins of Pompeii that is rumored to grant the owner the ability to travel through time.
Dec 2008
Who would have thought parking cars could be turned into a casual game? Parking Dash, following in the long footsteps of other time management games such as Diner Dash, Wedding Dash, Cooking Dash, etc., twists the genre's formula around a bit to park the game at a safe distance from Cloneville. The end result, like Airport Mania, is a breath of fresh air that breaks the mold in all the right places.
Nov 2008
In My Tribe, you play as sort of a guardian angel for a tribe of island-dwellers, telling them what to do, dragging them from place to place, and occasionally sprinkling them with a (hopefully) beneficial potion. Harvest food, wood, and stone to build with. Your tribe continues to work even when your computer is off. It's remarkably similar to Virtual Villagers but better in a number of ways.
Nov 2008
The wait is over! The release of the latest Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst is finally here. Big Fish Games Studios takes the hidden object genre to unprecedented new heights with an absolutely gorgeous, hidden object / adventure hybrid that is sure to please a very wide range of casual game players. This is one game you don't want to miss!
Back before you were referred to as "Master Detective," before your journey to a haunted English manor, before your exploits in a rundown carnival, you were nothing more than a lowly intern. When an epidemic of crime breaks out in the once quiet town of Huntsville, though, your chance to rise to detective greatness finally arrives. Now you must work against the clock to catch the wrong doers in the act by using your keen eye to pick up on the clues that no one else seems able to find.
Nov 2008
Farming used to seem like a chore, then the casual game market took hold and turned caring for crops into a resource management experience. Farm Mania is the latest of those games, following a similar path as Farm Frenzy 2 but keeping things fresh and interesting. Yes, it's yet another game with "mania" in the title, but the experience underneath is subtly different and twice as rewarding. And much cuter, I have to admit.
From the same group that brought us Agatha Christie: Peril at End House and Women's Murder Club: Death in Scarlet comes an equally alluring hidden object game, Dr. Lynch: Grave Secrets. This entry veers away from the more adventure-oriented direction and hugs the item finding wall fairly close, but the same high production values and great storyline remain intact.
Oct 2008
World of Goo is a phenomenally creative physics-based building game where you assemble bits of goo to form structures leading to an exit pipe in each stage. The visuals are stunning, the sense of humor wry, and there are gameplay innovations at every corner.
Oct 2008
Miriel the Magical Merchant is a medieval-themed time management game from Myth People, the same folks that brought us the well-polished puzzle game Azkend. As per the developer's reputation, Miriel the Magical Merchant takes a familiar formula, pulls out some of the set conventions, replaces them with something much more interesting, and slaps a shiny coat of paint on the top. The final product is something familiar but remarkably fresh that looks almost as good as it plays.
Oct 2008
Swarm Gold is an update to, and replacement for, the original Swarm created by Reflexive Entertainment back in 1998. The new Swarm Gold features an impressive emulated 3D graphics system and realistic sound. You have free range to fly around the entire map just as we've seen in many modern top-down shooters.
Sep 2008
Games Featured:More games to make you scratch your head, this bonus edition of Weekend Download features a few titles that caught my eye in one way or another. I especially enjoyed G2: Geeks Unleashed, not only for its corny references (every one of which I understood!), but for its unique strategy/puzzle gameplay.
- • G2: Geeks Unleashed
- • Scrapbook Paige
- • The Hidden Object Show: Season 2
Sep 2008
Games Featured:Two really fascinating blasts from (or to) the past this week: The Lost Snowmen, which spiritually resurrects one of my favorite games from the 90s, The Lost Vikings, and Cavern of Doom, which takes pixelated graphics to an almost painful extreme.
- • Mystery Chronicles - Murder Among Friends
- • The Lost Snowmen
- • Cavern of Doom
- • Goban
Sep 2008
For many casual gamers, the word Peggle has become almost magical in nature. Last year's pachinko-style title from PopCap caught us by complete surprise with its blend of deliciously simple gameplay and subtle strategy coated in the glossy paint of a stellar presentation. Now, Peggle Nights has arrived with all-new levels, a new setting, and a handful of other extras, all ready to steal your time like few other games can.
Aug 2008
With just over a year in the making, Azada: Ancient Magic, the sequel to the enormously successful adventure/hidden object hybrid Azada, has finally arrived! Fusing a large variety of unique puzzles with an undeniably intriguing atmosphere, Azada: Ancient Magic puts you in the shoes of a puzzle solver helping the young Titus disarm a magical menace. As you sift through the library of classic literature you'll help legendary characters such as Rapunzel, King Arthur, Dracula and more escape from stories gone awry. Expect some great puzzles and a lot of interesting minigames to come your way in this spectacular sequel.
