Hidden Expedition ® - Devil's Triangle

Hidden Expedition ® - Devil's Triangle

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 Hidden Expedition ® - Devil's Triangle  A member of your team went down in the Bermuda Triangle last week. It is up to you and the HEAT (Hidden Expedition Adventure Team) to find her.In an unforseen twist, you find yourselves trapped on an uncharted island. Uncover the secrets of colorful characters you encounter, as you solve puzzles to free yourself from the mysterious hold of the island.

Find hidden objects in order to start puttting together the secretive mission in Hidden Expedition ® - Devil's Triangle. Gather up your supplies, and fix up broken machines as you get underway to search for the missing member of your team in this Hidden object Adventure game. Feel free to click everywhere, as there is no click penalty, and explore your surroundings to find the items you need to solve the puzzles. Several clues are availble to you if you get stuck, and they refresh so you need not worry about running out.

Hidden Expedition ® - Devil's Triangle is another marvelous adventure in the list of Hidden Object Adventure games created by Big Fish Studios. I love the way they have built pieces of the other games in to this one.. most noticably the beetles from the Amazon jungle that are powering your submarine.  Hidden Expedition ® - Devil's Triangle is another game I can recomend for the whole family. Another adventure of a lifetime awaits you!

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Echoes of the Past: Royal House of Stone

Echoes of the Past: Royal House of Stone

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 Echoes of the Past: Royal House of Stone  You find yourself in the medieval kingdom of Orion having made a journey through time. It's up to you to save the kingdom and its' inhabitants and reveal an ancient curse. Explore every room of the castle, opening weird locks and meeting the castle's inhabitants.

You are enjoying a tour of the castle as your adventure starts in Echoes of the Past: Royal House of Stone. You find yourself suddenly transported.. you seem to be in the same room, but it is dark and the only other person you see is a retreating figure who drops a glowing book. You pick up the book in the hopes that you will make sense of why you have been transported to the past. Will you be able to solve the mystery of the royal family in this Hidden Object Adventure game?

Echoes of the Past: Royal House of Stone is the first game in a long time that I really did not enjoy. Maybe it is just my cold addling my brain, but the game did not progress well and the hints made no sense. It was fairly dark, and did not attract the boys at all. Echoes of the Past: Royal House of Stone is a Hidden Object Adventure style of game, but I do not recommend it as a family game, or a game for children.

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Hotel Dash: Suite Success

Hotel Dash: Suite Success

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 Hotel Dash: Suite Success  Quinn has expanded her wedding business to include booking their honeymoons. And then onto booking vacations. There's  just one snag, the hotels need renovation to be what the guests are expecting. As usual she turns to Flo to get things done. Get into this fast paced Time Management game as you take care of the guests and upgrade the hotels with Hotel Dash: Suite Success Builder ™.

Step in as Flo to deliver guest's luggage, deliver room service, and grab the extra pillows and towels for the guests at their request in Hotel Dash: Suite Success. Match guests to rooms of the same colors for a bonus. Earn chain bonuses for repeating the same activity in a row. Earn tips for speed of service that will help you to purchase upgrades to the hotel to improve your speed of service, and the guests' patience. Purchase star upgrades for the hotel rooms to earn star dollars which you can use to upgrade the suites for each special guest.

Hotel Dash: Suite Success brings back a favorite character in a familiar Time Management format. The boys peeked in to see what Flo was up to. This is another quality game by PlayFirst.  Hotel Dash: Suite Success is a game I can reccomend for the whole family for an enjoyable way to spend some free time, or a fantastic way to help children learn Time Management!

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Fantastic Farm

Fantastic Farm

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Join Maggie in Fantastic Farm as she goes home fresh out of magic school and help her grow a small family farm into a prosperous enterprise. Use magic powers to grow plants, care for animals, and produce enchanted goods. Receive trophies for your achievements and keep the sinister business man from shutting down your farm in Fantastic Farm.

You have just returned home as a Master Magician to your family farm in Fantastic Farm. Convince your parents that magic and farming can go together. Show the mayor that the farm can be profitable. Challenge the school board to let you prove that farming is not below magic. Buy new animals and tools to be able to offer more products, and gain extras to improve your farm as you work through filling customer orders each day. Achieve trophies for working fast, filling orders, and more.


