Chasing Dragonflies

Ugh, the inventory system for this game is a nightmare. You have one inventory screen and then a separate work screen. You'll have to toggle between the two if you want to combine items. It is so clumsy. It just slows everything down. I'll play more when I have more patience!

Pardon my mixed-gumshoe phrases, but: The Game Is Afoot! Someone has been murdered on the train. Someone had to be murdered, this is a murder mystery, after all. But which passenger on this packed train did it? Did the murderer get away? Most likely not, seeing as how the train has been stopped by an avalanche. Will you help Poirot solve the mystery, and save your job, before the snow plows and police arrive? I would continue playing, but it's so darn hot here in Cambridge. I'm looking at the snow in the screenshots with envy!

Well, this is the reason why I changed the name of my blog to "Nellie's Adventures In Gaming" and not "Adventures In Adventure Gaming." I still love adventure games, but I enjoy playing all types of games, yes, even first-person shooters. Although, I've stopped playing Grand Theft Auto IV, because I found it to be fairly boring and because I couldn't get past the disgusting misogyny, not to mention the misanthropy, of the game. Last night, I finished playing The Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the DS . Fantastic game. Mostly an RPG, with some puzzle elements, Phantom Hourglass allows you to use all parts of the DS to interact and play through the Zelda universe. You'll have to shout or blow through the microphone to scare off monsters. Instead of pushing buttons to move your character through the game, you touch your stylus to the screen in the direction you want to move. This strange move becomes second nature after a few minutes of playing....