Charles Girard's White Mountain Puzzles

 "Charlie Girard was born and bred in Rhode Island, where he still lives. Married with children, he plays guitar, collects stamp and baseball cards, and loves the ocean. In real life his job is in finance but his passion for puzzles, inherited from his mother, led him to us. He built so many puzzles that the ones he found on the market all seemed a little boring, with no one making the kind of puzzles he wanted to do - like collages! He created some images and emailed them to "pretty much" every puzzle company in the U.S. but didn't hear from anyone for six months, until White Mountain Puzzles made the brilliant decision to add his collage of beer labels which became our Cheers! At that time he also sent us Candy Wrappers, and the rest is history. Charlie has become one of our most popular puzzle designers ever with his seemingly endless supply of ideas and creativity."

I just found Charles Girard from the puzzles' collection. We have a little of each collage of the American city he created.  

Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergere

 A Bar at the Folies-Bergere is one among the most known of Manet's paintings and a lot have been written to explain numerous of it's aspects especially the reflection on the mirror that doesn't follow optical rules.

Speculations about the girl's gaze - it seems to me she is completely absented minded - is another topic. Is she staring at us? 

The bottles, the crowd...

Lately I just feel like watching at the paintings I like without analyzing

I wish I could be in front of the painting. I don't know why but I can't stop watching it.

Legend Online/Wartune: people wasting time and money in addictive game

I spent fourteen days playing this game. I survived!
Am I loosing my mind?
I met people who spent the whole day playing this game and they do nothing else. Yes, you did read it correctly: people spend the day playing the game and nothing else.

This is not the only game that is addictive and I wonder why people are not paying attention to this problem.

The game is extremely boring and you do nothing but collecting stones, cards and numerous stuffs to get power and raise the level.

I don't know what is being done to treat this addiction but there are families being destroyed because a family member is hypnotized looking at the screen collecting the items and repeating the same combats over and over again. Where is the pleasure? I don't know. And the whole thing is tricky making people search on YouTube how to solve a situation.

Some people pay a lot of money to get things quickly, I really mean "a lot" of money.
This is sad. Parents must pay attention to what their kids are doing but it is not only children who are addicted.

I just found a Korean company that developed subliminal messages to make addicts want to take a break. I don't know if it helps. The Telegraph has an article about the problem here.

Unfortunately games are not being used as a tool for education. In this game I played they created a very bizarre iconography. Nothing makes sense.

I also question why people has to have so many social networks accounts.
Missing Tic-Tac-Toe? Could you play it the whole day? (sarcasm off)

Level up!

Seinfeld's famous quotes games

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It is amazing how quickly I find the solution. Play it here.

Famous Simpsons's quotes game

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This is the one I liked the most. You can play it here.

An American in Paris: Leslie Caron and Gene Kelly love ballet

I took some shots of the video and did this puzzle. I love this ballet.

Playing Bingo online

I played three times this game that I used to play when I was a girl.
It is boring but I keep playing.

Language and Culture trivia

Quiz Show - Language Trivia from Andrew Jeppesen

Trivia questions related to the language and culture of France, Germany and Japan

I hope you have fun. Remember it is "trivia" but who knows when one has to know Kazakhstan capital for instance?
You're walking and someone appears with a mic and pop the question saying the correct answer
will have one million dollars.
Who knows? Stop being pessimist.

I liked "SlideShare". I'm doing something to share.

Checkers: patience

I've been playing those games we all know and used to play when we were children. I didn't have patience to think all the possible outcomes of one move and this is the most important factor in many games.

I'm noticing it now. We have a card game, a little bit bit like canasta, but it's a version that only Brazilians play.
I remember that the first round I did well. The second not that much and at the rest of the game, we played for hours, my mind was on something else.

Fortunately my partner was kind enough not to call me names or those other compliments we pay when we get tired of losing.

I declined learning chess because I refused to memorize all those moves. So checkers was the only possibility although I also didn't have patience for more than two or three rounds. I always lost and it happened very quickly. Today I played this one and it took me a while to win.
Patience is the answer.

Sandy's Hook School-shooting Hidden Objects: Obama parting with parents and Robbie Parker acting

This is my first hidden object game and as I had this picture I used it as trial. These women are the mothers of some of the children allegedly killed in Sandy Hook school. At The Daily Mail there are other pictures of the smiling people.

Take a look at the video below where  the actor Robbie Parker is talking and smiling to everybody and change to the crying father when the show begins. Quite a performance! This is spooky.

Addicted to hidden objects game

I did the "Hidden World of Art" again and got the first position.
What an accomplishment! I scored the first and the third place. Mom is very happy.

The good thing about this game is that while searching for objects the player immerses in the picture which gives an understandment of the objects and architecture of  the painting's period and also an appreciation of the oeuvre.

The living-room on the right is the result of the points that are used to buy each item.

As I said I didn't like the second version of the game  and I'm trying to find a good one. For free? Yes. A proof that I love searching for hidden stuffs. It is not easy to make a good game.

Free game on Art

Yesterday I spent the whole day playing this game.
I've just finished and downloaded the number two 'The Hidden World of Art 2".
It's a free game and I think it's interesting for those who want to get  in touch with paintings or for those who want to pass the time. You can download it here or choose other hidden games that has to do with something you like. Click the image to enlarge. Do you know who is the painter? Hmm... I'm on vacation. I need to take a time.

Update: December, 12
The second game is not as good as the first one. so I gave up. One one of things that is amazing about electronic games is that everything has to do with money.
This one is no exception and the reward was money to buy furniture for a house.

Update: December 24
I tried again the second version. The choice of paintings is not good and the items are so hard to find that it gets irritating.
I kept going to see if it would get better but the more I insisted the more stressed.
If you want to make someone hate art and paintings you found a way. Give this link and I assure you that going to museums or galleries will be the last thing s/he will want to do.
I don't like writing about things I don't admire. It was my fault insisting.
I'm still looking for good games. If you know something it would be of great help.

Hangman: I visited 188 countries

How I wish I had visited more countries but the truth is that I am still trying to recover but  it's
being difficult.
I played hangman today found 188 out of 194 countries. I missed Brazil. lol
What a waste of time but it's being hard to concentrate on anything.
Just wrote this post to be in touch
Love, Ana.

Bubble Shooter as a arrangement creator

This is the game from the post below.
I played a first time for real and after noticing that there are many beautiful colors and shapes I stopped playing the right way.

My goal was forming the most diverse forms of arrangements and as the levels change and new colors appear it was nice seeing them especially when listening to nice songs I have selected. (click the images to enlarge)

In the ocean chasing urchins

URCHIN MERCHANT

I  found this bubble shooter here and felt like sharing. It has many levels and new items appear while we
advance. It is not difficult and it's quite relaxing.
There is a "mute" button at the top or the game's screen if you get tired of the sound.
Description Urchin Merchant
Collect Sea Urchins by matching 3 of a kind. Control the game with the mouse.