I loved playing Fantastic Farm, and the boys wouldn't stop hanging over my shoulder and asking questions! The story is full of well designed characters, and friendly looking animals. Fantastic Farm is a cute game that allows you to pick from four different modes of play, once you complete the story, making it easy for everyone to enjoy. We definitely recommend this Time Management game. 

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Fishdom: Frosty Splash

Fishdom: Frosty Splash

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Fishdom wants to help you get into the winter spirit with Fishdom: Frosty Splash. Make a splash as the weather gets chilly, and dive into designing the perfect tank for your fish. Use Match 3 levels to earn cash to fund your winter themed tank decorations. Recreate the nippy atmosphere of winter with snow and ice for your tanks, and have some fun in the underwater worlds of Fishdom: Frosty Splash today.

Work your way through various winter themed tanks in Fishdom: Frosty Splash. Earn at least a bronze for each tank to make the next tank available for purchase. Solve increasing challenging match 3 levels to earn money to purchase fish, decorations and more. Earn trophies as you reach various levels within each tank. Work through challenging locked tiles, chained tiles and more as you relax to festive winter music.

The kids and I were thrilled to see Fishdom: Frosty Splash come out! We absolutely loved the original Fishdom, and they have improved upon the original with this version. You can choose to play a relaxed game or the original timed version.  We highly recommend adding Fishdom: Frosty Splash to your pc computer game library! We are having a blast with it!

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World of Zellians

World of Zellians

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Royal feuds are dividing the kingdom, bringing production and building to a standstill in the World of Zellian. Concentrate on uniting the kingdom and rebuilding as you organize your cities and bring happiness to the kingdom in World of Zellians.

World of Zellians places you in the middle kingdom to start your journey as a student learning the art of building productive cities. Journey through nine kingdoms, rebuilding cities and uniting kingdoms. Construct your towns to serve the needs of the citizens and the kingdom. Learn what production buildings the stores need to run. Manage your materials, gold, and residents as you organize your cities. Earn special trophies as you complete each kingdom. 

The boys and I were thrilled with World of Zellians. The characters were creative and friendly, and the world was cheery and colorful. The dialogs led us through an entertaining storyline. World of Zellians is a game that the boys were begging me to buy because we had so much fun with it. I can't wait to get to the free play option to see just what we can design in the kingdoms on our own! A great strategy game for the whole family to spend time with!

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Cake Shop 2

Cake Shop 2

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 Cake Shop 2 Work you way up to building and running your own roadside cafe, as you serve up delicious filled fruitcakes and other sweet treats to your customers. Purchase culinary equipment to advance your cafe as you grow. Choose your own unique upgrades to keep your customers happy and returning for more. Manage your time wisely in this sweet Time Management game, and serve up some fun with Cake Shop 2 today.

Cake Shop 2 starts you out at the beach, as you build a small cafe with the money you earn by serving your customers. Balance the building of the new cafe with the current desires of your customers by purchasing new culinary equipment to serve extra goodies and treats. Add such things as coffee, soda, and even a juicer, as well as, ice cream, popcorn, and cotton candy machines. Meet your goals each day to afford your purchases, and move on. Move up to building new cafes as you work through the game.


Cake Shop 2 had the boys popping in and out to see the new treats being served. They had fun finding the layers to make the cakes, and helping me keep track of the customers' orders. Cake Shop 2 was full of colorful scenes and friendly customers. There were bonuses to help you on each levels, that you could choose to use when you wanted to. All in all, this game was a sweet way to pass the afternoon.

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Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

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 Murder, She Wrote  Jessica Fletcher has stepped off of your television screen and onto your computer monitor. Murder is afoot, and it is up to you to find and piece together the clues as you journey through town with Jessica. Explore crime scenes, solving multiple puzzles, and searching for hidden items as you search for the identity to the true culprit in Murder, She Wrote... Are you up to cracking the case?

