Playing

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time – YEEAAAHHHH FINALLLYYYY I AM PLAYING THIS WOOOO!!  Fantasy Life was my #1 favorite game on the 3DS (do you remember the feature where you could set your favorite game in your profile so it would be visible to your friends?  I used Fantasy Life for mine!).  I love its adorable and colorful and silly and optimistic world so much.  I tried the same approach I used when I played the first game and chose both a combat Life and a crafting Life (I just can’t NOT be a Tailor!), but with a huge skill tree in this game that wasn’t present before, grinding is a little overwhelming.  And there’s the new Artist Life that I want to try out too… maybe it would be much better to focus only on one Life and grind others later once it’s nice and easy to warp around and gather stuff, rather than doing ALL of the quests for ALL of your Lifes at once.

There are more layers of complication in this entry as well… in addition to the big skill tree for every Life of your own character, you also need to equip your party members with gear, which was never something you had to worry about in the first game.

And there are so many game modes, too… 😵‍💫  There’s the ‘main story’ map (“The Past” with some excursions into the Depths area in “The Present”), the town-building aspect (the non-Depths area of “The Present”), the massive open world which is a whole separate map from everything else and doesn’t seem very involved in the main story (“Ginomorsia”), a roguelike mode (“Snoozaland”, which maybe gets a pass because this was added in a free update patch as a bonus after the game released), and I just recently unlocked some kind of temporary instanced dungeon mode that grows from tree saplings?  That’s like, a lot of unrelated gameplay to manage on top of juggling the various tasks for your Life (which multiplies if you try out more than one) and the main story.

So, there’s a lot more ‘brain energy’ involved in playing this compared to the first game, which makes it a little less cozy and relaxing… but taking your time and exploring what you like at your own pace keeps the many levels of management stress at bay.  There’s not really any way to get anything wrong, just a lot of different areas to invest time in, so you can relax a little.

I’m very, very grateful that there are so many shortcuts in the menu for jumping straight to your Life Master or teleport directly to an NPC that gave you a quest, and the ability to see which material shops in which towns stock the stuff you need for crafting.  Shortcuts that make the repetitive stuff and quest management just a little bit easier make a big difference when there are so many other systems.

Mysterious Thief Emerald – Mentioned this last month in my list of Otome Jam 2026 entries I was interested in.  I LOVE IT!!!  The writing is super fun, the characters are great, and I LOVE A MAGICAL GIRL PHANTOM THIEF, I DO.  The Saint Tail DNA is there, with a magical girl “save the unsuspecting humans from the evil jewel that’s subtly stealing their life force” slant, and I am into it, especially when a second magical phantom thief shows up.  The dynamic between the three main characters is great because they rib each other but generally get along (feels like the kind of story that would be very easy to just have all the characters hate each other and make all of the dialog sarcastic, but Mysterious Thief Emerald avoids falling into that trap).

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Watching the BF Play

Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages – Even with Ages being my childhood version of this duology, I’ve NEVER seen how the game changes when you play a “linked game” version carried over from Seasons, so it’s almost like new!  Hey, so it turns out Princess Zelda is in this game??  And bombchu!  AND the Biggoron’s Sword?? 🤯 The sword is so big, it shifts around the interface at the top of the screen lmao.  Never realized there’s such a significant amount of content that’s totally unique to a linked game that you’d never see if you only owned one of the two games.  Playing both from the Switch Online Game Boy collection is nice and convenient, because going back and forth between the two to input codes is very fast and easy.  If you have the Switch Online service then I highly recommend playing it that way.

Dual Hearts – The Playstation era is totally unknown to me as a Nintendo kid, and there are soooo many cool JRPGs I’ve never seen before.  This is one of them!  The character designs and environments in this are soooo nice.  And I LOVE the Alundra-like plot of diving into dreams themed around each respective character (same developers, idk how much of the specific team overlaps).  Really enjoying this one!  Tumble is so cute, he’s like a giant rideable pudding-bunny!

Special Shout-Out To…

A special shout-out goes to Big Walk, which occupied a lot of my attention this month despite that I’m not even the one playing it.  I got invested in three different youtube channels playing it (it’s fascinating how each friend group approached the puzzles & their necessary communication in different ways!), but Stumpt is the only group that continued uploading multiple parts beyond the intro and reached the ending.