Aug 2008
Games Featured:Each week we churn through dozens of downloadable casual games searching for just the right ones to feature. Is it interesting and fun, or is it just another clone? Does it have pretty pictures? Much like our weekly Link Dump Friday feature, this edition of Weekend Download highlights some of the games that, for one reason or another, didn't quite make it to a full review but are still unique and worth playing.
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azla in colour by robinmitchellWatch
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having a little fun
Fantastic colors, pose.
Very nice colors... Love the atmosphere, so strong !
Hey Gunto! Spanks for the kind werds! I have been following your wonderful work on the drawingboard and i am so glad your on deviant!!
great colors!! i like it!! ^^
Stunning colours! This is such an interesting image.
Out of this world...
This is amazing! The colours are fantastic and she just generaly looks awesome
Love the lightning and the composition, pretty cool!
absolutely amazing! the colors and shading are sweet!
Dude, I love your work!!!
This is wicked, I love the mood!
This came out great Robin!!
Amazing work, Robin.
Luv it!
Amazing lighting and design!
this is soo sic!!!
This has a beautiful pop to it. and great lighting
Wow bro this is really really hot.
Beautiful work Robin!
love the color... and the wrecklessness....
do you do/how much do you charge for just an individual piece of commissioned work? (just a digital copy, single page sized, etc)
do you do/how much do you charge for just an individual piece of commissioned work? (just a digital copy, single page sized, etc)
thanks for asking. if you wanted the digital file of this piece 15. if you wanted to commision me for something original then a piece like that it would be 300.
Oh man, I love the colors! The entire image gets my imagination going. If this were animated, I'd totally picture a slow-mo scene before she kicks some serious trash 8D
Great work and style!
Great work and style!
Nice colour, pose, and generally everything else.
maaan with such a limited palette you threw down some intensity in this piece man.
wow man, very Mignola (while at the same time) being nothing like Mignola!
well done
well done
Looks like you had alotta fun!
Ooo lovely! Seems very Wendling with that bg
ahh yes its colored... and colored very well.. love the style and feel of it.. great stuff ^^
That looks really good man!!
I love the colors and the style!
Amazing colors !
I'm with Jeff on this one great color choices. When I saw the line work I wouldn't have pictured something so vibrant...but that just cause I suck with color
i really do empathyse with you dan because trust me bro i suck with color. this was just a fluck!

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Recent returnee' to cycling. While I am in the process of fixing this, I have never had a good (OK - call it crappy) understanding of bikes. But I'm working on that. In the meantime...
I own a late 90's vintage Bianchi purchased as a custom build of sorts from a LBS in California (I now live in NC). I honestly don't even know exactly what it is so here is some information.
The frame is a Bianchi labeled as COLUMBUS, SPECIALATI RINFORSATA, ALLINIO NIVACROM, EXTRA EL LEGGERI, whatever that is. While it is steel I can't find any information on the Columbus website (admit that I didn't work that hard). I have no frame of reference (this is the only bike I have ever owned - at least since around 1960) but from my perspective this bike is very comfortable, handles well, etc.
The groupset is late 90's Campy Chorus (53/39 front, 8x12/25 on the back). This works fine for me on the rolling hills around my home. Might be questionable on the low end if I were to chose a hilly century some day.
Wheels are Mavic Open Pro with clincher tires.
Pedals are some TIME model that uses some oddball (in my mind) cleat configuration (two piece cleats).
My objectives are to get back into riding on a regular basis (biking fitness is not bad at the moment but it is all built off work on a spinner bike) using a century or two per year as targets/goals to keep my motivation up. I'd never ride a Crit (at least I never have) but I did a handful of road races in California. Doing that again is an outside possibility.
So now for a question. At what point do you decide to quit upgrading your bike and trade in your current bike and buy a new one? I've got to replace my shoes so the pedals have got to go (I want something a bit more standard so I have some choices). And for a bit more money I can probably save a pound or more over what I currently lug up hills.
I suspect that I eventually will want a somewhat lower gear than I currently have (although in the rolling hills around here I am really surprised at how often I end up in the 53/12 gear down inclines). From what I know my 'simple upgrade' choices are limited, but there are some. And, of course, you can go high end on a (for example) expensive compact crankset to save some more grams. Or go whole hog for an 11 speed groupset upgrade, probably gain a gear at both ends, save some more grams, and spend even more money.
Tires/wheels and off we go. Or maybe save my money, replace the pedals/shoes (at least those would transfer to a new bike were I ever to buy one), work on my fitness and weight to handle the hills (or just forget about something like the 'Hilly Hellacious' or Six Gap centuries), and just be happy. It isn't like I'm riding a crummy bike.
