Samantha Swift And The Hidden Roses Of Athena is not a terrificly difficult, but is a nicely presented, 'find the hidden object' style point'n'click game. Unusually for this type of game not everything you need to find is in plain, albeit cunningly obscured, sight, with some items requiring the use of 'tools' to uncover them. It's a nice idea, that I haven't seen in this genre of game before, not that I play too many of them, but it doesn't add much difficulty. I'd say the game is great for younger players, people whose brains never woke up today (guilty) and high brow intellectuals who can't resist a bit of fun once in a while and can angle their computer screens so that no one else can see what they are doing [subbed by f00].

There would seem to be either a language barrier to successfully playing Phoenix Gate or my brain just never woke up today, and to be honest with you either, or indeed both, explanation is likely. However, since I'm a glass half full kind of guy, I'm happy to report that the door in the game makes a wicked whooshy noise which is keeping me entertained. And also, of course, phoenixes rock [subbed by myles].

Unless you've been lucky enough (sorry Jen) to hear my very own special rendition of "Beautiful Day" by U2 you'll be surprised to hear that up until now I've been a stranger to the recording studio. Hopefully Charisma can right this wrong... because my tone deaf singing ability certainly won't... [subbed by Cyberjar88 & easydiesel].

I might have missed posting Gatuno In Halloween on Friday, but I'll be damned if I'm going to wait until next Halloween to play it, so today I'll have a Halloween retrospective and play it anyway. As if Monday weren't scary enough (*) already... [subbed by Mimi & Marco].

(*): There's some artistic license in that statement because the game is actually pretty cute, and not very scary at all.

Friday treat time! The Great Basement Escape features a funky soundtrack, a basement and Steve McQueen on a motorcycle... well maybe not that the last one, but it still manges to be excellent, almost certainly because of the involvement of Mr Murtaugh. Enjoy.

You might have thought you could start slacking off a little as it's Friday, but no you can't. You have work to do down at the ball factory in Factory Balls 2. Step to it now, or I'll dock your pay (I have to raise funds somehow you know) [subbed by Bart, Cyberjar88, Jazelock, JhInG & evoLverR].

Enter the 'ghost world' in Haunted Mansion to try out your point'n'click haunting skills upon the unsuspecting couple in the 'real world'. You'll need to spook them quickly though, as this haunting is against the clock - there's no rest for the wicked don't you know... [subbed by f00].

Halloween Escape provides another piece of evidence for the case that point'n'click games creators like Halloween even more than the Adams family. Well maybe not quite that much, but they're certainly creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky. In fact I would go so far as to say they're all together ooky [subbed by Markus].

Much like a small child might wish it could be Christmas everyday, point'n'click addicts wish they could Escape Everyday [subbed by f00].

How Halloween Pumpkin Room got it's name is anyone's guess... [subbed by f00].