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Reading

King Arthur & The Knights of Justice – The 90s cartoon this is based on was mentioned last month, now it’s time to read the modern comic.  I ended up reading both volumes this month!  It’s like a magical boy story but idk, didn’t really grip me, it isn’t goofy like the cartoon, and the premise of “footballers in King Arthur times” is so silly that idk if it works to try to make it serious.  Now somehow I have to track down the crossover chapter where these characters meet Princess Gwenevere & the Jewel Riders because that’s the whole reason I put in this research in the first place lol.

Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages – Just like with Oracle of Seasons last month, I was able to read along with the manga while progressing through the game, which is quite a treat.  There is a bit more story and depth explored in the manga and even more great scenes with Ralph (one of my overall favorite Zelda characters btw).  Particularly notable about this volume is the addition of a totally new character that isn’t present in the game, a knight named Raven who serves Queen Ambi in the past and connects Link personally with the time period of the past.  And he’s like, rly cute. 👉👈

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie – A great listen during some car rides.  Some investing twists and turns and over-the-top fake-outs (the girl found in the library is SO extravagant, the method of death for the other murder is SO grisly).  But no one can pull the wool over Miss Marple’s eyes. 🕵️‍♀️

In the Forests of Serre by Patricia A. McKillip – Isn’t the Kinuko Y. Craft cover art sooooo pretty? 🥰  This was my beach read over vacation this month!!  I liked it so much, I picked this book to talk about with my friends when we had a casual book club get-together (of the ‘talk about whatever you’ve read recently’ variety).  McKillip’s writing style is magical and enchanting, like reading a poem, while remaining easily-followable and manages to avoid going abstract or purple.  While reading, I feel like I’m enveloped by the spells that weave around the princess in her dismal situation in the stony cliffside castle and the prince stumbling through the mesmerizing forest in pursuit of the firebird that has bewitched him.

Romance at Droitgate Spa by P.G. Wodehouse – This is so frickin’ funny lmao.  The breakout star of this story is definitely the magician (“The Great Boloni”, sounds like “baloney” lol) that can’t seem to stop performing tricks with every motion, even mid-dialog.  I could envision this character very easily in Ace Attorney with a bunch of animations where they are shuffling cards, pulling rabbits from their sleeves, and producing coins from behind other characters’ ears.  This is a public domain short story that you can either read in one or two sessions or listen to as an audiobook on Youtube in under an hour, and I can’t recommend it enough, it’s SUCH a quick and easy read/listen and it’s guaranteed to make you smile.

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Watching

Galaxy Angel – Officially available on Youtube both dubbed and subbed.  EXTREMELY silly with EXTREMELY 00’s-style anime humor.  Some of the girls’ missions to themed planets and abandoned satellite outposts are great sci-fi premises. I like when we catch glimpses of the absurdly personalized bedrooms each character has on the ship haha.

Sailor Moon Super S – HELIOS TIME AT LAST YEEAAHHH WOOOOOOOOOUUURUAAAAGHH. (One of my favorite Sailor Moon characters btw. I can’t resist a precious gentle unicorn boy 🥺)  This is the very end of what was dubbed into English for TV, so the adventure of reliving that nostalgic time has come to an end. 🥲  Of course we could watch the Viz dubbed version of Sailor Stars, and there’s aaaaall of Crystal to go through if we really want to.  But once the Super S Movie is done we might call the Sailor Moon Extravaganza quits for now and replace this time with other things to watch.  Btw, the ending theme for this arc is bumpin’.

Lucky Star – Yet another old classic which I’d never seen before I started this month… (and yet strangely I feel certain I’ve seen the full introductory dance sequence in the form of gifs… 🤔)  Sometimes I check the wiki for explanations of the references after some episodes, a practice which brings to mind my reading of Sparknotes for an extra layer of understanding when I’m reading classic books lol.  My favorite character is Miyuki because I love her pink hair and that she is sweet and very smart. 😊

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This was a pretty significant month for me IRL, I don’t think I want to make a regular thing of sharing personal life stuff online but it’s enough to say that August was a very happy month for me. 🤗

Playing

Don’t Pick Up Strange Aliens – Very cute and cuddly and innocent.  This was one of many intriguing participants in Otome Jam 2026; a couple of others from the jam that I also bookmarked to play are Love’s Young Dream and Abracademia, but I didn’t get around to playing them. 😭  And looking at the list again, now I also want to play Starfallen Strength, Our Light Affliction, Mysterious Thief Emerald, and Ember Sands… GAH!  This is the whole reason that I’m supposed to have a “just play something, anything, just for like 20 mins a day, just do it do it do it the backlog is too long!!” habit, but I’ve clearly fallen off of it again. 😅

Watching the BF Play

Live A Live – (My representative image here is one of the countdown illustrations from Square-Enix’s twitter leading up to the HD-2D remake release – it’s cute!)  Only Oersted’s route and Final Chapter were left to do after last month.  I was very, very grateful that @wreckscalibur hadn’t been spoiled about key turning points of this game so the exciting moments came as a surprise for him.  You know a game has a good ending when you’re cheering “YEEEAAAAHHHH!!!” during the climactic moments of the final battle.