There are several cases to be worked through once you open up Murder, She Wrote. Search for Jessica's missing vowel typewriter keys in each scene to replace the letters of the hidden items list. Find the items on the list, using them as necessary to complete tasks and find hidden items. Move through multiple scenes as the mystery unfolds, finding clues in each scene. Find the typewriter ribbon hidden in each scene to instantly refresh the hint.

I was pleased to have beta tested Murder, She Wrote before it was released. It is one of the best games I have beta tested in quite a while. The music was instantly recognizeable, as were the characters. I loved the typewriter keys being hidden in the scenes. Reading the lists with missing letters was a lot like playing hangman! None of the scenes were too difficult making Murder, She Wrote a game that even children will enjoy working through the mysteries of. Over all, I think this is a wonderful Hidden Object game for the whole family!

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Zombie Bowl-O-Rama

Zombie Bowl-O-Rama

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The zombies invaded your town and taken over the bowling alley in Zombie Bowl-O-Rama. Collect your favorite ball, gather up some treats, and bowl those zombies over and back into the graveyard ground. It's up to you to challenge the zombies and strike at them with your bowling skills, and maybe a few tricks, in Zombie Bowl-O-Rama!

Challenge the zombies to a game or two of bowling in Zombie Bowl-O-Rama. As you bowl over the zombies, collect tricks and treats that appear on the lane. Use them to improve your game, or hinder your opponent's as you bowl through the frames. Play through the town as you bowl the zombies back to the graveyard. Tired of zombies? Challenge a friend to a game, or play against the computer. Once you have driven the zombies back into the hole they crawled out of, come back for free play anytime.

My boys and I were thrilled with Zombie Bowl-O-Rama. The zombies were wonderfully colorful characters, and we enjoyed the antics of the tricks and treats. I was thrilled that the zombies minded their manners unlike the verbally offensive Elves. This game may seem to have a bit of a Halloween flavor to it, but I believe it will be one that we enjoy year round. I have to give Zombie Bowl-O-Rama bonus points simply for having a two player mode, but I love that you can set it for sets of tricks and treats, random, or none at all.

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Farm Frenzy 3

Farm Frenzy 3

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Try your hand at managing farms around the world in Farm Frenzy 3. How hard can it be to take care of Guinea Hen in Africa, or Penguins in the Antarctica? You have fended off Polar Bears before.. but what about Lions? Scarlett has handled herself well before, but can she handle these new farms and their unique challenges as she tries to earn votes to become President of the Farmers' Union? Grow crops, make jewelry, hatch babies, and more in Farm Frenzy 3 today!

Alawar Entertainment has put out another hit with Farm Frenzy 3! Travel around the world helping farms that are in need. Fend off the lions as you hatch guinea hens, and bake cookies. The basic process is the same. At the beginning of each level you are given a list of goals, and a time to achieve them in. Start with a series of easy goals, and improve and buy new buildings as needed as the goals become tougher. All of your good deeds are not for naught though.. you are gathering the support of other members of the Farmers' Union to be voted in as President. 

Farm Frenzy is one of the few games that we actually look forward to the sequels of, and Farm Frenzy 3 did not disappoint us! We loved the fantastic new animals and scenery. The new buildings we great fun to play with. The boys gathered around to watch and point out things that needed doing. Even my teenage daughter came to check it out.. not usual for her these days.. she's on to bigger and better things than computer games! LOL  We are thrilled with Farm Frenzy 3 , and heartily recommend it!

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Purrfect Pet Shop

Purrfect Pet Shop puts you in charge of an animal adoption center, caring for strays as they arrive, matching them with the perfect owner. Nurse your own customizable dog or cat back to health, choosing from thousands of possible combinations. Earn the animal`s trust by playing with toys, careful grooming, and the occasional tasty treat. Use donations from satisfied customers to purchase upgrades and special items to get your friend ready for adoption by the end of the game.


* Create your own pet!
* Dynamic play patterns.
* Special kids mode.

Wow! What a great game! I love the fact that this game has several difficulty levels. There are Kid's, Junior, Normal, and Hard. I went with the normal setting, and found it to be fairly challenging. I am not used to Time Management games being all that challenging at the beginning! We also tried the Junior level and found it more manageable.

