I'm just bumping this as a reminder to get any additional entries in prior to judging time circa 7:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4 ).

Good Sunday morning. Very chilly start to the day, but heading for the mid-70's today. Beautiful fall weather. Perfect for my WADDB this morning!

Still have a few hummers in the mornings and evenings - travelers heading down to your feeders, soot!

Made some beef bone broth yesterday. I strained it last night and put in the fridge. Today I need to cut all the meat off the bones and skim the hardened fat off the top of the broth. I will make vegetable beef barley soup with some and freeze the rest. Now I need to roast a couple of whole chickens and do the same thing. I love soup season!

Happy Birthday RTRooney

I hope your day is filled with fun and wishing you a blessed adventure on your next trip around the sun!

Back in 2022, I played Shaolin Mystery 2: Revenge of the Terracotta Warriors. Since I normally play series games in order, that must be when I also tried to play Shaolin Mystery 1: Tale of the Jade Dragon Staff on both Win 7 and Win 10 but the game required Flash (at least that's what I noted on my game sheet) and would not play. Something I bought recently and installed (which I think was the Arcanesium game even though that game is not very old) asked if I wanted to install Adobe Air (I think). I said yes and the Shaolin game came to my mind to try to play. Guess what? It plays now in my Win 10 computer so that is what I am playing. I've only played a half hour so far but Yay!

Great finish

Thanks Marian!

This is just a reminder that the tournament has started. Check the Puzzle Corner for information and the week 1 quizzes.

Just finished True Fear Part 1- 2- 3- looking for a nice game like that had All the qualities I liked looking into MDNA games o get me fired up in sweden and getting myself ready to investigate (I hope Mikael is ok but most of all ready, for me) cant wait til Jan 1 s ..... Stay Cool Mikael but Ready

I have no idea what's going on. The only thing I am reading oniine is that if you wait longer than three seconds to click a button that the lock resets. Maybe someone else who has played the game more recently will have a suggestion for you.

All looks good!

And that's a wrap!

I am not terribly far into this, but real life has prevented me getting any further for the moment, so I thought I should share my initial impressions.

To quote the Steam page, "A boy went missing. A village drowned. And somehow you can reach into the past."

It has been a gentle, even peaceful experience so far, all of it occurring under water. As Mora, you are exploring the sunken ruins of her village following the fish you can summon to help guide your endeavours. I confess to having not done terribly much more at this stage than languidly swim about and settle into things, but it is all rather serene. The view of my forearms as they swim me around just adds a little something.

The game says you will "unlock portals to the days before the flood," and I have found a number of these. These are the Echoes, memories if you will, and they will no doubt flesh out what went on and perhaps assist in what is to come. As the game tells you, the lake remembers.

Throughout the game you will gather 'fragments,' whispers of the past which relate to the echoes. How they relate you can find out for yourself.

Activating a portal plays out as a cutscene, one in which you can both see and hear the participants. You might also be present in these scenes. And how the game plays out is apparently in Mora's hands.

The game uses both the keyboard and mouse, and while using the inventory is a little fussy, it's a small thing. There is spoken word, as well as a soundtrack and ambient sound, and a watery, colourful vista. Movement is completely free, and I don't think I have played a game where swimming is the primary means of getting around. It is rather soothing.

You can save whenever you like by exiting the game, and it utilises a single save point. Just hit continue in the start menu to pick up where you left off.

I am currently exploring the family home, trying to find the objects necessary to enter my old bedroom. I can take my time, because as the GB announcement said, there are no timers or dangers waiting around the next corner, just a quiet world full of secret places, lost belongings and stories waiting to be found. Which sounds enticing and is certainly consistent with my experience to date.

Thank you, BET 🙂