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Neon Maze is a great puzzle/maze game written in flash. The goal of the game is to get to the exit. Of course, getting to the exit is the hard part or there would be no game. Players get to the exit by changing their color to the same color light that is blocking the exit.

There are little light balls that will change the color of the ball when the player runs over the ball. The key to the game is to change the ball color to get through the walls, but the walls are all different colors and that is where the maze part comes in. Players have to work their way through the colored walls they are able to pass through. There is usually a ball changing blob on some part of the board players can get to. Players need to figure out how to change their color to get through the exit walls.

The figuring out how to change the color and get through the walls surrounding the exit is where the puzzle part comes into play. There is a definite pattern to getting through some of the levels. As players progress through the game, the puzzles and mazes become bigger and more difficult. Patience is key.

Neon Maze is a great puzzle game that is definitely worth a try. The game is free to play. If you think you are great at puzzles/mazes, check out Neon Maze.

Samantha has been tricked into finding Alexander the Great’s Scroll of Wealth for someone who should not hold that type of power. The digg opportunity was too good to be true, now Samantha must fix her mistake.

Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch is a hidden object game with enough types of different game play styles to appeal to any type of casual gamer. The game has hidden object play, puzzles and even an adventure. Any type of gamer will enjoy this game.

Check out my review of Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch.

Imagine you are an archaeologist and someone has come to you with the dig opportunity of your life. No doubt, you would jump on the opportunity. Not to mention the deal was sweetened by the opportunity to keep any other artifacts that were found. The person financing the dig is only interested in one item. It sounds like a great opportunity, until you find out the person financing the dig is the “bad guy”. Of course you won’t find this out until you have delivered the artifact they were looking for.

This is the exact scenario that takes place in Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch. Samantha had the opportunity of a life time, but found out she had mistakenly given Alexander the Great’s Scroll of Wealth to someone with ill intentions. Now she has to keep digging to figure out how she is going to right the wrong.

Players have to help Samantha uncover the Golden Touch in this hidden object game. The game is a bit more than just a hidden object game, though. Players are taken on an adventure and the adventure leadds them to puzzles and mini-games. The puzzles are in the mini-games and in the hidden object part of the game. Players will have to find items written in blue text. The blue text means players have to use tools to uncover that item.

The tools are other items that have been found on the list of items. For instance, players may find a knife and the knife would be put in the tools list. There is an entire part of the screen dedicated to tools. After the first round of items have been found, the blue items start appearing. Players have to look at the tools available to them and try to reason where the tools could be used. In other words there is no way to know where the tools are to be used. The cursor will change from a yellow arrow to a blue arrow with cog wheels to alert the player a tool should be ued here. Once you know a tool needs to be used, players have to find out which tool to use. There are normally a few different tools at their disposal. The earlier puzzles are straight forward and easy to figure out, but as the game progress the puzzles get more difficult and less obvious.

Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch has a few things that set it apart from an ordinary hidden object game. Besides the puzzles mentioned above, and the adventure aspect there are also mini-games spread through out the levels. The mini-games are all different types from card games to more puzzles to be solved. The mini-games are marked by a green arrow with a magnifying glass. The mini-games are hidden in the hidden object boards. Players know they exit from the arrow change.

The hidden object part of the game is a bit different, too. Most hidden object games have hints built in incase the player gets stuck and just can’t find the item. Well this game does one better. Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch has a radar. The radar makes finding objects a bit easier by showing the players what the object looks like. This is a great feature. Many times I invision an item looking one way and it really looks a different way, which makes the item harder to find. The radar will tell players how close they are to the item as well. Players click on an item name in the list and that items picture shows up in the radar. As players move around the screen and get close to the item, the picture on the radar screen will turn from white to yellow to a darker yellow to orange and then red when you are pretty much on top of the item. Players still have hints at their disposal as well. The hints can be used on the puzzles, as well.

The graphics in Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch are great looking. All of the hidden object boards contain great graphics and the objects are hidden well with a good mix of obvious items and items that are more difficult to find. The mini-games keep with the great graphics and are nicely done too. The graphics stick to the theme of the level, sometimes they are in a desert setting and other times they are underground with steam coming out of holes, which makes it harder to see and find the objects.

Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch is a great game. The game is so much more than just a hidden object game and contains enough different types of game play to keep any type of casual gamer entertained. The puzzle aspect adds another layer to the hidden object game. It was interesting to have to find items to uncover other items and caused you to use your brain a bit more. There is nothing bad about the game and players will quickly find themselves addicted and wanting to know how it all ends.

Mumbojumbo has announced the release of Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch, the next game in the Samantha Swift series. Samantha is at it again in this adventure style game. This time around Samantha has to figure out the secrets surrounding the Golden Touch of King Midas.

Samantha has a job to find Alexander the Great’s Scroll, but what she doesn’t know is that job will make her have to solve the mysterious blessing and curse of King Midas and his golden touch. Players aid Samantha by finding hidden objects, but it is more than just a hidden object game. There are puzzles and mini-games thrown in the mix. Some of the mini-games contain puzzles, but so do the hidden objects. Some of the hidden objects require players to use their brains and not just their eyee to find.

“Players responded so well to Samantha’s first adventure, and they were immediately asking us for more,” said Lichtenwalter. “In The Golden Touch, players will find interactive hidden-object levels and a number of really clever puzzles to solve along the way.”

Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch is available at mumbojumbo.com and other major game portals. The game will hit retail shelves in June.

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Club Cooee has entered open beta. Club Cooee is a 3D chat world that operates right on your desktop. Users can build their own rooms and invite their friends to come chat with them in their rooms. The room is right on the desktop of your computer, much like AOL Instant Messenger or any other chat client.

The rooms are all customizable and players can add video, pictures and embed music. The rooms can be decorated any way you want and portray your style. The rooms can contain links to other social sites, such as your Facebook or MySpace page. Players can even stream music from their favorite web site. Not only can you include links in your room, users can embed their room in their own web page.

Club Cooee seems to offer a great way to chat with friends. Users can interact virtually instead of just with text on a screen. Now users can be immersed in their friends world as they chat. If Club Cooee sounds interesting, check out their web site and sign up.

The open beta has started in the Europe market and has jumped across the pond to the US as well.

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