Casual Friday: Update for November 7 – 13, 2009

If you don’t like hidden object games, then you might want to skip this week’s edition of Casual Friday. Seriously, the whole update is pretty much hidden object games. Okay, there’s a new match-3 game, but other than that – all hidden object.

If you are okay with only hidden object goodness, then there are three new games waiting for you. You can explore Turkey and Babylon in Lost Realms: The Curse of Babylon, search Hollywood in HdO Adventure: Hollywood – The Director’s Cut or hunt for clues in Japan in Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders.

Also, sadly, no new Mac games this week. Let’s hope there’s something for all you Mac users next week!

This week’s best bet is: Lost Realms: The Curse of Babylon (PC)

Lost Realms: The Curse of Babylon
Genre: Puzzle (Hidden Object)
Availability: Big Fish Games, Harmonic Flow
Retail Price: $6.99
Platform: Windows XP and Vista
Premise: Alexia’s friend Ogan is falling victim to a debilitating family curse called the Curse of Babylon, and she must travel searching through temples to find a way to save him.
Demo Available: Yes

HdO Adventure: Hollywood – The Director’s Cut
Genre: Puzzle (Hidden Object)
Availability: Alawar Entertainment
Retail Price: $9.95
Platform: Windows
Premise: Start as an art director assistant, and find hidden objects and solve trivia questions to work your way up to director.
Demo Available: Yes

Treasures of the Serengeti
Genre: Puzzle (Match 3)
Availability: I-Play
Retail Price: $19.95
Platform: Windows XP, Vista, 7
Premise: You must help rebuild an African village which has fallen into ruin by playing through match-3 puzzles.
Demo Available: Yes

Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders
Genre: Puzzle (Hidden Object)
Availability: Big Fish Games, Harmonic Flow
Retail Price: $6.99
Platform: Windows XP and Vista
Premise: Soon after Richard and Irene Pemberton move to Japan, Richard is inexplicably found dead in his office. The authorities claim it was suicide, but its up to you to help Irene find the real reasons for his untimely demise.
Demo Available: Yes

Editor’s Note: Due to so many casual games sites offering game plans or preferred member prices, which can cause a game to have multiple price-points, the games’ average retail prices is mentioned in Casual Friday.

Site [Big Fish Games] Site [PlayFirst] Site [GameHouse] Site [eGames] Site [Alawar Games] Site [Amazon] Site [Reflexive Arcade] Site [Harmonic Flow]