Fairune 2 – Fairune dares to ask, “What if Hydlyde was good?”  LOVE this developer; other good Skipmore games I can recommend in particular are the first Fairune (the series is bundled together on Steam), Kamiko (one of the first digital games we ever bought when we first got our Switch), and Synopsis Quest (very silly browser game).  Love to have a quick and snappy little adventure with satisfying progression – though this is larger than you’d expect.  When you first start, there’s an overworld map that you gradually fill out, as well as an ‘underground’ map where all of the caves are, and I remember assuming, “Ah, these two maps are probably the scale of the whole game.”  NAY.  There are MORE OVERWORLDS.  And even more after that!  Tons of very fun little secrets to find all around.

Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons – My childhood game was Ages and I’ve never seen Seasons in full.  I like the Subrosians, they’re silly!  Very interesting seeing the different versions of the items that upgrade in different ways between the two games (both games have a Roc’s Feather, but only Seasons gets the Roc’s Cape; and both games have Zora Flippers, but only Ages upgrades it to a mermaid tail, etc…).  It made me wanna reread the Zelda manga that I have, too, so you’ll see that in the later section!

Casual Gaming

Anthropeum – As in “anthropology.”  Try to guess where in the world an artifact (sourced from The Met Gallery’s collection) came from, and from when.  I’m okay-ish at the where but terrible at the when. 🤔  I tend to just default to 1 BCE for everything unless I know otherwise.

Huekle – A bunch of color-based puzzles??  Sometimes I can’t tell what the controls or instructions are.  But it’s so stylish to look at and there are SO MANY daily games here that one or two meh ones aren’t so bothersome.

Rebusly – A daily rebus puzzle (one of my favorite kinds of puzzles! and rare to find in daily/online format) based on a news headline of the day.  Your hints are snippets from the article.

Spellsword – It’s hard to get a screenshot of this one because there are about three different word games wrapped up in an adventurous little story.  You get a cute little intro, combine parts of words to identify the “enemy” you’ll be fighting, then you string letters together to do damage to its HP bar.  Then the enemy fights back, but you can defend if you unscramble an anagram quickly enough.  It’s not REALLY all that much like playing an RPG but just having a little bit of flavor or a theme of the day makes a basic word game more fun.  The “story” actually continues a little bit further every day.

Threezy – Similar to the card game Set (which can also be played in your browser) but the cards get replaced instead of staying on the screen.  If you don’t know of Set, it’s a little hard to explain, but you have to find sets of shapes that are all the same in some dimensions (shape, color, fill style, quantity, etc.) but different in at least one other dimension.  It’s hard to explain in words but starts to make sense once you’re looking at it and giving it a try.  I was excited to find a new online variation because sometimes a different choice of shapes or slightly different rules can be all it takes to make something new and refreshing lol.

Reading

Manga Classics: Jane Eyre – I never covered Jane Eyre during school, so this was a read purely for satisfying my curiosity.  As with other Manga Classics I’ve written about in these summaries, I enjoyed reading Sparknotes study guides after finishing the comic for deeper understanding.  I know that the Bronte sisters have a whole library of wonderful books – are there others that you’d recommend I should check out next? 🤗  (I thiiiiink I’ve already read Wuthering Heights in school, but I barely remember anything from it.)

Swordheart by T. Kingfisher – I have other T. Kingfisher books in my Want To Read list that I’m still willing to try, but I didn’t jive with the humor in this one.  If the witty exchanges were more like just one (1) quirky observation from the heroine and one (1) clever response from the male lead as the action moves them along, it would be bearable, but it’s the fact that every conversation is 3-5x longer than it needs to be because each participant must make a witty remark about the witty remark that the other one just said.  I don’t mind “quippy” protagonists; I like Murderbot, and I like Saturday morning cartoons from the 80s.  If it were simply that the characters said their funny line and then the momentum moved forward, I’d love it, but nothing ruins a good joke like dragging it out.  I certainly might be in the minority here because this book has tens of thousands of positive reviews that all praise its humor.  Like I said, I’m going to go ahead and try other books from this author because overall I like the D&D campaign-like adventure.