Just opening this up for comments - thanks.
ps. The bike with pedals, spare tube, and tools weighs in the 21.5 pound range based on my bathroom scales. I'm guessing that for a couple grand I could drop a good 5 pounds off this.


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Dude, hold my scumpy! by ATGFWatch
foot scroompy
Kinda hard to derp eye the demoman when he has only one eye
Soldier: Hmmm. There's something not right here.
Another drunk day, for another Drunk Science experiment!
This just made me spit on my screen.
Dat spy!
Stick jump no longer work
Soldier: I don't even...
Drinking scrumpy with his foot.
That takes some skill.
and that,men,is how a real man hold his scrumpeh
I gotta ask...how long does it take you to face pose in these images?
i like soldier's reflection
Scrumpey with da f00t
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He then shall never hav AZZSECKS anymore!
"I gotta make this jump"
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See definition in Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionarySyllabification: mi·cro·e·lec·tron·ics
Pronunciation: /ˌmīkrōəˌlekˈträniks/
Definition of microelectronics in English:
plural noun[usually treated as singular]
The design, manufacture, and use of microchips and microcircuits.
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- 'Wire bonding is a highly complex technology used in microelectronics to ultrasonically fuse together components within circuitry,' Greasley said.
- The technical drivers for sensor development come not only from materials science but from innovations in low-cost, large-scale manufacturing of interconnects, microelectronics, and micromachining.
- Basically microelectronics is electronics taken down to such a small scale that people can't do it by hand anymore - doing everything on the computer, writing hardware description language.
- microelectronic
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- Molecular electronics - designing carbon-based molecules to act as wires, diodes, transistors and other microelectronic devices - is one of the most dynamic frontiers in nanotechnology.
- The invention relates to the formation of structures in microelectronic devices such as integrated circuit devices by means of borderless via architectures in intermetal dielectrics.
- These well-aligned geometries are commonly used in the nanofabrication of integrated circuits and microelectronic devices.
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After an impressive World Cup campaign, Samaras has spent the summer turning down offers.
French side Lyon were the latest to be snubbed as Samaras didn't think they would be competitive in the French League.
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This is the 25th in a daily look at the top prospects in the NBA Draft: Their strengths, their weaknesses, and whether or not they're a fit for the Celtics. Today's prospect: Marcus Smart
Point guard
6-foot-3, 227 pounds
HIS STORY: Little over a year ago, Marcus Smart's story was simple. He was considered to be a top 5, and maybe even a top 3, pick, in the 2013 draft. Instead, he chose to return to Oklahoma State for his sophomore season. A preseason All-American selection, he wanted to help snap Kansas' Big 12 title streak (the Jayhawks had won nine regular-season championships in a row heading into 2013-14) and lead the Cowboys on a run at the national championship. But by the time the NCAA Tournament came around, Smart was nearly a cautionary tale. This stemmed from an incident in February; Oklahoma State, in the midst of a three-game losing streak, was playing at Texas Tech and Smart went flying into the stands under the basket after a heckling fan. In a now-infamous scene Smart pushed the fan, which earned him a three-game suspension. The Cowboys wound up losing seven in a row and eventually were bounced in their opening game of the Tournament. It was a disappointing year for Smart, but he still put up strong numbers: 18 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.8 assists. Despite this being his story -- and he has to own it -- I think it will have zero impact on what will be a great NBA career.
HIS STRENGTHS: He has a NBA-ready body and game. Physically he has good size for a point guard at 6-foot-3 (with a 6-9 wingspan) and a strong 227 pounds. He's explosive but also solid with the ball, able to finish through contact at the rim. He's great in transition but really understands how to run a team and where the ball needs to be to execute in the half-court. As you can see from his stat line, he impacts the game in a variety of ways. Smart is active on the glass and competes hard on the defensive end. His long wingspan irritates offensive players and makes it difficult to get comfortable (2.9 steals per game, third in the nation). Despite the Texas Tech incident and his consistently flopping/playing to crowds this year, coaches and general managers love Smart's intangibles. Everyone you talk to praises his work ethic, leadership, competitive fire and passion for the game. He's the consummate team guy that you want running the show for your squad.
HIS WEAKNESSES: His shooting has to improve. Last year, from he shot 29 percent from 3-point range and a not-so-impressive 42 percent on 2-point shots. His mechanics from 3 are not bad, and reports from his workouts are positive in that he seems much improved from that distance. His poor shooting percentages were partially impacted by poor shot selection. As Oklahoma State struggled, Smart sometimes tried to do too much and forced tough or quick shots. At the next level, he has to understand he has much more help around him and let the game come to him.
