Zheke’s Blog
about Casual Downloadable Games

Every week we will present you the most funny and addictive web-based games.

This week this is Bloxorz.

Often we scour the Web to find engaging and compelling online Flash games to feature here, and you can also send your games to be published here by leaving links in comments or sending them to est.eugene@gmail.com. 

Bloxorz is a simple idea for a puzzle game that is beautifully executed. The objective is to tumble a rectangular block through each stage and deposit it into the square hole at the end. Using a series of bridge-opening switches, teleporters, and block-splitting switches, solve the puzzle each stage presents to move on to the next of the game's 33 levels.

Use the arrow keys for control to tumble the block around the play field, but don't let it fall off the edges. The round switches can be just rolled over to trip, but the "X" switches require a little more weight, so you'll have to stand the block on end to trip them. The 3rd type, the "[ ]" switches, split the block in two, which can then be moved independently from one another. This introduces an interesting twist to the tactics you will need to employ to solve these later levels. To switch between block fragments, press [space].

Each level provides a password that allows you to resume a game by load the game from that point. It would be nice if the game just saved your progress along the way, but a password system is welcome in absense of an easier interface for accessing levels. You will find a complete list of passwords in the comments, thanks to reapaninja.

From Damien Clarke of DX Interactive, the same developer responsible for the exceptional JetSpeed, Silversphere, and Missile Game 3D games. Bloxorz is addictive, compelling, and contains everything we love in an engaging Flash puzzle game. Play Bloxorz.

Labels: online games, Puzzle

Oh the gloriously rich and delectable life of a chocolatier! Constantly surrounded by mounds of chocolate bars and boxes of mouth-watering truffles! Build your empire one ingredient at a time as you travel the world to find the best prices and buy factories to maximize production! Manage your output and please your customersbut dont forget about those conniving competitors who wish you poorly! Do you have what it takes to conquer the world through chocolate?

Chocolatier full version features:

Labels: action, Puzzle

As a new investigator for G.H.O.S.T. Hunters you have been called to Majesty Manor to investigate a possible haunting. Search the house for clues and generate a list of suspects. Then eliminate suspects as you rush between the dark, shadowy attic and the haunted rooms in a final heart-pounding race against time Will you be able to solve the mystery in time?

• Cleverly hidden objects
• Haunting soundtrack
• Sharp, hi-res graphics

Escape From Paradise game screenshots:

Labels: hidden object games, Puzzle

Explore the stunning city of Rome through 360-degree photographs in this great hidden object mystery. Find special objects in over 25 locations and swap the objects for clues to solve the mystery of "The Curse of the Necklace." Discover some of Rome's most popular attractions, including the Trevi Fountain, the Colosseum and St. Peter's Square. You'll also be amazed by locations that only the locals know about, including some that are quite strange and mysterious!

Travelogue 360: Rome - The Curse of the Necklace full version features:

Labels: games, hidden object games, Puzzle

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Help our heroine Patty turn around a run-down burger stand in Burger Island( TM ). Juggle orders from demanding customers, purchase over 30 exotic mouth-watering recipes, unlock more than 40 delicious ingredients, combining up to 9 per order, all while keeping an ever-watchful eye on the clock. With 60 increasingly challenging levels, see if you have what it takes to help Patty build the best burger stand on the island!

With the comic book theme and a catchy surf-rock tune playing in the background, Burger Island is clever and casually entertaining, ...for a while. As recipes become more complex, the customers also become more impatient. (The thermometer-shaped timers indicate how close they are to leaving. By the double digit levels, they aren't sticking around long.) As it becomes harder to keep track of the orders, the game quickly becomes more challenging. If you enjoy having your concentration skills pitted against the clock (and you would like a side of fries with that) be sure to check out Burger Island.

Burger Island Game full version features:

Labels: Simulation, Virtual Villagers

How fast the time flows. Days goes after days, weeks after weeks. The world of games is not the exeption. Games replace each other, new genres and titles appear and vanish dramatically. But there are always events that dint in our life.  So, enough of romance ;) - here goes the first part of the list of remarkable games for the last time.  Enjoy! :)

Bejeweled 2 Deluxe

Shine up your matching skills and exercize your eyes. Swapping jewels has never been so fun!

Luxor 2

Matching and marble-popping action will captivate you in this unique Egyptian-themed puzzler.

Virtual Villagers

Help your villagers educate themselves and build up their island in this real-time simulation game.

Cake Mania

Jill recently graduated from culinary school and is now facing the task of saving her family's bakery. Help her make it!

Labels: action, games, Puzzle, tips and tricks

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I have enjoyed the game so far. So, here goes another one, well-done hide-and-seek game. Did you tired of them? Hope not ;)

In order to reveal the pages of the Magicians Handbook you must travel to the dark and mysterious Cursed Valley and remove the curse that has haunted the valley. Set out with your trusty wand in hand to find enchanted objects hidden throughout the valley that will help you to break the evil spell. Using incantations that you learn along the way, you can ward off the shadow and other distracters of light. Can you remove the curse from the valley and rediscover its true name?

