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The Odyssey is hardly on the curriculum in Norway either, but the pupils are taught some things about the contents of the work. A discussion such as this is fruitless if there is no context. What age group are we taling about, and what country? I guess that Greek children ought to know more about the Odyssey than others - it's part of their national/historical heritage to a greater degree than in other parts of the world.

My view is that young pupils should get text they may enjoy and understand, in order to teach them reading and hopefully give them a good experience. Then they should gradually be introduced to more complexity. The goal shouldn't be that they like everything, but that they know that it exists and can make an informed choice when they are of age. Let's face it, reading the classics in old language editions are for the specially interested.

Nope. No satire whatsoever in this one. Just what my son watches.

Nobody? I'd thought this one was too easy. Here's another one:

Ok, here's one. Shows who runs the tv in my house, I guess.

Finally, I got the time to play all the entries. (Unfortunately too late to voice a robot. Maybe next time.)

The Cat Case:

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Great setting! I liked that the characters were fleshed a bit more out than what was needed for the game. This gave an impression of a larger world, one I’d happily revisit. The notebook mechanic was used very well, and the puzzles were just right, not too difficult for a casual game experience. Some small bugs and spelling errors didn’t detract any for this player.

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Storm Puncher:

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I really hope we get to see more from this world. The humour is top notch, with nods to Sam & Max and all the robot gags you could think of. Long game with lots to do and funny responses for most of the thing you can’t.

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The Cabin:

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Wow, that was excellent! I had an idea about where I was half-way through, and I was right. Brilliant 3d execution and very good puzzles. Very good story, too, and the atmosphere really sucked me in.

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Rain & Snow - The Bouncer:

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This one stretches the theme a bit, but anything to get more games.  I wasn't too good at this, admittedly. I haven't played the games you cite as inspirations, and I don't think I need to. I have enough of a challenge here. Very playable in a just-one-more-go manner. I've kept the old version as well, to see if I can beat it at that difficulty eventually.

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Ice Station Zero:

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I'm a huge The Thing fan, and I found the game reminded me about that setting. My hunch about the pre-announced twist was wrong:

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I thought you had set it on the North Pole in order for Santa to turn up, sabotaging the lair of the unwanted neighbour. The first The Thing movie was set in the north, and John Carpenter's in the south. It makes more sense to have a base on the South Pole, on solid ground, so I guessed you chose the north to make way for a Father Christmas appearance.

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The game uses several ideas from Slasher's entries the last months, which isn't a bad thing at all. I really liked the way Brodie examines technical equipment and comes up with what needs to be done. But the people need to wear proper winter gear, not the Hollywood stuff, going out in a blizzard with nothing on your head.  Solid entry.

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The Cradle:

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Arguably even more stunning visually than The Cabin. The idea is very good, but I would have liked some more indications that the player is doing something right. I like to play alchemy games, but without feedback, I felt that part was too difficult. I really liked how the weather got progressively worse, ending up with the player swimming around instead of walking.

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I voted for:

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The Cabin. But I think all the games this month are spectacular!

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Alas, the only thing I've done beyond the research stage is a very rough background. If I had any external motivation, I could probably still finish in time. But since I lack both internal and external motivation, it looks like I'm done for the month.

*Externally motivating* That's too bad. I was really curious about what you were going to do in a one-room inspired by the advx games.

If you're planning to keep those links open, it would be great if you posted them here. Then AGA will update the links in the database.

I don't have anything international right now, so anyone may take my turn.

[Hannibal]

Could be Hannibal, if that was the name of the show. The one with Hannibal Lecter.

Oh yes! I've been eagerly awaiting this one opening up again.  So little time to play now, but I've got to make room for this.

Take your time,  Laura Hunt! The pics are getting intersting!

Anyway, what age rating the game should have?

The game is quite dark and probably will have its audience among adults.

I think I have an idea.

Descartes! It's the famous "I have an idea, therefore I think!" 

Er, wasn't this the Guess the philospher thread? 

(Hope your idea pans out, K!)

The voting are still going?

Yes. You can see the deadline on the poll on top of the page. (Dec 24th.)

These are good songs. (End of thread)

Not sure whom to address this, there's a game called "Hit The Freak" which download is not available in the database anymore, but I have a download link attached by user to a bug report a while ago: https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags/files/3955030/git.tar.gz
(Don't know how long this link will be available, it's hosted by github now and is automatically named archive containing another archive...)

The game mechanics sound intriguing!  Will the goal of the game be different endings, most points, titles/achievements or something else? 

Downloaded. Looks great! Please also add it to the AGS Database (in the corner down and right on the games page). 

That's because only three people have voted to change the category of that game, and each voted for something different!  As I said, it'll take at least five votes for a category for it to change (and the most votes over five will always win).  Otherwise it would be chaos, with the category changing every time someone voted; this would allow one voter to change a game's category to whatever they want, and be far too open to abuse.

Thanks for the explanation. I'd have thought that one was obvious (Non-Adventure), so it was a logical one to test.

Okay, in theory it will now work every time someone votes for a game (or updates their existing votes).

I tried with Brothers & Wreckers (Demo), but it didn't work. 

[Sin City]

I think Sin City is a perfect adaptation of the graphic novel.

Definitely some of the compositing or CGI can look a little off by modern standards... but the thing that really took me out is how comical the 'character is hit by a car' scene is. Or should I say 'character is repeatedly hit by like 10 goddamn cars as he's flung from car to car like a pinball' scene.

Hehe...perhaps Mandle's next thread should be about scenes that broke a movie. I totally understand what you're saying, I just accepted what you didn't. Mind you, I'm the guy who had a James Bond movie ruined for me because of a poker scene.  And a friend of mine was so out of The Lord of the Rings the minute the first elf turned up. I guess we all have our off buttons.