Tiger Eye Curse Of The Riddle Box Review

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(More customer reviews)"Tiger Eye: Curse of the Riddle Box" is based on a novel by New York Times bestselling author Marjorie M. Liu. The cut scenes tell the story of Dela releasing an ancient warrior who was magically imprisoned in the riddle box, and the two them trying to escape assassins sent by the entity who had originally binded him.
The first time I played it, I watched through all of the cut scenes to enjoy the engaging story. On my numerous replays, I skip the cut scenes to get right to the puzzles.
The real strength of this game is in the puzzles. There are some hidden-object scenes which are nicely done and very much part of the storyline. Then there is a wonderful variety of mini-games -- creating words, decoding messages, unscrambling images, matching objects, forming patterns -- plus a "bejeweled" type of game you play when Dela needs to get a psychic reading from an object. (One of the puzzles, in which you need to put the pieces of a dragon image in their proper place by rotating by column or row, is a bit too challenging for me, I've never solved that one.)
Since I tried "Tiger Eye", I've downloaded and played a handful of other puzzle games and haven't found any with the variety and replay-value of this one.
The growing romantic relationship between Dela and the warrior might be a bit suggestive for children.
My only complaint is that this is Part I. The game ends with a preview of the story in Part II and I don't know when it will be out!

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Bestselling author Marjorie M. Liu wrote this game s script based on her own novel Tiger Eye. Two thousand years ago a powerful warrior was imprisoned inside a riddle box by an evil magi. Now the warrior s fate rests in your hands. In TigerEye Part 1 Curse of the Riddle Box by Tri Synergy you will experience more than 20 beautiful cut scenes accompanied by a film-quality custom soundtrack that brings the story to thrilling life. Search for hidden clues in an exotic Beijing marketplace and meet the mysterious old woman who sells you the riddle box. Discover the shocking 2000-year-old secret contained within.System Requirements:Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7.Pentium III 800 MHz or Faster.128MB RAM (256MB+ recommended).3D Video Card.DirectX Compatible Sound Card.Format: WIN 9598ME2000XPVISTAWIN 7/MAC X10.4.9 Genre:ENTERTAINMENT Rating:E Age:811002011426 UPC:811002011426 Manufacturer No:11426

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Always the Last to Know Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a very captivating story about love and friendship. The characters in the story are very likeable and it is easy to identify with them. I found it hard to put this book down because I was so excited to see what would happen next!

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Wearing a Maid of Honor dress that very well makes the South want to rise again, Jess Reynolds is prepared to walk down the aisle at her best friend's wedding.It's just that things keep getting in the way, like a sex-crazed coworker, an annoying brother-of-the-bride, and a handsome and horribly charming friend posing as the Best Man.As it turns out, Jess might just be the last one to know everything, including the workings of her own heart.

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The Gothic World of Anne Rice Review

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(More customer reviews)The gothic world of Annne Rice is an absolute must have for both fan of the gothic, vampirism or scholar. The anthology is A direct rout into the marvellous world behind the authour. Not only does it convey an unchartered depth of her literature, but is also A direct approach to A more academic criticsim. This book is of universal appeal because it charts A thought provoking desent through her key best sellers. For any reaserching vampirism especially, or just fasinated by this tallented writer this book is essential. It provides integral essays which traverse themes of anthrapology, in which is discussed how |Rice's characters assume A place in modern society, through to her more historical novels. But more invaluable are the essays which discuss her infamous vampire characters. In these essays is disclosed the intrinsic roots of vampirism and the gothic, linking back to writters of the Romantic epoch. They also provide A rich source of information, which deals with the more academic side of the gothic as well as A direct insight into the novels themselves. It is well researched, astute and perceptive. With Rice's work rapidly becoming recognised for its academic appel this book provides A critical idiom of her work and deserves A place on the shelf of any avid fan of the gothic, vampirism, or who is just enchanted by the pen of this literary sorceress.

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Directly and in considerable detail this anthology argues for the serious study of the literary oeuvre of Anne Rice, a major figure in popular literature today. This writer of gothic fiction attracts not only great general interest among readers but also much serious scholarly attention among those who recognize in her work evidence of sophisticated characterization and intricate plotting. Such readers find allusions in Rice's work to that of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, to Ann Radcliffe's gothic romances, such as The Mysteries of Udolpho, and to Bram Stoker's Dracula, as do such present-day authors as Clive Barker, Robert R. McCammon, and Stephen King. The essays in this volume assert that Rice goes far beyond the conventions of the formula to examine important contemporary social issues. Like a handful of authors working in the horror genre, Rice perceives in its otherwisepredictable narrative structures a way by which a larger, more interesting cultural mythology can be developed, as theeditors of this volume point out. In short, Rice may be said to search for philosophical truth, examining themes of good and evil, the influence on people and society of both nature and nurture, "the conflict and dependence of humanism and science," as one essayist states.

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