31% of Americans prefer casual gaming to TV
Casual games are one of the most popular entertainments of our time. The surveys show a growing popularity of this category of time spare. For example, the survey taken by Harris Interactive shows that 31% percent of adult Americans prefers casual gaming to TV while sparing away some free time. The very interesting phenomena is that the majority of people who are buying and playing casual games are women aged 40 and older – this conclusion is also made by Harris Interactive.
Another survey was announced by PopCap Games in May 2009. This survey shows that more than 57% of people who use wireless devices play casual games. In UK, 60% internet users plays casual game. This is shown by a latest report of UK National Gamers Survey, announced at September of 2009. The authors of this survey also investigate the time spent by UK people on different types of entertainment, like magazines, newspapers, Internet, radio and gaming. The survey shows that on average males spend 4.8 hours a week for gaming. Females play games somewhat less time – 2.6 hours a week. But still gaming has become one of the most popular ways to spend a free time. Read more
Dead Man’s Folly against Hercule Poirot’s investigation
I-play combined together with Floodlight Games one more time after successful releases of Peril at End House and Death on the Nile in order to present a new hidden object game Agatha Christie: Dead Man’s Folly. The story repeats one of Agatha Christie’s plot making up a perfect mystery to solve.
You are offered to participate in a fascinating false murder. Nasse House disposed in a picturesque part of England invites guests to guess who is to blame with the help of prepared hints. But they feel uncertain and start hesitating about the people surrounding them. Maybe one of those who try to find out the truth makes a tight set for all the case participants? Read more
Guybrush adventures
A series of games Tales of Monkey Island tells a story about a pirate Guybrush Threepwood. The first game described his adventures while the second one called The Siege of Spinner Cay starts from the very point where the story was left. The performance looks almost the same with the first game though you can get more excitement due to interesting tasks made with wit and perfectly performed.
The story starts from the moment when our main character has a sword-fight for life with a pirate-hater Morgan LeFlay. It leads to a very negative consequence – while fighting Guybrush Threepwood loses his hand but manages to escape somehow. Read more
Alabama Smith going to the past
Are you a fun of Hannah Montana? You should stop thinking about her and start admiring Alabama Smith. Alabama Smith in the Quest of Fate describes her adventures. In spite of her very unattractive name (as for me, it is developers flow) this hidden object game seemed very fascinating to me. In some tasks you will meet the elements of point-and-click games that makes the best impression while playing.
If you didn’t play Alabama Smith in Escape from Pompeii you have to know its storyline to play the second part. There is a magical item called the Amulet of Time. It assists in returning to the past for correcting some mistakes done there in order to make the present times better. A promising archeologist Alabama and his pretty girlfriend Anastasia start the adventure from visiting Pompeii and then Macchu Picchu in Peru. They do it for preventing nemesis from finding magical items that will help him rule the whole world. Read more
Gardenscapes is the game that responds to my appreciations
I appreciate when game developers do their best for achieving the greatest aim – love of their gamers. Gardenscapes is the game that responds to my appreciations. This is a recently released game aimed to search for hidden objects. Playrix Entertainment were great in presenting their game, in graphics used in it, tasks that seemed so fascinating to me that I wanted to play more and more even after I had completed the whole game.
From the start of the game you get a big house with a garden that was very beautiful previously but very poorly-looking now. You have a butler named Austin to assist you in restoring your garden and return it great looks. You should buy various things and decorations to make your garden the best. Read more
Magician revealing his secrets
HOGs can differ in quality – either we like them or not. The Conjurer: A Magical Mystery is the object of my adoration though I cannot say it is perfect. When we start discussing it in details some drawback are clearly seen.
The plot is dedicated to a magician’s part of life who is famous all over the world. His name is Conjurer and he is old enough to retire. But before leaving he wants to perform for the last time in the ancient mansion that is a very strange place. This performance is going to be a success. But there are also ten magicians that proved to be the best ones. Read more
New challenge in Magic Academy
Magic Academy game was the first to become a base for the second game development. The main character common for both games is Irene. She is a student in the magic school and the first game told the mysterious story of her disappearance. The second game named Magic Academy II deals with a new mysterious plot connected with Irene.
There is a council in the Magic Academy where she studies. Irene’s sister Annie works there but when Irene start applying for the job some strange things happen. A very important secret document has been stolen from there and the council considered that it had done someone from the council. Read more
Grow your own Fruit Farm
If you do kind things this goodness returns to you. This game is dedicated exactly to this matter. Once Flora has found an orchard. There an old man failed to put fruit on his cart. She helped him and he presented a magnificent gift to her. She get a pair of gloves filled with magic.
When she wears them and touches any tree with only one finger fruit start growing. Flora’s Fruit Farm let you grow your own wonderful orchard. Honeyslug and Eidos made their best to develop and publish this fascinating time-management game. Read more
Casanova and four moving forces of his life
Insider Tales: The Secret of Casanova is a new hidden object game where its main character Francesca Di Porta has to deal with a rather interesting mysterious case. She reads Casanova’s memories – a world-known heart-breaker – where suddenly unusual words appear before her eyes about 4 moving forces in his life. She longs to guess what exactly is meant by this statement and what secret lies in the base of Casanova’s bright life.
Francesca will have to start from where he started and make an adventurous journey around European cities like romantic Paris with its French charm, Prague with gothic architecture, Venice with its elegance and style. While this travelling she will also find out that there exists the 5th force that aids in life greatly. Read more
The Shivah – does the God exist?
Sometimes you want to replay the game for one more time when it seems interesting to you. If you like to point and click, then The Shivah is the best game for you to play and replay.
The main character is Rabbi Russell Stone. He is a man who doesn’t believe in anything or anybody. Once in the evening the policeman comes to our hero to tell him that one former synagogue visitor has been murdered. This was Jack Lauder who had left a big cum to Russell Stone. Stone hasn’t any notion of the motives of such a stupid action as they haven’t communicated for years. This is the beginning of a mysterious story. Read more