Honeysuckle Cottage by P.G. Wodehouse – Listened to this as an audiobook (free on youtube because most P.G. Wodehouse books are in the public domain!) while doing crafts outdoors.  Very silly and charming and only an hour of time investment.  You may worry about the protagonist’s behavior and attitude toward women, but don’t worry, it has a good ending, which is that the woman doesn’t end up married to this miserable guy lol.

Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons – Gee, Oracle of Seasons, how come Mom lets you have two categories?  Well, because both the game and the manga are really good, that’s why lol.  Why not read along? 😄  Every time I reread one of the Zelda manga volumes, it just reminds me that one of these days I have GOT to check out the massive Twilight Princess series sometime.  And because I own this physically, it’s another comic I could enjoy outdoors in the sunshine. ☀️  There are some fun new dynamics present in this adaptation that aren’t in the game, such as some familial background for Link, the fact that Link joins and travels with the dancing troupe for a while, and eventually you get a whole little adventuring party with Ricky and Maple on the quest alongside him.

The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz – The protagonist of the first book (which I read last year) was a Miserable Man, now the POV has shifted to a Miserable Woman, and it’s remarkable how similar the two of them are considering how much she despised him.  There’s some morbid satisfaction in watching a Massive Jerk build what they think is an impenetrable fortress around them, but the weak foundation crumbles and we get to watch all of the consequences of their actions come crashing down and bury them.  I guess observing that sort of glorious train wreck again was what made me want to check out this second book, although interestingly things don’t turn out as terribly for the female protagonist as they did for the guy, somehow, other than all the murders I guess??  These aren’t protagonists to cheer for, so this is very much a “What if this happened, wouldn’t that be messed up” kind of story.

Watching

Pretty Boy Detective Club – I… thiiink I enjoyed this?  What a strange story, with a strange mood.  It’s a bit less of a detective mystery than you’d expect, more like just a bunch of weird things that happen involving their school… odd that most of the dialog of each episode is delivered through monologues (either the heroine’s inner thoughts, or very very long and roundabout deductions from the other Detective Club members that somehow always point toward government conspiracy).  I liked the Artistic Genius guy (wearing the oversized lab coat) because the rare times when he spoke were always very impactful.

An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess – This is SO STINKIN’ cute and funny, then, as most things do, makes a serious swerve in the last third.  Emotions get a little high, but it’s a comedy so it keeps making gags to keep things light.  I loved all the pretty clothes!  And if you’ve read/watched any otome isekai villainess anything, you already know how this kind of story goes, but it was interesting for the main POV to be from the male lead this time around, and that the heroine was genre-savvy as well!  (The heroine’s name is ‘Heronia’ btw, which made me laugh.)

Casablanca – I’ve seen this before (many years ago, and I didn’t remember much from it) but it was a new watch for Wreckscalibur.  Watching Casablanca is one of the most constant ‘Ohhh, that’s where that reference comes from’ experiences you can have, haha.  And afterward, it’s required viewing to check out some classic parodies, like Looney Tunes’s Carrotblanca, and who could ever forget all of the magnificently-adapted Casablanca scenes in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode, Overdrawn at the Memory Bank?  (that’s a link to an entire movie btw. enjoy.)

The Great Mouse Detective – This is like the inverse of Casablanca in that it’s something Wreckscalibur watched as a kid, but this was my first viewing of it.  It’s great, love it!  Had no idea about Vincent Price as the villain, who naturally had some great songs as most Disney Villains do.  The surprise guest appearance of Basil Rathbone’s (posthumous) voice as the human Sherlock Holmes speaking off-screen was also a great cameo.

