We're back from vacation at the beach over a long 4th of July weekend (celebrating independence from the British!), meaning we've seen our fair share of fireworks, sunshine, bars, stars & stripes. Jen photographed me on the drive home (note how happy I am about it being the end of the vacation) wearing my fetching holiday hat. It's nice to be back, but I think I would rather still be in Seacrets sipping a Rum Runner... I am however still wearing my hat, despite being back at work, which is nice.

Black And White Room Escape. Everything you need to know about the game is in the title. Well not quite everything. It won't tell you how to actually escape for instance, but you know what I mean... [subbed by Mystery].

Boat House is a somewhat more futuristic point'n'click game than I was expecting from it's name. That's not a big deal though, although I am itching to find if the door makes that noise when I escape, you know the one [subbed by Mantari & Buji].

Note: To all the trekkies out there - yes, I know I used the "door closing noise" rather than the "door opening noise"...

I can't believe I missed Turtle Help when it first came out a few months ago. I mean, a). I love this series of games, and b). I like turtles [subbed by Mystery & Buji].

Lost Memory uses the old "lights off" gambit to spice up the escape the room genre [subbed by Mystery].

Bowja The Ninja 2: In Bigman's Compound brings us more point'n'click ninja antics in the same style as the previous episode [subbed by Higgo, Buji, Robin & Mark S].

Frog Prince is a point'n'click game with more cuteness in it than you could shake a stick at. But you shouldn't shake sticks at cuteness, that would be cruel and unusal and possibly impossible [subbed by Mystery, Buji & prof.wonderfool].

Surprisingly I don't have an annoyingly catchy song for Pandas, so we'll just have to start playing Panda Room Escape in silence. I know you're upset, but please don't cry. Oh. You weren't... [subbed by Mystery].

A quick glance at the distinctive "navigation arrows" of Ruins Of Pantheon indicates that we are in for another point'n'click treat from Aztec, meaning that there are sure to be fine graphics to look at, interesting puzzles to solve, and a rather strange back story involving aliens to scratch our heads over. Oh. And you can probably click a cat too... [subbed by Cyberjar88].

Warfare Transporter is an arcade game in which you protect your vulnerable ship from underwater and airborne attacks using mines and cannons. Not my usual cup of tea it has to be said, but it's a fun diversion, and the fact that it's from Murtaugh is reflected in some very fine graphics [subbed by HunterThompsonWanabe].