[OT]PC Game recommendation

Have nearly got the Christmas shopping done, but I'm stuck for a gift for my
mother.

I thought perhaps a computer game.

So, can anyone think of a game that has lots of problem solving, fairly
simple (if any) hand-eye coordination parts, and has repeatable playability.

My mother, like many of us, is a recovering Bubbels addict. She likes to
play Commander Keen and loved Lemmings when she could run it on her PC. She
even likes Carmen Sandiago believe it or not. So old games aren't a problem,
just as long as they are interesting!

No MMORGs, pls, as she doesn't have enough bandwidth for that sort of thing.

Anyone got any ideas?

Yowie

I have a few from POGO, and AOL, that are 'find the hidden
object' type games, with a puzzle to complete between rounds. I
really enjoy them...

my faves are
(from Pogo)
Big City Adventure San Francisco
Mystery Case Files Huntsville
Mystery Case Files Prime Suspect
Inspector Parker

and from AOL
Mystery PI the Lottery Ticket

they all cost about $20 and I just downloaded them from the site
and got the key code to allow unlimited play once I paid for
them.

Also Hoyle Card Games and/or Hoyle Board Games have given me
hours of fun.

Sara





"Yowie" wrote in message
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Have nearly got the Christmas shopping done, but I'm stuck for
a gift for my mother.

I thought perhaps a computer game.

So, can anyone think of a game that has lots of problem
solving, fairly simple (if any) hand-eye coordination parts,
and has repeatable playability.

My mother, like many of us, is a recovering Bubbels addict. She
likes to play Commander Keen and loved Lemmings when she could
run it on her PC. She even likes Carmen Sandiago believe it or
not. So old games aren't a problem, just as long as they are
interesting!

No MMORGs, pls, as she doesn't have enough bandwidth for that
sort of thing.

Anyone got any ideas?

Yowie

Yowie wrote:

Have nearly got the Christmas shopping done, but I'm stuck for a gift for my
mother.

I thought perhaps a computer game.

So, can anyone think of a game that has lots of problem solving, fairly
simple (if any) hand-eye coordination parts, and has repeatable playability.

Sudoku?

Joyce

Search for sokoban type games. Search
"Push boxes"
or
sokoban.

Easy to play, tough to solve.
Good fun!

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:01:26 +1100, "Yowie"
wrote:

Have nearly got the Christmas shopping done, but I'm stuck for a gift for my
mother.

I thought perhaps a computer game.

"Yowie" wrote in message
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Have nearly got the Christmas shopping done, but I'm stuck for a gift for
my mother.

I thought perhaps a computer game.

So, can anyone think of a game that has lots of problem solving, fairly
simple (if any) hand-eye coordination parts, and has repeatable
playability.

My mother, like many of us, is a recovering Bubbels addict. She likes to
play Commander Keen and loved Lemmings when she could run it on her PC.
She even likes Carmen Sandiago believe it or not. So old games aren't a
problem, just as long as they are interesting!

No MMORGs, pls, as she doesn't have enough bandwidth for that sort of
thing.

Anyone got any ideas?

Yowie


I've been playing a lot of Scrabble lately. Does she like Mah-Jonng?

pmendhall wrote:
What about Cubis or Bejeweled?

Diane

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Have nearly got the Christmas shopping done, but I'm stuck for a gift for
my
mother.

I thought perhaps a computer game.



I *love* Cubis. Another favorite of mine is Mariposa.

Ginger-lyn

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"Yowie" wrote in
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No MMORGs, pls, as she doesn't have enough bandwidth for that sort of
thing.

I tried to get my mom into WoW to give her a social outlet, but it didn't
take. As you say, not enough bandwidth. I don't think she has enough for
newsgroups, either. (General web browsing is beyond her; she can just
handle email.) But she might be able to handle IRC, if I can find a cat-
oriented IRC channel.

She does spend a lot of time playing Mahjong (comes with Vista, about the
only thing I like about the .0 release) and various slot machine games.

I'm curious: Are there any WoW players here?

For WoW lovers, here's a cat-oriented gateway page into WoWWiki:

http://www.wowwiki.com/Main_Page/MeoWWiki

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"Yowie" wrote in
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No MMORGs, pls, as she doesn't have enough bandwidth for that sort of
thing.

I tried to get my mom into WoW to give her a social outlet, but it didn't
take. As you say, not enough bandwidth. I don't think she has enough for
newsgroups, either. (General web browsing is beyond her; she can just
handle email.) But she might be able to handle IRC, if I can find a cat-
oriented IRC channel.

She does spend a lot of time playing Mahjong (comes with Vista, about the
only thing I like about the .0 release) and various slot machine games.

I'm curious: Are there any WoW players here?

For WoW lovers, here's a cat-oriented gateway page into WoWWiki:

http://www.wowwiki.com/Main_Page/MeoWWiki

We're a family of 3 WoW addicts - Cary has been able to play WoW since
before his 3rd birthday and is reasonably competant and playing both my
Druid (lvl 63, balance build) and Joel's rogue (lvl 70, I have no idea what
build). He does tend to like casting my treants just that little but much,
though.

We're all on the Eldre' Thalas server. Oddly, my druid is called....Yowie
:-)

Yowie

Yowie wrote:

We're a family of 3 WoW addicts - Cary has been able to play WoW since
before his 3rd birthday and is reasonably competant

OMG, you have a Baby Geek!!

Joyce

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Yowie wrote:

We're a family of 3 WoW addicts - Cary has been able to play WoW since
before his 3rd birthday and is reasonably competant

OMG, you have a Baby Geek!!

What else would you get if you crossed to geeks?

We're worried that he'll rebel and turn into a popular, fashionable, sports
nut :-)

Yowie