IS HE A FIT FOR THE CELTICS? Danny Ainge has said previously that Smart's tumultuous season is not a a red flag for him, but instead a positive. He views it as passion and something he can relate to, as he got in a few altercations on the court in his playing days. Ainge also said on CSN's Lottery Night Special that the Celtics are in the position where they have to take the best available player with the sixth pick. When looking at the draft board, I'm guessing Smart could easily be that player. With Rajon Rondo around, Smart and the Celtics aren't an obvious fit. But I think Rondo and Smart could play together effectively. Both are creative, and Rondo being more ball dominant could help the C's generate offense. Lastly, after Smart's workout with the Celtics, Brad Stevens had nothing but good things to say about him (as did all the Boston brass). I think Stevens would welcome the challenge to make these two point guards thrive, and if the C's keep their sixth pick Smart very well could be the best player available when they're on the clock.
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Featured column: Call me a bad sport but WIAA is out of line
Well, it was only a matter of time. In the first half of the boys' basketball game between River Falls and Hudson Friday night in Hudson, one...
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January 31, 2016 - 6:01am
January 23, 2016
Featured letter: Feb. 2 – You won't want to miss this
It was great to read the Journal article the first of the New Year about James Bohn with details about his background here in River Falls and his current position of being the National Anthem singer for all home Minnesota Wild games. As well, it was interesting to read Josh Eidem's...
opinion / letters
January 23, 2016 - 6:06am
Featured Letter: MLK message is deeply felt
The Martin Luther King Breakfast was again a big success. However the work leading up to it and our goal of inclusivity was marred even before the breakfast began. Two posters for the breakfast with a drawing of the face of Martin Luther King were put up on the community board at...
opinion / letters
January 23, 2016 - 6:06am
January 15, 2016
Senator reflects on legislative successes from past year
Guest column by state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (R-River Falls): Beginning a new year is not only a time to set new goals but also a time to reflect...
opinion / columns
January 15, 2016 - 11:01am
January 7, 2016
Featured Column: Tipping: No kidding, livelihoods depend on it
I have two daughters who work in the restaurant business as servers. They're both putting themselves through college this way. I was the one...
opinion / columns
January 7, 2016 - 11:55am
January 4, 2016
My heart tells me this: 'The Wrong shall fail'
"Let there be peace on earth," sang the Young People's Chorus of New York City. The earnest, multi-toned faces beaming from our television...
opinion / columns
January 4, 2016 - 9:01am
Days Gone By: No more trips to the dump for city dwellers
Like the rest of the country River Falls had not escaped the problem of what to do with solid waste after the DNR decreed the local landfill...
December 4, 2015 - 1:21pm
December 2, 2015
Featured column: Stark Reality: How I got to see a new side of the story
As a reporter, interviews are a huge part of my life. Usually, I'm the one asking the questions. It's not often I get to be on the other...
opinion / columns
December 2, 2015 - 11:30am
November 20, 2015
Featured column: Woodworking: My unforgettable Thanksgiving Day: Wieners, glorified rice, making do
Thanksgivings come and Thanksgivings go but a few stick to my subconscious like turkey skin to the bottom of our old bluestone roaster. There...
opinion / columns
November 20, 2015 - 4:03pm
November 19, 2015
Featured Letter: Bravo, 'Cinderella'
This week's featured letter also includes a change from the print version... "Cinderella" will be playing this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20 and 21, at 7 p.m. at the River Falls High School. I recently enjoyed an amazing performance of the musical "Cinderella" put on by the River...
opinion / letters
November 19, 2015 - 9:31am
November 6, 2015
Featured letter: Contagion: Honesty
I stopped in to Dick's Fresh Market in River Falls this weekend to get a few items, I got what I needed, and went to check out. After checking out, I discovered I had left my wallet at home. The young lady offered to hold my groceries if I wanted to go home and get it. I...
opinion / letters
November 6, 2015 - 8:21am
October 30, 2015
Featured column: 2016 fall election could decide fate of popular social programs
Social Security and Medicare changes could become key election topics next year with U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Janesville now leading Republicans...
opinion / columns
October 30, 2015 - 4:50pm
October 23, 2015
Letter to the editor
Anyone wishing to submit a letter to the editor can send it to River Falls Journal Editor Phil Pfuehler at firstname.lastname@example.com.
opinion / letters
October 23, 2015 - 3:38pm
Featured Letter to the Editor: River Falls, it's time to admit that we have a crisis
Unless you've tried to rent recently, you're probably not aware of the affordable housing crisis that plagues River Falls. Unfortunately for far too many families, River Falls (Pierce and St. Croix counties) has the highest fair market rent rates of anywhere in Wisconsin: $641,...
