Memoirs of Murder: Welcome to Hidden Pines Collector's Edition - New HOPA on Big Fish
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Today's game for Club Members, tomorrow's game for all. You can download Memoirs of Murder: Welcome to Hidden Pines Collector's Edition here. Eipix Entertainment presents a riveting new series - Memoirs of Murder: Welcome to Hidden Pines!
It’s time to relocate to the town of Hidden Pines! Your excitement over escaping the big city and enjoying your new home quickly turns tragic when your neighbor is murdered! To make matters worse, your spouse is the prime suspect! It’s up to you to piece together the evidence and clear their name. This small-town is hiding some big secrets. Can you crack the case in time? Find out in this gripping Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure!
Investigate a new crime in Hidden Pines in the bonus game! Tons of collectible gifts, souvenirs, and morphing objects to find! Earn achievement awards for your strategic game play. Replay your favorite mini-games and HOPs. Enjoy exclusive artwork, music, and videos. As always, please remember to come back and tell us what you think. Happy gaming!
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Re: Memoirs of Murder: Welcome to Hidden Pines Collector's Edition - New HOPA on Big Fish
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Thanks, Marian! Ana
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Re: Memoirs of Murder: Welcome to Hidden Pines Collector's Edition - New HOPA on Big Fish
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Re: Memoirs of Murder: Welcome to Hidden Pines Collector's Edition - New HOPA on Big Fish
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I have noticed the same.
My commitment to fairness is tempered by how fair I think a company has been to me. In short, the company should hold all the teams to a standard high enough to avoid falling down on the job after the demo.
That said, Memoirs of Murder is looking way better than recent other Eipix offerings. My immersion is limited by my suspicion that at any moment Memoirs of Murder may take a turn for the worst and become a paperclip for zipper pull slog. I no longer have any expectation of something outstanding.
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Re: Memoirs of Murder: Welcome to Hidden Pines Collector's Edition - New HOPA on Big Fish
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I have been playing this game, and am at part 9 (I believe). Am at the evidence wall and can't get the items to move onto each other. Contacted BF, and they said I must have created 2 signons or changed my email address. !!! Did nothing of the sort. Wrote back and told them they were wrong. BF's forum doesn't have this game on it yet.
Any help? Thanks.
It's not that I'm smart, I just stay with things longer." (approx. quote from Albert Einstein.)
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Re: Memoirs of Murder: Welcome to Hidden Pines Collector's Edition - New HOPA on Big Fish
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8dognight: Thanks for the confirmation. I don't mean to be rude, but the BF person who answered my email seems a little "off."
It's not that I'm smart, I just stay with things longer." (approx. quote from Albert Einstein.)
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Re: Memoirs of Murder: Welcome to Hidden Pines Collector's Edition - New HOPA on Big Fish
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I quit playing earlier than that over exactly the same problem. I've been quietly waiting for a new build. I wonder if everyone is getting hit by this bug. I'm glad to know about this and will look out for a new build.
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Re: Memoirs of Murder: Welcome to Hidden Pines Collector's Edition - New HOPA on Big Fish
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Sparkle: Thanks. Their forums were never very good anyway; hardly anyone would try to help.
It's not that I'm smart, I just stay with things longer." (approx. quote from Albert Einstein.)
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Re: Memoirs of Murder: Welcome to Hidden Pines Collector's Edition - New HOPA on Big Fish
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Venturebeat had a December 4, 2017 article on Aristocrat Leisure's acquisitions of BFG and Plarium. Here is a portion of the piece:
"Big Fish operates premium paid mobile games (18 percent of bookings), social casino games (42 percent of bookings), and social games (40 percent of bookings). It has 700 employees and five in-house development studios in Seattle and Oakland, California. Its hottest title is Big Fish Casino, which is regularly in the top five grossing apps in the U.S., thanks to repeat business from people who come back regularly to play social casino games.
Aristocrat paid 11.9 times EBITDA and 2.2 times revenues for Big Fish Games, which puts its valuation at the upper end of recent transactions. But the price is roughly the same multiple that Churchill Downs paid when it bought the business a few years ago.
Krejcik said that the acquisition has some risks, like the difficulty of merging two large-scale social gaming companies. Aristocrat’s studios will be far flung across London, San Francisco, Israel, Ukraine, Seattle, and Oakland. All of the deals will have a 'transformational impact' on Aristocrat’s business, Krejcik said, and it will diversify the companies revenues across the digital games opportunity."
I gather the last sentence means that revenues from BFG will not necessarily be plowed into BFG game development and improvement but I'm not sure if I understand the specialized jargon. I doubt it means putting money from elsewhere into BFG because Aristocrat had troubled years a decade ago and the recent Washington state decision on gambling may have an effect as well although that may go down appeal.
I am curious about the breakdown of BFG earnings. Which area do the IHOGS and HOPAS fit into? Do they even make the pie chart? Anyone know?
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Re: Memoirs of Murder: Welcome to Hidden Pines Collector's Edition - New HOPA on Big Fish
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Nope. Page doesn't load.
ETA: Just did. Thanks. I'm looking.
Judging solely from the game icons presented in the overview section, I speculate that IHOGS and HOPAS are included in a category called "premium paid" and represent 18% of BFG's adjusted revenue, 81 million in 2017 out of 458 total.
I've skimmed the document and have the impression the sorts of games I like are not where the industry is going. No surprise there. The bright spot is that regular adventure games were toe-tagged DOA years ago then--like the first sequence after the opening car accident in a game or horror movie--sat up on the gurney and listened with amused befuddlement to the screams of morgue attendants.
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Re: Memoirs of Murder: Welcome to Hidden Pines Collector's Edition - New HOPA on Big Fish
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Hi, Marian!
Thankfully, I don't run into glitches too often but, like you, whenever I did, I would always check out the BF forums to see if it was a common glitch and if anyone had figured out how to get past it. If there was no fix, I would contact BF Customer Service. The reviews were also helpful.
Susan
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