The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes - a review

I'm playing the game on a MAC, but I'm sure it's the same for a regular PC as well.
The game is not what I originally expected. I thought it was something like 7th Guest (which I loved) with puzzles to solve as well as character play. But it's more like a combination of I Spy and a Photo Hunt game.
There are about 16 cases to solve, each case is given a time limit of no less than 25 minutes. The cases get "harder" to solve as you go along. It's not so much an increase in difficulty as it is an increase in the number of puzzles you need to "solve" the cases. Unfortunately there's no real thought involved in most of the puzzles and there's no logic used to find the culprits. It's mostly finding hidden objects or identifying differences.
If you like The Mystery Case Files games, you'll like this Sherlock Holmes game, it's very similar.
Since it's not the game I expected I'm a little disappointed with it, but it's kind of fun. You can also skip the corny dialogue which is a nice plus.

Video Game Quality Time for Couples

I like videos games. I really do. But I'm more of a PC RPG or Puzzle game person, than a First Person Shooter or other games like that. Once in a while it's cool, I've played Halo with my Fiance to help him get those dumb achievements on XBox (which, by the way, are just some thing some stupid guy thought up to get you to think the game is worth all of that money you spent because you have to keep playing it over and over in order to get all of the damn achievements, for the most part the achievements are pretty stupid and you would probably have done those things anyway). And it can be fun, but I'm really no good at those kinds of games. He gets frustrated because I don't always know which direction we're supposed to be going. I mean, I've never played the damn game before, how am I supposed to know exactly which route to take.
I do like the Lego games, though. Those are cute and really fun to play. But again, if I finish a game, I don't want to go back through the entire thing with a different character just to get the extras. For some reason though, I've never minded replaying one of my old PC games with a new character, but that was usually because if you chose a different character, like a wizard instead of a warrior the game experience was actually very different. You had different quests and different endings and stuff, it wasn't going through the exact same game with a different person or level.
But, as bad as I am at his games, my Fiance always wants me to play them with him. It's kind of weird, but nice at the same time. Video games are one of his favorite things, and he wants to share that time with me. I know some girls hate video games and they spend so much time trying to get their guys to stop playing them and spend quality time together doing other more important, grown-up things. But, honestly, I think you should be glad if your guy wants to share his video game time with you. Not all guys do. Even if you don't like or know how to play, just bring that fashion magazine to the sofa and flip through it while he's playing a game. You wanted to read that magazine anyway.
What's the point in trying to stop your guy from playing video games? You can't make the claim that it's juvenile anymore, the largest video game audience is adult males, not children. And honestly, I'd rather have my guy home playing video games and chatting online with is buddies, then out doing who-knows-what with who-knows-who.
So the next time you start complaining about his video games, think about all of the things you've dragged him out to do with you that he didn't want to do (yes, those shopping trips count) and cut him some slack.
If sitting on the couch isn't spending quality time together then what is? Who knows, you may even start to appreciate the games too.

My First Blog

So, I'm entering this blogging a little late in the game, but I think it will be fun.

A few things about myself, I am currently engaged and in the midst of planning my wedding, so you can expect that to be a major focus in my blogs.

I'm a major Buffy fan and lover of all things Whedon, looking forward to his upcoming project, Dollhouse, which will star Eliza Dushku.

I love to read, especially Fantasy books, and I am very much into movies, comics, and video games.

I work for a major retailer, as a Planner, which basically means I decide how much of a product is delivered to the stores each week.

I'm also majorly into fashion and design, hence the FemGeek title. Because, while I am a serious geek, I'm still pretty and girlie.

My plan for my blog is to review books and movies, and maybe some of the games I play.
I also plan to put some major focus on new comic books and webcomics, as well as report on any insider info I get about the comic industry.
I am hoping to develop my writing skills enough to help turn this into more than just a hobby.
Hopefully you will find my writing engaging and interesting.
Eventually a video blog will most likely be the next step, after I've become comfortable with telling the world my thoughts and opinions.

Please feel free to reply to my thoughts and give me any feedback you think is helpful or whatever.