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Hurricane Michele Bachmann? Climate Name Change wants to name extreme storm after her [VIDEO]
We'd never root for a hurricane to occur, but if one has to happen, can you imagine a better name for it?
An organization called Climate Name Change thinks the Katrinas and Sandys of the world don't deserve to be associated with the extreme storms that bore their names.
SEE ALSO: Bachmann looks extra creepy while attributing Benghazi, 9/11 to God's "hand of judgment" [VIDEO]
Instead, they want to name storms after climate change deniers in Congress. You know, folks like Michele Bachmann.
A petition to the World Meteorological Organization toward that end has been signed by about 25,000 people as of this morning, and the group put together this cool video depicting what news coverage of Hurricane Michele Bachmann would look and sound like:
Of course, since Bachmann believes extreme weather is one way God punishes us for being too liberal, if we applied Climate Name Change's logic to her line of thinking we'd give storms names like Hurricane God, Tropical Storm Jesus, Cyclone Holy Spirit, and so forth.
Then again, it's generally not a good idea to apply Michele's line of thinking to anything.
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Susan IbachTechnical Evangelist
I'm adjusting. It's been very quick and pain free but the time came where I had to bury my little flip phone and start fresh and what a fresh start it is!
Let me first say how much I love texting. There are few things I hate more than phone calls that last years when all you wanted to know was someone' address. A text saves time and, especially if it's a long distance call, saves me money. I love how this phone groups my texts into threads! At a glance I can see an entire conversation and I don't have to scroll through a ton of texts trying to see what I said last.
It's not just easy to read though, it's easy to text. I love how the user interface swivels to a side view and gives me the option of a wider keyboard. I have to admit, my old phone had a flip out keyboard from the side and I got used to using that type of keyboard for texting. I had no problems adjusting to an onscreen keyboard. The keys are sensitive but not overly sensitive and I don't have to worry about my fat fingers getting in my way. If I'm using the map and try to zoom in or out, the screen is responsive and reads me well. The way the user interface adjusts to horizontal versus vertical views is quick and convenient.
To put the next comment in context I need to say that I love sleep. Without my 8 hours I go into zombie mode and let me tell you, it ain't pretty. I was pleasantly surprised by the alarms available on the phone. Not the tones themselves though. They're pretty and I do like them, but let's be honest, it doesn't matter how good they sound, after it makes you get up at 5 am, you will hate that sound for the rest of your life. Instead, my Windows Phone allowed me to set multiple alarms. Now I've got one for weekends, one for weekdays and one for those days where you accidentally hit Dismiss instead of Snooze and end up missing your bus.
After I had made three alarms, I got curious. How many could I set? What if I had the world's most confusing schedule? Turns out the Windows Phone takes it like a champ! After setting about 30 alarms I could tell that my phone was going to be able to take anything I threw at it (though I don't suggest throwing things at any prized possessions). You may think, when would you ever need 3 or more alarms? The truth is that on school terms, I value sleeping in and I like to not have to set one alarm for 7am every day. If I can set Monday, Wednesday, Friday to 7 am and Tuesday, Thursday to 9am, I will be a happy camper.
What else do I love? The camera. 5 megapixels might not seem much to you but it's clear the difference between the 3 I had on my last phone and the 5 I have now. Also, my phone is better than my current digital camera at taking panorama shots and stitching them together. With a handy tracker that lets you know where to place your camera so you get the perfect shot, I'm suddenly in love with the idea of capturing my surrounding. Now I can capture my full view and share it with my friends!
So now you're bored with me. Alarms, texting, the camera. Doesn't look like I'm pushing it very much does it? I agree. Which is why I've decided to test this little buddy on the fly. What do I mean by on the fly? Me and my Windows Phone are going to FearFest.
- Jessica Pellow
Have you heard about Imagine Cup? This is the worldwide competition organized by Microsoft where students just like you use technology to try and solve some of the worlds problems. What matters to you? Could text recognition software on a windows phone help someone with dyslexia? Can we build a stronger First Nations community with Kinect sensors and cameras connecting different bands? Can you help your local food bank spread the word on what they need restocking on their shelves with an Azure service that can be accessed by phone applications or screen displays at the local grocery stores? Can we find an easier way to determine if water is safe to drink? Can we predict the spread of malaria through mosquitos so we can take preventive measures? The world is faced with so many problems, big and small, and we have a world of technology at our fingertips. Technology that in the past was only available in high end research labs is now accessible to all of us through smart phones and Kinect! YOU can use this incredible technology to solve a problem and this year, we're going to shine the spotlight brighter than ever on Canadian students with our Canadian Imagine Cup!