You get to start by choosing a pet that is found as a stray for you to take care of, and nurse back to an adoptable condition. You get to take care of your stray pet at the end of each day. During the day, you are running the adoption center by taking care of the animals and matching owners to the pets they want.

I think this game has made it to fun for the whole family!

12/05/08 Update: We are still loving this game! Check out my new squidoo lens where this game is one of the games featured as fun for the whole family! http://www.squidoo.com/kidspcgames

9/06/09 Update: We still play this game.. the boys love taking care of their pets.. and as they have gotten older and become more familiar with the game, it has just become more fun for them. They highly recommend it for young children!

The Magician's Handbook II: BlackLore

The Magician's Handbook II: BlackLore


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 The Magician's Handbook II: BlackLore  You are up against BlackLore, the evil magician pirate. He has already captured all the world's magicians and fairies, and uses their magic to fly his evil pirate ship, and now you have fallen into his sights. Travel to magical worlds, using your hidden object skills, with the enchanted Magician's handbook as your guide in The Magician's Handbook II: BlackLore. Will you be able to free the fairies and stop the evil pirate BlackLore?

The Magician's Handbook II: BlackLore tosses you into a world of enchanted items and magical happennings. Use you skills in finding hidden objects to locate enough enchanted objects to learn a few basic magic spells. Then use these spells to further your search for enchanted objects, solving puzzles, and freeing captured fairies. With each spell, you will be able to open an enchanted door to find the scrolls that Blacklore has written the clues to find the fairies on. Use these clues with your hidden object skills to laocate and free each fairie.

The Magician's Handbook II: BlackLore brought together some morbid and scary scenes with haunting music for the hidden object game play. For each level the Magician's Handbook gives you a letter grade. You can also search for hidden keys at each location that can be used to open treasure chests in the safe haven for bonus items and wand pieces. The Magician's Handbook II: BlackLore did not attract anyone's interest in my house as it was full of dark images.

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Aquapolis

Aquapolis


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 Aquapolis Fullfill your destiny by becoming an underwater real estate developer in this aquatic adventure. Work through various communities and build up your name as you develop their communities. Plan out thriving communities, and invest your time wisely to earn the keys to the cities and make some serious clams along the way! With your wise planning, Aquapolis will become a beauty to behold and live in.

Aquapolis calls you to behold the  wonders of oceanic living. Plan out thriving communities with all the amenities that the fishizens require. Buy new maps that unlock better buildings, businesses, and gardens as you grow your underwater real estate development business. Sharks are your friends in this game, and the best darn workers around! Complete each series of communities under the time limit to earn the key to that city of Aquapolis. Remember to maintain the cleanliness and beauty of each community as you go to meet your goals.

Aquapolis is full of cute underwater critters that live in communities with names familiar to us all. Everyone really enjoyed the graphics for this time management / strategy game. The game play is quite similar to the Build-a-lot series of games, with an adorable underwater twist. The game play also seemed a bit simpler, and the boys enjoyed playing Aquapolis by themselves.

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Ye Olde Sandwich Shoppe

Ye Olde Sandwich Shoppe


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 Ye Olde Sandwich Shoppe  Elise decides to sell her uncle's new invention, the sandwich. She is offered a proposition to open a delicatessen, and is soon creating delicious creations of meat and cheese on bread. Help her serve up her customers in quick order, and build her new business one day at a time. Invest in the delicatessen, and you will soon be opening up your first restaurant. Add ingredients, and build your Ye Olde Sandwich Shoppe one ingredient at a time.

 Ye Olde Sandwich Shoppe puts you behind the counter in this fast paced sandwich adventure from yesteryear. Each day sees new ingredients, or items to serve your customers, and offers of upgrades to better your shoppe. Learn to stack your bread and spread condiments on the run, refill your drinks as you take them to serve, and have slabs of meat already on your bread ready to dress up to the customer's order. Dress up your shop to raise your profits, and increase your business.

 Ye Olde Sandwich Shoppe will keep you licking your fingers as you serve up tasty sandwhiches to your customers. The boys were not all that interested in it. It held my attention, but only long enough to solve the dilema of keeping up with everything.  My teenage daughter is too busy drawing and writing to play games. You can check out my other writing at Sparkle Chi on HubPages, where I just had a hub nominated as a HubNugget Wannabe! Ye Olde Sandwich Shoppe will offer a tasty delight for you to invest a little bit of time in.

