After multiple attempts throughout the day, I finally made it to the end of the obstacle course!

WOOT indeed. I am probably not looking forward to that one. I don't like the ones where you have to guide the boat to avoid logs and rocks.

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I just finished Cursery: The Crooked Man and the Crooked Cat CE.

And now I have started Hidden Portals: Eternal Balance CE.

I played Cursery: The Crooked Man and the Crooked Cat in 2023 but don't remember it at all. I do not have Hidden Portals as it is a DO Game.

I am currently taking a short break from the end of Episode 8 of Artifact Seekers as I am stuck on a puzzle. I have the correct answer (100% certain - famous last words) but I can't get it to work. It's a safe. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

As a last resort, maybe a video walkthrough on YouTube would help with that safe?

With these newer Do Games, I haven't heard of any reports of black screens for many months now. However, some of the most recent ones have no voice overs and a sizable number of people are bothered by that. Voice overs would be nice, but the lack of them is not a dealbreaker for me.

I looked at the app.gamer guide and kicked myself. I had 3 of 4 numbers. The fourth number is right there next to the other 3 but the visual is different and I didn't even think about it. I ended up with 7 stars. Missed one item to complete one of the 5 game extras for that star. There is always also a puzzle that if you do it in a certain amount of moves you get a star, and also one in a certain amount of time. I rarely get those. Then there is a "secret room" in each episode which will give you a star if you find it. I've found most of them but not all of them. This episode was hard and it took me 14 hours - for just the one episode.

Wow, that's a lot of hours spent. It sounds to me like you are doing very well.

I wonder if I would have figured out what I missed if I went back in the game before looking at the guide. Double kicking myself. Not to pat myself on the back but I do feel like I'm doing pretty good. I guess just knowing I can't easily skip a puzzle is making me pay better attention or focus more or something.

And now I just finished Jewel Match 2 Reloaded. It was a peaceful, relaxing game but, at least 5 times it wouldn't shut down and I couldn't even close it in task manager, so I had to restart my computer. Not sure what Match 3 will be next. Part of me wants to replay that Pirate game (I can't think of the name now) and/or The Spell but I don't know.

Congrats on finishing Jewel Match 2 Reloaded despite the problems with shutting it down. Having to restart the computer is a bit much. I could only put it with that for so long. I have had such issues with the occasional game but I don't think I ever had to restart the computer to get out of it.

I will continue to play Hidden Portals today.

I am not liking Episode 9 so much. There are some arcade mini games, one of which I did already - walking a tightrope with a balancing pole, and one I am stuck in right now, in a screen as making a dog jump over obstacles. I know I also have to shoot down some balloon with a cannon but I guess I first need something to light the wick with. I do not like arcade type mini games!

Edit: Ooh. I just thought of something. I believe this dog jumping game is in the "secret room" which means I only have to solve it if I want the star. I'll try it one more time when I have rested but otherwise will leave it.

2nd Edit: I guess I can maybe see why somebody mentioned this game was like a Nancy Drew game with the finding items and doing chores, and do this for me and I'll do that for you stuff.

3rd Edit: Well, there are actually 3 arcade mini games that need to be played. I managed one of them shooting at something in the sky. I almost got to the end of the dog jumping one - had about 2 seconds more to get through but lost it. The other is one of those driving around obstacles. I guess I'll try those 2 again tomorrow but I seem to be stuck in the main part at the moment, not sure what to do, not finding anything new.

Playing a recent "old" game download, Dead Reckoning - Silvermoon Isle. There is something familiar about it. I know I've played it before ... because its in my library. It's a game by Eipix, and there are a lot of quality games I've played by them, but this game is unlikeable right from the start. The graphics are not good. Or at least I don't like their style. I wonder if that's why I don't remember much about the game. I.e. I didn't like the graphic style of the game so I quit playing shortly after I started. If somebody can tell me the graphics improve, I'll give it a try.

I have no idea if the graphics improve but then I never thought they were bad to begin with. All I remember now is having played the game and enjoyed it. I liked all the Dead Reckoning games.