It starts with your imagination, just take a problem and imagine how you could solve that problem. Next July, you might find yourself on a stage in Sydney, Australia sharing your problem and solution with students from around the world! Sound intimidating? It shouldn't, honestly, these are students just like you! We'll have a Canadian site up and running soon with all the details. For now check out Imagine Cup and learn more. Last year 400 students from 70 countries participated in the WorldWide Finals, this year Canada could be one of those countries. Teams who enter the Software Design Competition in Canada will first compete for the right to attend the Canadian finals in Toronto. In Toronto, they will present their projects on stage along with other top teams from across Canada, an incredible opportunity to showcase your idea, your solution on a national stage! At the Canadian finals , a panel of judges will be faced with the difficult task of selecting the top team. We will also select the top 3 entries in the Game Design: Phone competition to come to Toronto for the Canadian finals as well and compete for first place! Although not featured at the Canadian finals, there are other ways to compete: Game Design: XBOX/Windows and the IT Challenge where you complete a quiz, and a case study for a chance to enter the final round where you complete a virtual hands on lab challenge to win prizes of $3000, $4000, and $8000 USD. So many opportunities for you to show the world your idea! If you need some ideas, check out this video from some Australian innovators to get you in the mood, enter as a team, or as an individual, but start your engines, and get ready to show Canada and the world the power of Canadian students!
It's official! I have had my Windows Phone now for two weeks and it's been an adventure. First let me say that I came into this experience absolutely hating smart phones. I dislike that there are a million buttons and that you have to sort through useless stuff just to get to the one feature that you truly need. However, all it took was me setting up my phone to fall in love. That's right, love at first touch.
I've had to deal with several machines and this is the first time that putting in my SIM card and battery wasn't a fight to the death with flimsy plastic or simply blind trust. The back has a small button that allows a very strong backing to come out opening up the inside of the phone. Win - win scenario! Not only can I get to what I need without snapping off all my fingernails or being worried about cracking the backing but I can also know that my phone is safe and the internal components secure.
The setup itself was straight forward and user friendly. In some cases, it was even more user friendly than I had initially realized. I saved my contacts from my old phone to my SIM card and easily transferred them to my new phone. Here's where it got cool, my new phone sorted through the contacts on my phone and my current list of friends on Facebook and linked together accounts for the people that overlapped. Now I can open up my list of contacts and if I select one I have the option of calling, texting, emailing, and I see pertinent details from Facebook like their birthday or their current address.
At first I struggled with having so many tiles on the main page but once I realized that I could unpin the ones I didn't want and add the ones that I did it was incredibly simple to pin and unpin applications until I had a perfectly customized main page.
Now, in the interest of full disclosure, I don't have a data plan at the moment. So, while some of you are still reeling from the shock of that comment, let me note that that has almost not even been a concern! The wifi on this phone is fantastic and has made updating my phone pretty painless. Will I be getting a data plan? Definitely. Looking at all this phone can offer I would be crazy not to. It's worth it just to see how far this can go and how it can support me.
I've heard the Windows Phone described as a phone for first time smartphone users and I completely agree that it is pain free, easy to use, and quite possibly one of the prettiest phones I've ever laid eyes on (now with pink tiles :) ). But I can tell that the Windows Phone is more than that. It's quick, clean, and confusion free. With just a few days of playing around and exploring my options, I can't wait to take this device on the road and see what happens.
On October 7th I looked into the Future. I don't claim to have foresight powers, but Craig Mundy magically painted his vision with such realism that some of the panelists were left dumbfounded at his eloquence. The Chief Research and Strategy Officer of Microsoft presented a world where technology went from being a tool to being a helper. A world where doctors rely on the help of technology for diagnosis, as well as for the distribution thereof. A world where classes are given globally and laptops or slates add to the teaching environment rather than to the social networks. A world where everyone, regardless of their profession, gets to enjoy the help of their own STARK Enterprises J.A.R.V.I.S robot helper.
It is refreshing to see Microsoft focusing on social entrepreneuring fields, which seems to come from it's chairman. Mr. Mundie explained that before concentrating on his philanthropic efforts, Bill Gates guided Microsoft's research group into areas of social development as well as initiating talks with universities and their developments in these fields. It is up to Universities such as McGill to leverage the technology and indulge in health, education and communications research.
Among most of the hidden gems coming out of Microsoft's technologies is Kinect. This tool has seen the light mostly on the gaming sector, but it is slowly creeping its way into more relevant markets such as health. This technology is a stepping stone into the realm of possibilities of what can be done in Health. Entrepreneurs have always thought of simply linking people with video and voice. A doctor teleconferencing with a patient through Skype. Kinect takes the concept of telepresence to a completely different level. With Kinect the experience is enriched with gestures and reactions through movement and depth perception. It is easy to mention examples of monitoring critical patients and scenarios such as launching a 911 call when a patient is moving or shaking strangely and even to check whether they are being active enough, but perhaps the most impressive advantage is that all of that and more can be done for the price of $150.