King Arthur & The Knights of Justice – Ok so you know how I read the recent Princess Gwenevere & The Jewel Riders comics in the past months?  The publisher of those ALSO did a similar comic series for THIS OTHER Saturday morning cartoon, and THERE’S A BONUS CROSSOVER CHAPTER BETWEEN THEM.  So the two cartoons themselves, despite being about King Arthur and Gwenevere, aren’t actually related, but the modern comic adaptations are.  So now I’ve got to watch this nonsense (affectionate), just to learn & understand a little of what the comic is going to be and so I can ultimately read the crossover.  It’s good nonsense!!  We only watched two episodes but that was all it took to download all of them and put it in our shuffled nostalgic cartoon playlist on our TV (btw I highly recommend this practice, it’s great when you don’t know what to watch, just hit shuffle on the folder).  It’s about a football team that gets isekai’d into King Arthur times and they all get dumb (affectionate) superpowers.  They hype themselves up with the chant “Knights! Knights! Knights!” in the same way you’d say “Lads! Lads! Lads!” and Merlin has the same voice actor as Doctor Light from the Ruby Spears Mega Man series.  Everyone should watch this.

It is time, my dudes, for yet another game list.

The Myths of the World series is one of the earliest point-and-click
puzzle adventure games I ever checked out!

The stories and settings of these are EXTREMELY cool,
each one inspired by a different culture’s magic, mysticism, and folklore.
A recurring theme in the series is some kind of additional
crafting or puzzle mechanic… I’m not really sure how to explain,
but the first one has an alchemy + magic system,
and each other game has something like that, too,
in addition to your usual adventuring and puzzle-solving.

Give these awesome and artful games a look,
and remember that if you’re interested in playing,
you can click on any of these to be brought to the download page!

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Myths of the World: Chinese Healer

A great myth has enduring power… no matter where the story comes from. In this first game in the exciting new Myths of the World series, your story begins as a Chinese healer who’s brought to the Imperial City to save the Emperor’s son. But you uncover a devious plot and end up having to save yourself! Throughout the game, you’ll use your herbal kit to concoct powerful potions to summon spirits and heal the people you meet. There are also collectible cranes hidden everywhere, and achievements to earn as you play.

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Myths of the World: Stolen Spring

The rich folklore continues with this exciting tale set in an old Slavic land. As Child of Spring, can you save the world from eternal winter?

A cruel and cold Goddess of Winter has hijacked springtime, and her victim has called on you for help. You’ll be surprised by what you, a lowly peasant, can do in the face of evil – and what cute little furry friends you’ll meet along the way in Myths of the World: Stolen Spring.

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Myths of the World: Spirit Wolf

The wolf spirit still haunts… will you heed its call?

You’re an expert in Native American symbolism who’s been called to investigate some glowing glyphs. Your amulet, which has been in your family for generations, begins to glow as soon as you arrive, as if it’s part of this place…

As you begin to investigate, you encounter strange ghosts from the past. Find out what caused their rift all those generations ago and how you’re connected to this place and its spirit.

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Myths of the World: Of Fiends and Fairies

The rat catcher’s after more than rats this time. He’s kidnapping fairy folk! Where did these pixies come from, and what do they have to do with your grandfather’s fairy tales?

Play both traditional and silhouette hidden-object puzzles in this dark fairy tale game. A unique new Q&A puzzle helps you discover your grandfather’s tie to the fairy realm. 

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Myths of the World: Black Rose

Vampire hunting is a full-time job, and your latest lead has brought you and your partner to Louisiana. Hop aboard a Mississippi River cruise, and get to work! You must investigate the riverboat passengers to expose a vampire who’s carrying an ancient artifact that could spell disaster in the wrong hands. Just be wary of who you trust… Even a seemingly normal person might be under the spell of the cunning vampire, luring you into a trap. Uncover the clues and unmask the true villain in this heart-pounding adventure! 

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Myths of the World: The Heart of Desolation

It was just supposed to be a routine mission. Fly in, drop supplies, and fly out. But when a dragon attacks your plane, crash-landing in a lush valley, you’re drawn into the adventure of a lifetime! This ancient valley is filled with living, breathing dragons – guardians of nature who protect the weak. But when one of their own becomes possessed by their ultimate foe, it’s up to you to restore order. Can you defeat the Dragon King’s mighty terracotta army, or will the world be destroyed once more, just like it was centuries ago?

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Myths of the World: The Whispering Marsh

People have been vanishing in the Whispering Marsh, and the county has enlisted you to investigate. But this is no ordinary missing-persons case… The entire marsh is steeped in myth, with tales of mysterious twinkling lights that can mesmerize their victims and lure them to their doom. What are these lethal illuminations, and who –or what – is controlling them? You’ll have to act fast to find out before it’s lights out for you, too, in this chilling adventure!