The Magicians Handbook: Cursed Valley Game full version features:

Labels: hidden object games, Puzzle

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Pros: A highly polished seek-and-find game. Power-ups, hidden treasures and story add to the fun. Great graphics. Cons: Annoying download manager is required.

Have any plans this summer? How about joining a race to see who can be first to reach the summit of Everest?

I can assure you, daring gamers, this will be no easy feat. You see, I already know this to be true because Gamezebo was granted some serious hands-on time with Hidden Expedition: Everest from Big Fish Games, the latest seek-and-find puzzler with a great story, impressive graphics and many bonus levels and secrets to be found.

While it's not without its minor stumbles, this adventurous casual game reaches new heights for the genre.

As a member of the Hidden Expedition Club, you've decided to compete against three other teams - The Scholars, the Scarlet Hat League and The Gamers - to see which group can reach the top of Mt. Everest, the highest mountain on the planet.

Fresh from a successful exploration of the wreck of the Titanic, the Hidden Expedition Club will pit one of its stellar members against a formidable group of opponents in a race to the summit of Everest. Other groups will battle you to be the first to summit Mount Everest. Expert Everest climber Ed Viesturs will assist you along the way. Explore mysteries of the world as you find hidden clues. Race to the Roof of the World! Get more info on hidden expedition everest at Totemgames.

Hidden Expedition: Everest game full version features:

Labels: hidden object games, Puzzle

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A luxury cruise ship crashes on an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean. The survivors of the shipwreck are very different from one another and decide to set up their own camps all over the island. Your goal is to find the pieces to a lost radio,and hoist it on the top of the volcano located in the center of the main island. While exploring the main island, you can find items; participate in activities like fishing, gathering wood, and look for hidden treasures. Alliance can be made with other castaways to help you in your quest.

Escape From Paradise game full version features:

Labels: action, Puzzle

Your grandfather, a world-famous bird photographer has mysteriously vanished after discovering some rather odd new species! His journal provides clues to his disappearance and leads you to some crazy characters who'll challenge you to snap pictures of ever more elusive birds. Collect cool items to help you achieve that perfect shot! Create fantastical birds using the included Bird Creator, then release them into the wilds of the internet for other Snapshot players to find and photograph!

Snapshot Adventures - Secret of Bird Island full version features:

Labels: action

Help Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective, solve a mystery involving the disappearance of Lord Montcalfe, a famous archaeologist specializing in ancient Egyptology, in a mansion protected by Egyptian magic. The mansion is like a museum full of stunning artefacts and secrets. Go forward to the heart of the sanctuary and discover the Mystery of the Mummy.

Check also nicely done Walkthrough by Witchen

No demonstration version available for this game. This is a very large full version game.

Its worth it, believe me!

Sherlock Holmes - The Mystery of the Mummy game full version features:

Labels: action, Puzzle

Think you can manage a household? Think being a stay at home mom is easy? Well lets give it a Try, Nanny Mania puts you in the heart of what it takes to take care of a regular house. We start you off easy with only on child, and the mom and Dad to take care of in a small house, but you slowly get better but the job does not get easier. Try cleaning, cooking, laundry, and taking care of the parents, 4 kids and a whole heap of trouble. Nanny Mania will challenge you to keep an eye on your duties and manage your time or you will not be the Perfect Nanny.

Nanny Mania game full version features:

• Dozens of house upgrades!
• Fun for the entire family.
• Classic and fun game play.

Nanny Mania game screenshots:

Labels: action, Simulation

Solve this classic Agatha Christie™ murder mystery as Detective Hercule Poirot, while aboard a beautiful 1930's paddle steamer in this exciting "Seek and Find" adventure.

Hercule Poirot investigates a thrilling murder mystery and must find hidden clues, interrogate suspects, and much more in Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile. Uncover clues and evidence directly tied to the story. When you have enough evidence, question the passengers in the salong and discover the identity of the real murderer!

Acting as the famous detective Hercule Poirot, find yourself in the middle of a murder mystery while sailing the Nile on the S.S. Karnak. It's up to you to navigate the ship room by room seeking hidden objects and collecting clues which will lead you to the culprit! Linnet Ridgeway, a wealthy heiress, has just been murdered aboard a luxury cruise liner. Although accompanied by friends and acquaintances, you begin uncovering each passenger's secret motive. The maid who feels betrayed by a failed promise; A writer who faces a libel suit brought upon by Ms. Ridgeway; A gentleman who has been embezzling money from the family; And a former fiance with a jealous spirit. Enjoy this crime solving puzzle which presents the classical story in a completely new way. Navigate through the ships 24 rooms while piecing together clues and evidence you reveal. Twelve investigations, fourteen interrogations and multiple mini-games that help you, Poirot, solve the case. You won't want to turn away from this classic and compelling Agatha Christie™ tale!

Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile game full version features:

Labels: hidden object games, Puzzle