Yes, one little thing. No matter how careful and observant I try to be, this sort of thing happens more often than I would like.

I bought some of those Crisp App HOGs at the Steam Summer Sale and tried one out, Aladdin Hidden Objects. I can certainly see why BF reviewers are not interested in this type of game, especially for the price they charge. Unless there is a lot more to the BF versions, they should put these in their "bite size games" section. I must say, I worry about the future of BF.

Anyway, the game was very, very short. I did not understand the "scoring" system. It's not a timed game but I guess you are on a timer of some sort. I actually enjoyed the story until the end when it decided to confuse me. I liked it for a diversion but I would not recommend it.

Aladdin is not one of the games on BF but Time Machine is, which I imagine is the same type of gaming. I think I saw at least one other of these Crisp App games on BF which is what made me look at them on Steam.

Also, I had finished Mystery PI: Lost in Los Angeles a few days back. Usually I go back and replay all the HO scenes after unlocking them but I'm not sure yet if I'm going to do that or not this time. We'll see next time I'm in my Win 7 computer.

Thank you for the information about the Aladdin game, ob. I haven't downloaded Time Machine but it does sound similar to what you are describing.

I don't have that Mystery PI game. I no doubt would have bought them all on BF had I known they would be removed at some point.

And I am playing Grim Tales: The Wishes. After you mentioned it, I got to thinking of how I don't think I have ever played this game all the way through, so I am doing it now.

Marian, are you still playing Grim Tales? I am trying to figure out this well puzzle which doesn't seem to make any sense to me.

I finished it. I remember that puzzle. I kept at it for a while but eventually skipped it as I wasn't getting anywhere.

I just looked at the BF walkthrough that Ana wrote. She gave this tip about the puzzle:



Maybe that will help?

Thanks. I'll try again later using that tip. It just feels like the computer can do whatever it wants but I can't. I didn't really try for too long though. It's one of those - more frustrating than fun - puzzles, IMO.

Have you started anything else yet?

Yes, I have started Grimville: The Gift of Darkness and it's a really nice game.

Another game I never heard of and don't have (yet, even though I see "choices" are required) . I hope you continue to enjoy it.

So, how did you like the Grim Tales game anyway? There is a lot of to-ing and fro-ing but mostly I like it. There was a second incident where I had to use a hint because I just didn't see a hot spot after looking for about 10 times at everything.

I did decide to play all of the "unlocked" ho and match 3 in Mystery PI. I'll probably finish that up today.

I thought Grim Tales was overall a really good game. The to-ing and fro-ing is very much there, but it did not bother me too much. A high-quality game, for sure.

There have been a couple choice screens so far with Grimville but it doesn't seem like it is going to make much difference one way or the other, at least so far. The graphics are beautiful and the game is very atmospheric. Some hidden object scenes but not too many, and more of an adventure lite game otherwise. It has a nice journal too.

Well, I got past the puzzle pretty quickly today. I had lines with a 1, a 1, and a 3. I did the 3, the computer did a 1, and I did the last 1.

That's great!

Just started .. Mystery Case Files : Incident at Pendle Tower [CE] .. and it's lookin' fine right now 😁

I haven't played that one yet, Mad. I hope you enjoy it.

I haven't gotten to that one yet either, Mad. I'm still working on Grim Tales.

(to-ing and fro-ing LOL!) Been there, we do that a lot.

BTW - holding my breath; another MCF coming around mid-November. Played 'em all I have, right from the start, (Huntsville I believe)

Tally Ho, have you played the Mystery Case Files spin-off here? It has generally good reviews. Maybe something to tide you over until November (if you haven't already played it)?

Well, I'm getting close to the end of the main game now but have had to use the Hint Button A LOT ....

[I do like the game and find it addictive - but am not understanding all the puzzles - even some of those I've solved unaided !!]

Go Figure

Mad, I have the same thing with Grim Tales. There were a couple of puzzles I didn't know what I was supposed to be doing but then all of a sudden I had solved them. That was both good and bad I guess. Right now I have played 20 minutes in the bonus chapter and have been stuck for 10 of those minutes. Had to get out of the game. Don't know what the heck I'm missing now.

That sounds familiar.

I finished Grimville and am now playing Gravely Silent: House of Deadlock. It's been really good so far.

I have Gravely Silent installed for *some day*.

I managed to find what I missed without a hint this time and have now finished the game. Whew! I just am amazed at how stuck I can get just because I can't see something that is right in front of my face!

Congrats on finishing, ob!

The same thing happens to me frequently - missing something right in front of me.

Marian - just saw your note regarding MCF spin-off. Downloaded the trial version, and will look at it in a while. Thanks for the tip!

You are welcome, Tally Ho!

I finally got around to trying The Dark Hills of Cherai but it doesn't work in my Win 7. It says something about "component flash 10b.ocx". The second game seems like it works. It has flash 10k.ocx. (I was looking in the game files.) Anyway, for the heck of it, I decided to try the first game in Win 10 since it is a small download. It seems to be working fine in Win 10 with the exception of it being in a small window which is a little hard to play because of the HO scenes but I am doing it so far. I did get stuck in a slider type puzzle and decided to take a break from it. The puzzle is one of those where 4 squares are connected and you move them around to get them in the correct position. You swap squares as necessary by clicking a different set of the four squares. Hopefully, you understand what I'm trying to explain. I'll probably end up having to skip it but I'll give it another try first.

Since my Win 7 was on and the Cherai game didn't work, I started Amazing Adventures: Riddle of the Two Knights. I don't like turning the computer on and then not using it.

Oldbroad.

There is a way to get a window pocket sized game screen to full size on a Win 10 machine which might help ….

Using the keys “alt+spacebar” (pressed at the same time).

Maybe Draclvr could say if that would work for you ??