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Myths of the World: Born of Clay and Fire

A mysterious creature is wreaking havoc in your home city of Prague, and only you have the power to stop it! After your father is arrested, you find out just what he had been researching in his hidden alchemy lab – the Clayborne, powerful mythical monsters, born from clay and fire. Now it’s up to you to discover the true nature of the Clayborne and save the city from destruction in this epic puzzle adventure!

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Myths of the World: Island of Forgotten Evil

Before his death, your uncle hid a mysterious artifact that only you could find. What starts as a search for the truth quickly turns into the adventure of a lifetime when a ghostly apparition tries to thwart your plans! Can you break the curse of the Legionary before it’s too late, or will you be its next victim? Find out in this riveting puzzle adventure!

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Myths of the World: Bound by the Stone

The town of Beline is under attack! The only thing standing in the way of the town’s destruction is a yearly ritual, but a mysterious sorcerer is getting in their way! Can you uncover the sorcerer’s origins and save the town in time? Find out in this compelling adventure game!

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Myths of the World: The Black Sun

Your hometown’s commander has gone missing, and you’ve been called in to investigate. Before you get far, a strange creature turns your father into stone! It’s a race against the clock as you track down the beast and try to save the town. Will you find the monster in time, or will you become its next victim? Find out in this spine-tingling adventure!

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Today’s list of games is different than my others, which were all beautiful fantasy games.  The Surface series of games are dark and dramatic, touching on more frightening and intense themes than many others I have featured.

If spooky games of the type that are sort of haunting and unsettling are your jam, definitely check out some of these games!

Each and everyone of them is FREE to download and start playing!!

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Surface: The Noise She Couldn’t Make

On a lonely stretch of highway, a young girl is found unconscious,
a bloody knife lying next to her. Was she a victim,
or did she attack someone? Her doctors are baffled when she fails
to respond to treatment. Desperate, they call you in to help.
As a psychic, you’re used to working with clients who can talk to you.
But this girl can’t. Enter her mind and work to discover…
the noise she couldn’t make…

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Surface: The Soaring City

Search for your brother, Jeremy, in a beautiful world where the sky is
as wide as your imagination! Jeremy was a great inventor who discovered
a magnificent land soaring in the sky. He created wings for the people,
making them free. The new citizens were happy…until one day Jeremy
was kidnapped and blamed for conducting inhumane experiments.
It’s up to you to save your brother from imprisonment
and redeem his good name.

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Surface: Mystery of Another World

After your son, Bobby, mysteriously disappears, it’s up to you to find him
in Surface: The Mystery of Another World! A peaceful train ride
to the coast goes way off course and now strange occurrences are happening
all around you! It seems that there is another world just past your reflection…

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Surface: Reel Life

Your sister and her daughter, Jane, were enjoying a screening of an old movie,
when one of the actors literally stepped off the screen! Now Jane is missing,
and the building is crawling with strange plants and animals from the movie.
You solve all the puzzles in your way and rush to the theater to find a way
into the world of the film to save your niece. But once you do…
you realize that the mystery – and the danger – is much deeper than you could
have imagined. Can you escape before your adventure becomes a tragedy?

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Surface: The Pantheon

It should have been a tremendous achievement, but the tunnel through
the Ridge of Leviathan became the site of a great disaster.
What really happened that day? You were supposed to have been on the train
with your husband and daughter, but you missed it.
And then they disappeared from your life forever.
It’s one year later, and a strange man – a scientist who thinks this is
just like the Bermuda Triangle and other such vanishings –
invites you to take part in his greatest experiment:
To recreate the conditions of that fateful day in Surface: The Pantheon!

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Surface: Game of Gods

When your friends, Jim, Kevin, and Maggie, invite you to participate
in a paid research study, you jump at the chance. But things take a bizarre turn
when you arrive to discover that Jim and Kevin are missing,
and Maggie has just been abducted by a horrific figure! A strange game
is spread out on the table, and every move could mean certain death.
But you have no choice – you’ll have to play to save your friends’ lives…
and your own. Can you make it to the end of the Game?
Roll the dice and find out…

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Surface: Alone in the Mist

All the adults have vanished. Is it a child’s dream, or nightmare?
You wake on the morning of your birthday to find that things aren’t at all
the way you pictured for your sweet 16. Can you find out what’s happened overnight
to turn your world upside down?
Unlock the Secret Room, where you’ll find more hidden-object and mini-game play.
But be careful what you wish for…

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Surface: Return to Another World

After receiving a worrying phone call from your mom,
you return to your hometown of Lightfalls to investigate.
But things aren’t quite as you remembered them – a strange device
has risen from the nearby lake, and it’s causing the people of Lightfalls to disappear!
A boy from your childhood seems to be behind it all, but can you stop his evil scheme
before it’s too late? Journey to the magical world
beneath the lake and save your family!!

