Awem releases the hidden object game sequel to Golden Trails: The New Western Rush. The first one takes ya to the Wild West where you travel around town asking questions about a bank robbery and send the bad guys to jail.

In Golden Trails 2: The Lost Legacy Collector’s Edition, yer grandfather has been arrested. Naturally, being the good grandkid ya are, ya sniff around to find out what the deal is and encounter nasty characters like that scallywag Captain Morgan. Something isn’t right about this guy and he has it in for ya. What’s up with that? Just because yer related to the guy he arrested?

Based on talking with the townsfolk and Captain Morgan, yer grandfather used to be a pirate. Yeah, right. Yer the good guy. How can the good guy’s grandfather be a pirate? This hidden object game challenges you with its diversity of puzzles. I never could solve one of the puzzles and had to move on because we had a deadline to make so y’all (Whoops, thar goes me Texan accent.) could stop waiting for the game and play it.

Avast, thar! I had something to do with the game, so I’m biased. This is not an official review. I loved playing the puzzle games. Some were familiar and some were not for the lily-livered. Most of them make ya work hard for the booty and doubloons.

Ayyy, matey. It feels like “Talk like a Pirate Day” even though it’s not until September. Anyway, grab ye some grog and try out the game. Yo ho ho and a bottle of water! OK, I’ll cut it out already. Seriously, let me know what you think.

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The famed writer Nathaniel Hawthorne has died during a freak snow storm, and his ghost has come to you, asking for help. Travel back and forth in time from the scene of the author’s demise to the 17th century, where a town is going mad with rumors of witchcraft and a woman is facing the gallows. Unravel the secrets of Salem’s accused witches and solve the death of Hawthorne in Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials, a fun Hidden Object game.

The hidden object game is available for PCs and Macs.

The game is the Catch of the Week from June 20 through 26, 2011 — on sale for $2.99.

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Filed Under: Casual Games Reviews, News & Talk, Hidden Object Games, Mac Games, PC Games

After a group of young students go missing, the Mystery Trackers are called in to search the city of Raincliff! Tackle this difficult case and unravel the strange mystery to save the students! Explore the entire town and discover who is watching your every move in Mystery Trackers: Raincliff! Use your Hidden Object talents to carefully dissect scenes and piece together perplexing puzzles!

This is a special Collector’s Edition release full of exclusive extras you won’t find in the standard version. As a bonus, Collector’s Edition purchases count toward three stamps on your Monthly Game Club Punch Card!

Download and try Mystery Trackers: Raincliff Free

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Do you love those antique roadtrip shows where hundreds of people stand in line carrying items big and small in hopes to receive an high appraisal for them? Isn’t it said when they’re not worth much? Well, for those worthless things you can get this week’s catch. Now you can go on a roadtrip without lugging anything.

PC and Mac Catch of the Week: Antique Road Trip USA: Grace and James Anderson are newlyweds with a growing antiques business. Help them open their very own store by traveling across America and searching for hard-to-find antiques! Collect plenty of new wares to sell for a mighty profit. Visit fantastic cities like Cheyenne, Memphis, and Austin and solve different types of puzzles in this fun and exciting Hidden Object game. Go on an Antique Road Trip today!

Catch the deal for your PC! Use coupon code CATCH299

Catch the deal for your Mac! Use coupon code CATCH299.

This $2.99 Catch of the Week runs through Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 11:59pm.

Remember Big Fish Games has a Daily Deal offering a different game for $2.99 every day. (Look to the right.)

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Filed Under: Casual Games Reviews, News & Talk, Discounts, Hidden Object Games, Mac Games, PC Games

Another princess special this week. I’m sure that’s a nod to the recent nuptials of one new princess. Alas, the Macs take a different route in searching for Atlantis instead of saving a princess from a curse.

PC Catch of the Week: Princess Isabella: A Witch’s Curse : Princess Isabella is all set to marry the love of her dreams, Prince Adam. After returning home from a trip, however, she finds that an evil curse has been placed on her castle by a mysterious witch. The curse has placed evil in every room, and turned everyone inside the castle into mirrors! Follow a fairy friend as you piece together the clues and save your friends and family in Princess Isabella: A Witch’s Curse , a gorgeous Hidden Object Adventure game!

Catch the deal for your PC! Use coupon code CATCH299

Mac Catch of the Week: Hidden Wonders of the Depths 3: Atlantis Adventures: Travel to the legendary world of Atlantis for Match 3 fun, and discover the Hidden Wonders of the Depths! Go on an Atlantis Adventure in this hit sequel! Use powerful tiles to clear the path as quickly as you can, and chain together crazy combos to rack up the points. Experience a magical under the sea world as you help bring the once powerful empire back to life in Hidden Wonders of the Depths 3: Atlantis Adventures!

Catch the deal for your Mac! Use coupon code CATCH299.