Thanks to Microsoft's recent release of the Kinect SDK for windows, developers have the ability to produce a new set of services in many domains through more natural ways of interaction. Thus, decreasing the complexity for users and flattening out the usability learning curve.
I believe Kinect is the link between us and that New World Craig Mundie prophesized. Soon we will start seeing the ability to turn on the lights by voice or dimming them with a hand wave at the reach of everyone simply because the technology exists, it is affordable and Microsoft has given it to us on a silver platter!
If you would like to live the experience yourself, there is a transcription of Craig Mundie's panel at McGill University for you to read.
Oscar Guerrero - McGill University MSP
A couple of weeks ago I introduced the Mango App Challenge – in essence, a contest for you to develop and publish 2 Windows Phone apps to the Marketplace and in return we'd give you a free phone.
Well, so far the contest has gotten a lot of entries (but there's still plenty of phones left to give) and I want to share with you some of the great winners so far.
Broken Wings+
Get it: Here
Price: Free
Price: $1.29 (Free trial)
So, do you think you can build a couple of apps and publish them by December 15? Then get started! Download the tools and, if Windows Phone is new to you, learn with free resources here!


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Real Purity, Burn & Cold Sore Gel, 1 fl oz (30 ml) (Discontinued Item)
By Real Purity3 Reviews
Shipping Weight:?0.12 lbs (0.05 kg)
Shipping Weight
The Shipping Weight includes the product, protective packaging material and the actual shipping box. In addition, the Shipping Weight may be adjusted for the Dimensional Weight (e.g. length, width & height) of a package. It is important to note that certain types of products (e.g. glass containers, liquids, fragile, refrigerated or ice packed) will often require protective packaging material. As such, these products will reflect a higher Shipping Weight compared to the unprotected product.
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Dr. Easterling truly has created a product that is amazing and will provide almost overnight relief and healing. Burn and Cold Sore gel is a must for every woman's kitchen. This product will bring relief and healing from sunburn to heat related burns, and will heal cold sores almost overnight.
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Shake well before using. Apply directly to burn or cold sore 2-3 times in first hour, apply as needed.
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I use this together with L-Lysin creme and Zovirac tablets whenever I get cold sores on my lips. The sore is gone within three days if I start the treatment early. The itching is reduced immediately.
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LOL. Show prep is going into full swing for this show I'm entering, my local show actually. It's in a month's time.
Sooo... it was my birthday the other day, and I got given $100 cash/tack shop vouchers. Straight to the tack shop and started buying...
Amino Gloss horse shampoo, it's pink and awesome and is meant to leave the good oils in the coat
NRG Pro-Plaits spray
Shiner spray, can't remember the name of it
Alto-Light clear highlighter
White chalk block, to help mask dirt/stains
Sock-Em stain remover, for BRIGHT white markings
Paintbrush, for the Sock-Em
Was going to get clear hoof polish but it was $40 for a small bottle... too expensive, I'd spent too much already. Same deal with show sheen, the stuff I got was cheaper and supposedly does the same thing. Ended up spending $100 on JUST show prepping stuff. I'd gone in for new riding boots!
...which I went in for today. $70 later, with new riding boots in tow, I get home to find out that I need to get a blouse and a hat, which will probably be another $100, AND I need to make another browband for Monty so it matches what I buy to match the browband I made for Satin. Probably ANOTHER $30. The total amount I'm going to end up spending on this show is in excess of $300
...but I'll do it. It's going to hurt my poor bank account, but hey, I probably won't have to buy all this again for a while, right?
That ^ coming from the person who, just hours after buying brand new riding boots, wants to start saving to get some Ariats to show in. Um, OUCH?


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Rainbow Power! by MillieZoneWatch
©2014-2016 MillieZone
I can't draw G4 ponies, but that won't stop me from trying! These designs are so sparkly and rainbow-y I just had to draw them!
My Little Pony is owned by Hasbro.
My Little Pony is owned by Hasbro.
As much as i love to complain about the poor design choises of hasbro, these rainbow power designs are starting to grow on me.
Admittedly, when I first saw the Rainbow Power designs I thought "there's no way they're going to include those designs in the show!" But then they did, and the designs actually looked pretty cool!
I still don't like them, but at least i don't look away from them anymore. And some artists actually manage to make them look pretty good.
so you think you can't draw G4 ponies? well I think you do amazing!!! this is awesome!!!
This is beautiful!
Pretty cool job.