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Surface: Lost Tales

You’ve been seeing things that can’t possibly be real.
What starts as a simple doctor’s visit turns into the chase of a lifetime!
The Huntsman is after you and Fairyland’s in danger.
With only fragments of your memory, can you save the kingdom
before it’s too late?

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Surface: Virtual Detective

The Virtual Detective Agency is now hiring!
Secure your ranking as a top detective in the world’s premiere
virtual reality space, sponsored by the Capsule Nexus 2000 –
the most realistic full-dive virtual reality device.
We’re looking for a few good sleuths to investigate the cause behind the
growing numbers of missing players who have become comatose
in the real world.
Apply today!

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Surface: Strings of Fate

Your little sister has been kidnapped by two Brothers of Fate!
With the help of a third Brother, it’s up to you to save her.
With the odds stacked against you, can you find a way into another world
and rescue her in time?

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Today’s list of beautiful, painted adventure games is really special – the storytelling and art work in them are truly EXCELLENT!!  I love and enjoy every game series I’ve shared, but there is something truly engaging about every story in this series.  They are fun to play, the puzzles within them are logical, they have gorgeous fantasy settings, and incredibly beautiful art work!

For more games, check out my other lists: Dark Parables, Dark Romance, Awakening, Danse Macabre

Anyway, back to Sable Maze…  Seriously, if you play only ONE of the games on this list, please let it be Forbidden Garden!!  It has been one of my absolute favorite out of every adventure game I have played… Forbidden Garden, along with my other fave Otherworld, both involve my absolute favorite setting: gorgeous magical faerie world!!

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Sable Maze: Norwich Caves

Congratulations, Professor Edwards!
You’ve joined the faculty of the oldest and most-respected university
in the world. You’ve barely been teaching for a semester when tragedy strikes
during the fall break. Four of your students have gone missing while exploring
the dangerous caverns under the campus! Is the legend about the Labyrinth
under the campus actually true? What’s causing the abnormal physics in the water
down there? You don’t have much time, because the rain keeps pouring down,
flooding the caverns. Dig deep and keep your head above water
in Sable Maze: Norwich Caves!

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Sable Maze: Sullivan River

Every night you have the same nightmare. You see children
wandering through a maze, crying for help. These sleepless nights
are ruining your waking life. To stop them, you must return to Sullivan River
Summer Camp to uncover what happened during that long-forgotten summer.
Beware though, this camp isn’t all that it seems. With every step,
you can feel eyes watching you. Reveal the secret of the ancient labyrinth
in this eerie Puzzle Adventure game…

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Sable Maze: Forbidden Garden

Your parents always told you to stay away from the mysterious hedge maze
behind their house… and you’re about to find out why. On the eve of your wedding,
your fiancé, Ryan, is kidnapped by a mysterious force and dragged straight
to the heart of the maze – or so it seems. As you follow his trail,
you discover that the labyrinth contains a door to another world…
and whoever is on the other side has a vendetta against your entire family.
Can you uncover the roots of their hatred and bring Ryan back
before all is lost?

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Sable Maze: Twelve Fears

Confront your fears… You thought you’d have a nice day at the local fair,
but trouble strikes – in the form of fear. Your daughter’s lost
in the Maze of Fears, but you’ll face more than her disappearance
if you dare to enter.

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Sable Maze: Soul Catcher

After 20 years, you’ve finally come to terms with the fact that your brother
is gone for good. But when you return to the place where he went missing
to pay your final respects, you find yourself pulled into a strange maze
filled with spirits and shadows. Evidence of your brother litters your path,
and you begin to wonder… Could he still be alive, somewhere in the maze?
Track down the truth as you fight for your freedom!

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Sable Maze: Sinister Knowledge

After years of speculation, the McCordan Library has finally been found!
Rumor has it that this labyrinthine library was built to house five legendary tomes,
but a series of puzzles and traps guards them. You’ve been called in
to overcome these tricky obstacles and track down the tomes, but you quickly realize
why he hid them in the first place… The power they contain could destroy
the entire world if they fall into the wrong hands!
Navigate the treacherous maze as books come alive around you!

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