GTH for iPad

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I'm sure you all know that HeR is releasing an iPad version of Ghost of Thornton Hall (picture is below). Personally, I think that they should have chose a different game to start off their iPad series.
First of all, GTH is a very dark game. With the plot, but the environments are dark, and are quite hard to see even on a PC or MAC screen, let alone an iPad, iPad Mini, or even iPod Touch screen.
Second, GTH isn't very high up on my list. I am not a fan of horror films or books or anything like that, so this game just wasn't very enjoyable for me to play. To be quite honest, I spent half the time looking away from the screen and covering my ears. Plus, I refused to play the game unless my older sister was playing it with me. Call me a wimp, but that is just my personality.
Although I am not a fan of this game, I will download it for sure, just to see what the gameplay and controls are like.
My question that I would like to pose to you, my audience, is about the pricing. Do you think it is fair to charge $5.99 when it is HeR's first attempt at this platform? Let me know your opinions, I would love to hear them!
Just a side note, all links to pictures will be embedded in the pictures from now on.
On the flip side!
~Wingardium (I am trying out different nicknames, so if you see a bunch of different names, don't worry! It's still me! Let me know what you think about each nickname!)

Animals in the Nancy Drew Games

Being an animal lover myself, I enjoy it very much when animals are featured in Nancy Drew games. In some games, you get to interact with animals quite often, such as White wolf of Icicle Creek. In other games, you might be able to interact with them, but the interaction is very limited, such as in Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake. I like it when animals are featured in the games not only because I love animals in real life, but also because it makes Nancy seem more human. I'm not saying she's an android, but she is a lean, mean, mystery solving machine, and sometimes she gets too caught up in her mysteries to take part in simple pleasures like casual conversation and playing with animals. I am especially excited for MED, because sheep were HEAVILY emphasized in the trailer, so I have high hopes of this being an animal-related game, no matter how influential the sheep actually are in the game. I have included some pictures of the animals (the links to the websites of origin are embedded in the pictures) mentioned in this blog and a link to the teaser for MED below.

Fight the power!

Isis (White Wolf of Icicle Creek)                                     Yogi *below* (Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake)
 

 MED Teaser: http://youtu.be/C5f5swcV5Ks

Arglefumph, Awards, and Wallpaper

Greetings! Before I get too far into this post, I would like to mention that Michael Gray (arglefumph) is doing a Nancy Drew Games Marathon every weekend live on YouTube! He plays two games every weekend, to build up to the release of MED, the 30th Nancy Drew game. This is great if you like Nancy Drew, but you don't own all the games but would still like to see them played. Or you can watch it for fun. Arglefumph is quite hilarious.
Okay, so you know how at the end of the newer ND games you can earn multiple awards? I am on the fence about these awards, and here are some reasons why:

• Some are quite funny
• Some are easy to recieve...
• ...but others are almost impossible to get unless you have played the game before and know ahead of time.

Do you see what I mean? For example, let's take my first point. At the end of SPY, you can get an award for answering the trivia question right. When you roll your mouse over this award, it makes a reference to the book, Life of Pi.

As for my second point, take ASH. If you have experience with the Nancy Drew games, you can assume that you will most likely get an award at the end of the game for eating alot of various food items. In ASH, you get an award for eating every ice cream flavor on the menu.

 On another hand, some are quite difficult to get and can usually only be achieved unless you (1) have played the game already or (2) you have looked it up on the internet. For example, in many of the games their are phone charms. At the end of the newer games, there is usually an award for finding all of the phone charms in the game. The phone charms are really well hidden, so it is very difficult to get that award on the first try. *Scroll way down to see the next paragraph; I was having some technical difficulties.

Lastly, HeR Interactive has released a clever new wallpaper. Unfortunately, it is only available on Apple products right now. Sorry. Anyway, I have included a picture of it above.

 Catch ya' later!

Sources: HeR Interactive (These are their photos).

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Shattered Medallion and Sonny Joon

Many of you know that HeR Interactive (the makers of the lovely Nancy Drew games) is releasing the 30th Nancy Drew game this spring, entitled The Shattered Medallion. (30 games...WOW!) I am especially excited about this game, because many of the teases released by HeR Interactive point to the fact that Sonny Joon *SPOILER ALERT* will be in this game! (Possibly!) Ever since he made his debut in Secret of the Scarlet Hand, us fans have been anxiously awaiting his physical appearance. Just an FYI, whenever I mention a post by HeR, I will try to put it in my blog post. Do you think Sonny Joon will be in this game? Or is HeR just teasing us? Let me know what you think!

P.S. You should check out Little Jackalope's (She works at HeR Interactive) blog, Amateur Sleuth, if you haven't already! She posts a fun puzzle for you to ponder every Friday, (the Weekend Puzzle) many hints and teases relating to upcoming games, and some funny 'Nancy Drew Moments' or quotes to make you laugh! Also, check out Nancy Drew PC Games on Facebook and Twitter! They hold many contests, such as random drawings and caption contests.

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