I did pretty well this Christmas. Lots of new kitchen stuff, [b][i]and even more[/i][/b] games that I need to play.

Brok The InvestiGator was a mixed bag of entertainment. Worth playing once. (If only it wasn't a game with tons of branching paths and endings...) Its shtick is that it combines a point and click adventure and an old school brawler. But it doesn't do those elements particularly well. In that the combat is fairly simple and a bit clunky. And some of its puzzles are borderline moon logic. (So it spent a lot of time rewarding you with hints. Of varying usefulness.) The best part is probably some of its amusing dialogue and the interrogation segments. But the story has a lot of "mystery box intrigue" and quite a handful of loose ends once you finish.

So when it recommended to find "the canon ending" by "letting the two children remain kidnapped by murderous thugs". I couldn't help but question the decision to punish me after succeeding in a section.

Next game on the list is something I already downloaded, Death's Gambit Afterlife. Also going into this one pretty blind. So we'll see where it ranks...