This $2.99 Catch of the Week runs through Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 11:59pm.

Remember Big Fish Games has a Daily Deal offering a different game for $2.99 every day.

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Filed Under: Casual Games Reviews, News & Talk, Discounts, Hidden Object Games, Mac Games, Match 3 Game, PC Games

With the upcoming big royal wedding, I thought it appropriate to post this hidden object game. Will you watch the wedding? I have plans, so I won’t be near a TV set. I missed Prince Charles and Lady Di’s wedding because I was away at camp. No electronics.

After learning about your royal heritage, you’re off on a fantastic adventure to undo the amber curse and save the King and Queen! Return to your kingdom and free the people, animals, and objects from the Dark Queen’s treacherous grip. Fulfill your destiny and stop evil from taking over the entire world in Spirits of Mystery: Amber Maiden, a hidden object puzzle adventure game.

This is a special Collector’s Edition release full of exclusive extras you won’t find in the standard version. As a bonus, Collector’s Edition purchases count toward three stamps on your Monthly Game Club Punch Card!

Download and try Spirits of Mystery: Amber Maiden

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Filed Under: Adventure Games, Casual Games Reviews, News & Talk, Hidden Object Games, PC Games, Releases

PC and Mac Catch of the Week: Samantha Swift and the Fountains of Fate: When Samantha’s quest to follow the trail of Cortez is interrupted by the manipulative M’Alice, she embarks on a journey to reclaim the Emerald of Judgment. With the help of Dr. Butler and Adam, the archaeologist and adventurer soon discovers that the rare artifact she possesses may be the key to unlocking the Fountain of Youth! Travel the globe in Samantha Swift and the Fountains of Fate, a fun Hidden Object game.

Catch the deal for your PC! Use coupon code CATCH299

Catch the deal for your Mac! Use coupon code CATCH299.

This $2.99 Catch of the Week runs through Sunday, April 24, 2011, at 11:59pm.

Here are reviews of two other Samantha Swift games. It’s a good series.

• Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch
• Samantha Swift and the Roses of Athena

Remember Big Fish Games has a Daily Deal offering a different game for $2.99 every day. (Look to the right.)

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Filed Under: Casual Games Reviews, News & Talk, Discounts, Hidden Object Games, Mac Games, PC Games

No, this isn’t yet another reality TV show on the already crowded reality TV genre. The Hidden Object Show 2 (game review) is a carnival of sorts that does hidden objects in a creative way.

PC and Mac Catch of the Week: The Hidden Object Show 2: Do you think you have what it takes to compete in this season of The Hidden Object Show? Test your skills of observation in this dizzying whirlwind tour of a wacky amusement park. Compete for your chance to win loads of carnival prizes as well as our biggest grand prize yet. So, ya think you can do it?! Come for a ride!

Catch the deal for your PC! Use coupon code CATCH299

Catch the deal for your Mac! Use coupon code CATCH299.

This $2.99 Catch of the Week runs through Sunday, April 17 at 11:59pm.

Here’s The Hidden Object Show, if you’d like to check it out.

Remember Big Fish Games has a Daily Deal offering a different game for $2.99 every day. (Look to the right.)

Filed Under: Casual Games Reviews, News & Talk, Discounts, Hidden Object Games, Mac Games, PC Games

I don’t know why, but reading about this game made me think of Edward Lear’s “The Owl and the Pussycat” story that I had. First thing that came to mind, “The own and the pussy cat went to sea in a pea green boat.” Strange what the mind conjures from what the eyes see.

Empress of the Deep 2: Song of the Blue Whale Collector’s Edition: Anna awakens on a mysterious tiny island after escaping the destruction of her underwater kingdom. She must find her way to a mystical floating cloud city in the sky, seek out the four Children of Light and save them from the twisted clutches of the Evil Empress Pandora. Along the way she must rescue and heal enchanted animal slaves in this fantastic Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game!

Here’s the original Empress of the Deep: The Darkest Secret.

Download and try Empress of the Deep 2: Song of the Blue Whale Collector’s Edition.

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When I saw this title, the first thing I recalled was The Fool’s Errand, a game I loved playing in the late ’80s. Here’s a strange coincident. I searched for the game so I could share a link with you, in case you wanted to learn more about it. Well, it looks like a sequel is coming out this year called The Fool and His Money! However, the game’s design looks like it’s stuck in the late ’80s. I hope I’m wrong.

The Fool isn’t related to aforementioned games. Who said that only brave knights on white stallions can become Heroes? Help The Fool become a hero and save the beautiful princess Catherine from the jaws of a terrible dragon! Travel across the kingdom and explore different locations as you set off on an epic journey in this fun Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game. Discover that a Hero lives in every one of us in The Fool!

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Filed Under: Adventure Games, Casual Games Reviews, News & Talk, Hidden Object Games, PC Games, Releases