http://jayisgames.com/ Flash and Casual Game reviews, walkthroughs, room escape games, point and click games, puzzle games and more! en 2008-07-04T18:38:36-05:00 http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/07/the_clumsys.php hidden object game that departs from the traditional formula just enough to feel like a new experience. It's Tim's tenth birthday and his friends are over to celebrate. Grandpa Albert is working on a time machine in the barn, but when he turns his back the children discover it and go hurdling through time. Each of the 20 kids has been deposited in a different era, and it's your job to find them, fix all the problems they've caused, and bring them back!]]> games JohnB 2008-07-04T18:38:36-05:00 http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/07/big_fish_4th_of_july_40_off_sale.php take 40% off all games purchased at Big Fish Games.]]> games jay 2008-07-04T17:25:41-05:00 http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/07/neon_layers.php Neon has a certain glitz to it. Whether it's glittering in the lights of Las Vegas, shining in the sign of a convenience store, or just brightening up the periodic table, neon always adds a little extra to everything it touches. It was only a matter of time, then, before someone mixed the brilliance of neon with the brilliance of puzzles. games jay 2008-07-04T14:45:08-05:00 http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/07/link_dump_friday_68.php Here on the slab of land just south of Canada and north of Mexico (including bits of land in the Pacific ocean and a whole hunk of terra firma way in the north), today is Independence Day. You know what that means, right? Fireworks, parades, barbecues, picnics, and this year, Link Dump Friday! blogging JohnB 2008-07-04T00:00:00-05:00 http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/07/shift_3.php negative space and turns it upside-down. Shift 3 extends the familiar jump and run, puzzle-platformer formula by adding a few surprises.]]> games jay 2008-07-03T02:48:37-05:00 http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/07/boat_house.php Boat House is the latest in a series of excellent room escape games from Gump, in which the player must navigate a chamber filled with initially-puzzling gadgetry, codes and machines in an effort to escape, this time all the way home from some distant location in space. And it's extremely well done. games Jess 2008-07-02T01:00:00-05:00 http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/07/ruins_of_pantheon.php Aztec's ongoing, epic point-and-click saga, has just been released. Take one part Indiana Jones, mixing in a few heaping spoonfuls of mysterious alien technology. Add a nice dash of interstellar warfare, a sprinkling of impending doom, and plunk it all down into a tranquil, traditionally Japanese setting. Voila! ]]> games Jess 2008-07-01T12:10:33-05:00 http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/06/small_fry.php Nitrome game since Sky Wire 2 was called Small Fry, I turned to my own "Small Fry", seven-year-old Roland to help me out with the review. Roland says this one is special because you get four different characters, and you have to get them all to the tree house at the end of the level. ]]> games Karmen 2008-06-30T11:02:14-05:00 http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/06/brown_dyed_hotel.php Brown Dyed Hotel is a collection of puzzles that, as a whole, is one part discovery and one part riddle game, and it will surely give your gray matter a workout. Since each puzzle is slightly different than the one before it, the experience feels fresh and unique, if a bit short. There are only about 12 levels from what I could see. Some notes on the site hint at more, though. games jay 2008-06-30T03:04:11-05:00 http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/06/larva_mortus.php In Larva Mortus, you play a 19th Century ghost hunter (or rather, an "agent of exorcism"). Plow through monsters and demons with your trusty broadsword and an assortment of weapons, such as shotguns and flame throwers, to rid the land of supernatural evil forces. games anarky 2008-06-29T13:16:12-05:00 http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/06/weekend_download_match3_edition.php Sometimes a formula just works, and in the case of the tried-and-true matching setup, we've seen it work time and time again. This edition of Weekend Download highlights a few new games that take the matching to a new level with interesting twists on the old convention. blogging JohnB 2008-06-28T22:00:00-05:00 http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/06/weekend_download_43.php Recently, TIGSource held a competition centered around procedural generation, games that create their content on the fly rather than presenting pre-made areas crafted by the programmer. This gives the player a new experience each time he or she plays, opening the doors of replayability and creating some unpredictable situations. Below are the top five entries as determined by player votes. More than 60 games were submitted, so feel free to peruse the competition page for more procedurally generated goodness! blogging JohnB 2008-06-28T14:39:29-05:00 http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/06/build_in_time.php Sick of slinging cakes in time management games? Want to build a real estate empire but don't feel like crunching numbers? Build in Time may be your answer. Combining some of the best features from big titles such as Build-a-lot 2: Town of the Year and Cake Mania 2, Build in Time blends resource management gameplay with a simple real estate theme to breathe a little life into a familiar genre. games JohnB 2008-06-27T21:22:33-05:00 http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/06/10_gnomes_episode_6_the_hall.php hidden object game like the others to come before it. Your task, as per the usual, is to find 10 gnomes within 10 minutes.]]> games jay 2008-06-27T09:00:00-05:00 http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/06/bowja_the_ninja_2_in_bigmans_compound.php After successfully defeating the ginormous Gi8000 in the first mission, Bowja the Ninja is back again and this time it's Bigman's Compound that is the target of ninja stealth and fortitude. Help Bowja defeat Bigman and save innocent people before it's too late in this charming point-and-click adventure. games jay 2008-06-27T00:49:02-05:00