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Antique Shop

Antique Shop


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 Antique Shop Open Antique Shops all over the world as you gather money to finance your archaeological dig in Greece. Start small, and use your earnings to purchase new items to sell and upgrade your store to turn a huge profit. Start one location after the next to really get the money flowing. Plan out and purchase the neccessities for your dig as you run one  Antique Shop after another in this hopping time management game. 

 Antique Shop puts you in the heart of the action, as you decide what items to stock, and how to upgrade your shop. Choose from upgrades such as a stronger stock boy, an extra helper, better make-up, carpet, a radio, marketing classes, and more. Serve your customers as quickly as possible and you will have no porblem turning a profit. To go on the archaeological dig, you must answer four questions by purchasing the correct answer. Find out how well you can finance your time and resources to fund your dig.

 Antique Shop is a time management game that will keep your fingers hopping. The click area is quite small, so make sure that you are clicking exactly, or you will find yourself quickly behind and frustrated. The boys found the game amusing to watch, but impossible to click on. My teenage daughter is too busy drawing and writing to play games. You can check out my other writing at Sparkle Chi on HubPages. For now, consider curling up with Antique Shop for an adventure in antiques.

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Treasure Seekers: The Enchanted Canvases

Treasure Seekers: The Enchanted Canvases


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 Treasure Seekers: The Enchanted Canvases  Nellie and Tom are back again. Impatient as usual, Tom has gone off in search of the Philosopher's Stone while Nellie was away. As Nellie, you head to the mysterious Romanian castle to find your brother. When you get there you are drawn into an enchanted painting, and need to set it right. Will you be able to set all the other enchanted canvases right and rescue your brother? Will you find and claim the Phisopher's Stone? Enter the world of Treasure Seekers: The Enchanted Canvases, and find out today!

 Treasure Seekers: The Enchanted Canvases takes you to a time of enchantment. It leads you on a mystical journey as you attempt to find and rescue your brother, Tom. Use your hidden object skills, and work through the integrated mini puzzles to set the enchanted paintings straight and search for your brother. You may choose to play on a relaxed or challenging setting. The relaxed setting allows you to click without penalty, and sparkles to draw your attention to the needed location. The hint also recharges quickly.

 Treasure Seekers: The Enchanted Canvases is a hidden object adventure that is perfect for a lazy afternoon. The puzzles are challenging, but not hard. And the story is broken up into neat little chunks (enchanted canvases!), so it can be played bit by bit. In this second Treasure Seekers you have a bit more reading to do, but it is a good story line. If you are having trouble you can pick up The Strategy Guide, or go find help at the Big Fish Games blog walkthrough.

Settle in to a fun afternoon with Treasure Seekers: The Enchanted Canvases.

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Pahelika: Secret Legends

Pahelika: Secret Legends


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 Pahelika: Secret Legends You are a decedent of the former king that wielded a powerful magical book to defeat an evil warrior king and free his kingdom long ago. The ancient magical book, Pahelika,  has become a thing of legend. The book was hidden in an ancient temple guarded by six tests to prove worthiness. You are drawn to search for this book of legend, and drawn into a magical world where you must prove yourself. Will you pass the tests and reclaim the lost book? Find out in Pahelika: Secret Legends.

 Pahelika: Secret Legends draws you in with a story of the legend, and then pulls you threw time and space to live the legend. Figure out what you need to do to accomplish your task for each level. You will be given instructions as you begin, and hints when you get stuck. There is no click penalty, so click around if you are stumped, until something happens. Solve the puzzles and move from one level to the next to prove your worthiness. For each test you will be transported to it, and must find your way home again.

 Pahelika: Secret Legends is a hidden object adventure that will draw you in and not let go until you have finished! The boys weren't that interested in it, but my teenage daughter and I were very intrigued. The story is told aloud by the character, but the level screens are not. There were times when I was not certain what to do next, but you can click around until you figure it out or go find help at the BFG blog walkthrough. Pahelika: Secret Legends is quite an adventure.

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