Rainbow POWER!!! Just keep practicing. You can do it.


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What is the official name of the MLPH gene?
The official name of this gene is "melanophilin."
MLPH is the gene's official symbol. The MLPH gene is also known by other names, listed below.
Read more about gene names and symbols on the About page.
What is the normal function of the MLPH gene?
The MLPH gene provides instructions for making a protein called melanophilin. This protein is found in pigment-producing cells called melanocytes, where it helps transport structures called melanosomes. These structures produce a pigment called melanin, which is the substance that gives skin, hair, and eyes their color (pigmentation). Melanophilin interacts with proteins produced from the MYO5A and RAB27A genes to form a complex that transports melanosomes to the outer edges of melanocytes. From there, the melanosomes are transferred to other types of cells, where they provide the pigment needed for normal hair, skin, and eye coloring.
How are changes in the MLPH gene related to health conditions?
Where is the MLPH gene located?
Cytogenetic Location: 2q37.3
Molecular Location on chromosome 2: base pairs 237,486,410 to 237,555,318
(Homo sapiens Annotation Release 107, GRCh38.p2) (
The MLPH gene is located on the long (q) arm of chromosome 2 at position 37.3.
More precisely, the MLPH gene is located from base pair 237,486,410 to base pair 237,555,318 on chromosome 2.
See How do geneticists indicate the location of a gene? in the Handbook.
Where can I find additional information about MLPH?
You and your healthcare professional may find the following resources about MLPH helpful.
You may also be interested in these resources, which are designed for genetics professionals and researchers.
What other names do people use for the MLPH gene or gene products?
See How are genetic conditions and genes named? in the Handbook.
Where can I find general information about genes?
The Handbook provides basic information about genetics in clear language.
These links provide additional genetics resources that may be useful.
What glossary definitions help with understanding MLPH?
amino acid ; arginine ; gene ; immune system ; melanin ; melanocytes ; mutation ; pigment ; pigmentation ; protein ; syndrome ; tryptophan
You may find definitions for these and many other terms in the Genetics Home Reference Glossary.
See also Understanding Medical Terminology.
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- What are the dates & locations of upcoming conferences?
2015 - November 11-15 - Chicago
2016 - October 12-16 - Seattle
2017 - November 8-12 - Atlanta
- Where is the conference going to be held?
The conference will be held at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, 301 East North Water Street.
- What are the registration rates for 2015?
Registration fees for 2015 are:
Member Early Registration - $405
Student Early Registration - $350
Non-Member Registration - $800
- Are any meals included in the registration fee?
There will be an opening reception, including mini deep dish pizza, mini hot dogs, Eli's cherry cheesecake, chips, and more, a breakfast on Friday morning, a breakfast on Saturday morning, and a formal dinner on Saturday evening.
- I only want to come to BIH (or other pre-conference workshop). Is there a daily fee?
No, you must pay the full registration fee to attend any of the sessions.
- I am interested in some of the programming on Thursday. What is the fee for pre-conference sessions?
There is no additional fee for any of the NCHC conference or pre-conference sessions. The registration fee is all inclusive with the exception of entrance fees for some City as Text™ locations.
- I want to bring a guest but don't know how to register them.
You must clear guests through NCHC. Please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with the guest's name and relationship -- spouse, other family member, etc.
- If we are not going to attend the special event/gala, do we get a price break on registration fees?
- I have registered and paid my fee but now am unable to attend. How do I get a refund?
Please consult the refund policy below*. To begin the refund process, email email@example.com.
- I forgot to register for City as Text™. Can I still add it?
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- My presentation (or my student's) is scheduled for a time when we will not be in attendance. Can we change the day and time?
Send an email to email@example.com with the details. We will try to accommodate as many individuals as possible.
- I am a student moderator. Do I still need to pay a conference registration fee?
Yes. As a student, your registration fee will be $350.
- When does the hotel open for reservations?
July 1
- Can I put more than 4 students in a room?
- The hotel says there are no more rooms at the NCHC conference rate. What should I do?
Call the NCHC office at 402-472-9150 or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with the number of rooms needed.
- How do I make hotel reservations?
Hotel reservations open July 1. You may make yourreservations online or you may call 312-464-1000 and provide the conference code NCHC. The Sheraton is located at 301 East North Water Street in downtown Chicago.
- What are room rates at the conference hotel?
Conference rates will be:
Single - $229
Double - $229
Triple - $244
Quad - $259
- All requests for refunds MUST be submitted in writing to the national office.
- Telephone requests CANNOT be honored.
- Send written requests via email to: firstname.lastname@example.com. If you have a question not covered by the above, please contact the NCHC office at email@example.com or call us at 402-472-9150
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