Valerie Porter and The Scarlet Scandal Review
Some hidden object games feel like you are in a sitcom and others read like a well written novel. Valerie Porter and The Scarlet Scandal is like the latter with 11 chapters in this Mac game.
The period is the 1920’s where a scrappy cub reporter, Valerie Porter, is trying to break into the newspaper business. She is hired by 
Gerald Hart, publisher of the city’s newspaper. Unfortunately, she does not realize that Mr. Hart only employed her as a secretary. In the early 1920’s everything is run by men. Luckily, there is a star reporter who by chance happens to be a female, and she is willing to give Valerie her chance at writing news articles.
Valerie is sent on various minor assignments featuring the woman’s point of view, but these stories will lead to the main reason why Scarlet Velour, a celebrity in her era, was murdered. The only person seen fleeing the scene of the crime is Johnny Jackson, a prizefighter and boyfriend of Miss Velour, making him the prime suspect in this murder mystery.
You will go to various locations in the city investigating and gathering information on this story. Finding some items may take a task to
complete the level. There are different hints you must search for in each scene. 2 batteries will be in each location and there are light bulbs to help you along in the game.
In addition, there are many mini puzzles to solve throughout the game. One such game is to link all the same items in a subway train. 
Another is to choose the correct answer to a statement. Also you need to put found items in the right location. In order to do so, you will see an exclamation mark appear to help you with your task.
1920’s journalism was a little different from today’s age of instant reporting through YouTube, Twitter and other means of transmission, and this Mac game reveals the footwork journalists had to do in order to get a good story. Valerie Porter and The Scarlet Scandal gives you the feel of the time and does a good job with the many different environments to search for hidden objects.
Features of Valerie Porter and The Scarlet Scandal:
-11 Chapters
-48 Search Scenes
-8 Mini Games
-21 Locations
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Flux Family Secrets – The Rabbit Hole Review
The Flux family has a lot of secrets and it continues with the sequel Flux Family Secrets – The Rabbit Hole. In this hidden object Mac game Jesse is stuck in her past because of a ripple in time and must contact her grandfather a master tinker in order to figure out how to return 
to the present. Search through the family manor and back in time to reveal secrets and answers to Jesse’s past.
30 years back in time brings Jesse face to face with her younger self. The child Jesse will help you in your search for your grandfather. The hidden object scenes are detailed and rich in color with lots of items to search for. In addition, there are many tasks that must be completed to move on in this game. You search for items on the tray at the bottom of the screen, and dimmed objects cannot be found in the present room. Follow the arrows to different rooms or perhaps a different view of the same room. You can move objects such as a 
curtain or open a drawer to see if anything is hiding behind them. You also have the use of the magnifying glass to zoom closer for a more detailed view. There is a hint button at the bottom right to use if you need help finding objects. There will be things you only see parts of so the fast recharging button is always useful.
Notes and letters scattered throughout the scenes will help reveal clues and get you closer to answers. Also you must straighten out 
historic things in order to get back to the present. You must get Lincoln to deliver the Gettysburg Address and insure Henry Ford makes cars instead of watches? Collect history badges to further your status in the game. There are many mini games to choose from unlocking chests to putting parts together.
Flux Family Secrets – The Rabbit Hole is full of scenes and tasks to encounter with gorgeous pictures and detailed rooms. The story enhances the games and advances the environment when needed. The intense colors, great artwork and good music make for an enjoyable play. Also it’s available in HD to enhance the scenes. I give it a 4 out of 5 for an awesome game.
Features of Flux Family Secrets – The Rabbit Hole:
-12 Chapters of Fun Play (6 bonus chapters in the Collector’s Edition)
-Great Story and Historic Information
-Many Objects to Find and Tasks to Perform
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Trapped The Abduction Review
Abducted in broad daylight, a young woman is taken under very scary, mysterious circumstances. Locked in her trunk, she must figure out 
how to escape before the air runs out. Trapped the Abduction is a terrifying hidden object/find and seek play. In order to stay alive, she must find objects to escape this hell.
Items must be found in the trunk to unlock the latch. In every scene you must first find the object and then figure out how to use them to escape each site. Following your every move on monitors located in all the rooms is your sinister abductor who will taunt your courageous attempts to escape his eerie prison. The hidden object play is straightforward with most items recognizable, and those that are not, you 
can use the hint button. For the tasks you must move the cursor around the scene for question marks. It will let you know what you need to do. To start the generator you must find a fan, air filter and belt. After gathering all the objects, you must put it together in the correct order, find the key and then start the motor.
Side games are incorporated into the scenes are to pick up pieces of broken glass to get safely to a escape door or put a mannequin back 
together. Don’t ask me why. I don’t know.
In your search you discover your California driver’s license with your name on it. Up to this point, you didn’t realize you do not know who you are. Helene is your name. Other clues will help piece together your identity. The locket you find has a picture of an older woman who 
looks a lot like you. Maybe your mother? Did this nut case abduct your mother also?
With each locked site you escape only to find yourself in another locked room. Will it ever end? The more you find out the more unnerving it becomes. If you are into bone-chilling stories, you will enjoy Trapped the Abduction. There’s too many realistic abduction tales and the real thing out there on the news to make me want to have to endure this game, but it is effective and too frightening for me. I rather play a fictional mystery story than something that happens every day in real life. I guess I’m watching too many news stories. The story is creepy, but the plays are good.
Features of Trapped the Abduction:
-Dark mystery
-Puzzles and Traps
-Realistic Scenes
-Help Her Escape Before It’s Too Late
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Million Dollar Quest Review
Who would answer an email ad proposing a million dollar challenge to travel the world to win the money? Well, I guess maybe a lot of people but it seemed a little bizarre to me. Luckily Sandra is on vacation and has the time to spend traipsing across the ocean in Mac hidden object game Million Dollar Quest.
You will begin by finding items you will need for your trip. The needed objects are at the top right of the screen. The hint button is at the right of the items. This your basic hidden object play with additional places to look for more things like opening the cupboard, suitcase, drawer or anything that opens up. You’ll have inventory items to use later for tasks like ironing clothes. Stars will indicate when 
to move an object. This game has a lot of puzzles and mini games: mahjong, connect the electrical wires, hangman, click on several of the same items, find the difference, jigsaw puzzle, pack the luggage in the overhead compartment, unscramble letters, bumper game and rearrange a list of historical figures in chronological order. All the fun type of games you find in all HOGs.
The story takes a turn when Sandra’s life is revealed. She was orphaned early in life and was in a terrible car accident. She has no 
memory of her childhood due to this crash. During her quest of a million dollars, she realizes that someone may have set her up on this adventure. She also gets flashes of her childhood in black and white photos. Even though the premise of this story is a little out there, the tale starts to involve you with bits and pieces like the little boy approaching Sandra at the airport quite accidentally but later finds that a strange man had requested the boy to find Sandra. Hmmm, 
what’s going on and why does it connect to her past?
The story in this game gets interesting as the play continues. The narration is clear and good except for the man in China with the strange accent. The HOGs are good and relates to the story but is not difficult to find the items. The artwork is good. Try Million Dollar Quest for a nice hidden object play.
Features of Million Dollar Quest:
-Lots of Hidden Objects to Find
-Many Mini Games
-Engaging Story
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Vampireville Review
It’s that time of year to be scared out of your mind. Boo! Vampireville may not scare you but it has a haunted house to search high and low for clues to why Jim Johnson went insane.
The hidden object/seek and find/point and click game with many tasks and puzzles begins with chapter 1 and goes all the way to chapter 24. Your game will save after each chapter so don’t leave in the middle or you will have to start the same chapter again.
The story starts out with you, Michael Christensen, being ordered to go and appraise Malgray Manor that will be up for auction soon, and because Jim Johnson, your colleague, went crazy. The house itself is large and spooky looking from the outside and even more so on the
inside. You meet the not so helpful butler, Glenfield, and are directed to different parts of the home. You ask for a floor plan but Jim apparently tore it into many pieces. Now you need to look for the scraps of paper and put it back together. You search for things needed to complete tasks like unlocking chests and repairing and starting a boiler. Since you are not penalized for clicking on wrong items, you need to click away to find the hidden objects behind things, in a cabinet and around curtains. 
Follow the arrows or sparkling stars to a different room or to another section of the same area. You are basically on your own except for the hint button. It will at times only twinkle the spot you need to search. If it is a task, you need to figure it out but on the most part it is not difficult. There are related mini games to play. There are jigsaw puzzles, memory game where 
you click on 2 cards with the same dogs on it, find the object that does not belong in a scene, and you will need to look for numbers to place on a dial to access a chest.
Michael comes across Rover a ghost dog who helps him through the game. Rover will threaten to bite your head off but his bark is worse than his bite so you do not have to fear him. However, you will need to watch out for the butler who looks a lot like the 300 year old paintings on the wall.
Vampireville is more a humorous story than scary, but it is entertaining. The artwork is remarkable and each character interesting, 
especially Michael who looks a lot like Keanu Reeves. The voices, however, didn’t seem to fit the characters except maybe Glenfield the creepy butler. A minor annoyance is the loading of the chapters can be a little slow. The music is appropriately mysterious. The play is not challenging but is fun to do. I give it a 3.5 out of 5. Don’t get bitten!
Features of Vampireville:
-24 Chapters
-Lots of Objects and Tasks
-Spooky Characters
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