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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Codeman First Escape

Written by: TooCule

Walkthrough -

NOTE: Some of these steps may not be necessary for you personally

Wake up
Go to bathroom
Get back in bed, but prop up with extra pillow
Put laptop on lap and turn it on
While waiting for computer to boot up, wish you had Windows 7 instead of XP
Pick a browser (I like Google Chrome)
From bookmark list, select Escape Games 24
Scroll down the list of new games
Note that Codeman's First Escape is described as "very easy"
Think to yourself "Maybe this is a game I can do without any help - for a change"
Select the game
Go to the bookcase
Click on the book on bottom shelf where cursor changes to a hand
Push the button
Go back to first screen and see the exposed safe
Enter password (bugsbunny)
Take the hammer and break the fishbowl
Use the key on the doorknob to escape the room
Write walkthrough for gamers who are as mentally challenged as I am
Realize that having the laptop on your bladder is making you want to go to the bathroom again
Post walkthrough so that you can move on with your life

Many thanks to those who do post hints, clues, and walkthroughs for real

29/8/10 15:55

Saturday, August 28, 2010

EGL Piano Room Escape

Written by: mgkanda

Thanks to @Edgar for another great walkthrough! I thought I'd add a little just to help get around some of the glitches.

BUG-THROUGH:

1) Refer to above walkthrough until you have both drumsticks.
2) Pull the one on the right in inventory to the one on the left. See that they won't stick together.
3) Restart the game.
4) Repeat steps 1,2, and 3 as necessary until they stick and refer to the WT above to continue until you get the match.
5) The match won't light. Repeat step 3.
6) After repeating step 3 several times, realize that you have restarted for the sole purpose of lighting the match now and forgot steps 1 & 2 and your drumsticks don't work.
7) Bang your head against your desk, table, or the nearest wall three times.
8) Repeat step 4.
9) Repeat step 5.
10) Repeat steps 6 and 7.
11) Repeat step 7.
12) Repeat step 7
13) Repeat 7
14) 7
15) 7
16) Click the little red X in the corner of the screen, have some Advil with a beer chaser as now you have a screaming headache and...OUT!


Great job, escapers! You did it! XD

28/8/10 17:48

Alibaba 40 Thieves - Minoto

Written by: small-tool, For zoz from all of us and zoz

small-tool
The most fun for me is reading the descriptions from Minoto.
Sometimes they are almost some kind of poem;

Scissors. It is sharp,
Hammer. It is strong.
Key. It is key,
Doll. It is a small size.

Safety helmet. It decouples,
Crowbar. It's construction tool.
Glue. The lid is blocked,
It is not possible to use.

Big coin. It is poriferous,
Small clothes. It's a little gorgeous,
100% juice that seems to be delicious.

Santa. It traveled and the Reindeer... It traveled with Santa,
Ali Baba took out the treasure from among the cave,
It borrowed the power of Santa and it distributed it to everyone in town
27/8/10 09:47


For Zoz from all of us
“ Zoz is always there”

At the tune of “love is in the air” by John Paul Young

Zoz is always there
when a Minoto comes out
Zoz is always there
and she makes us laughing loud

Now we don´t know if she really ment it
we don´t know, it came as a surprise
when she said that she maybe gives up now
writing "singalongs" always so nice

Zoz is always there
you name it , she has every song
Zoz is always there
and then Minoto can be done

We all think that you might need a break now
and come back maybe once in a while
because you are the one we believe in
you and Minoto you gives us a smile

(Chorus)
Zoz is always there
Zoz is always there
oh oh oh
oh oh oh

Zoz is always there
when a new Minoto comes out
Zoz is always there
and she makes us laughing loud

What we do know and we like to thank you
is that you give us a really good time
with your songs and your words and your talent
every Friday and always on time

Zoz is always there
every week she is around
Zoz is always there
where Minoto can be found

We all know that it sounds a bit foolish
but Minoto now won´t be the same
´cause your talent was one of the reasons
for all of us playing that game

(Repeat Chorus 4X)
27/8/10 11:12

For Zoz from all of us
Click here for the love is in the air karaoke version
27/8/10 11:12

zoz
WOWOWOW!!! I think that's the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me! Thank you thank you thank you (whoever you are) !
27/8/10 18:29

zoz
I Couldn't Help Myself
here is a small thank you to you all and a small tribute to Minoto!

To the tune of Carole King's "You Just Call Out My Name"

When I’m down and troubled
And I need some loving care
And nothing, nothing is going right
I’ll close my eyes and think of you
And soon you’ll all be here
To brighten up even my darkest night

I’ll just call out your names
And you know wherever I am
All your kind words will be here again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All I have to do is call
And you'll be there
I've got great friends

Ain't it good to know Minoto is here
When some games can be so cold
They'll use you, give bad clues to you
And make you nuts if you let them
Oh, no but don't you let them

You just play Minoto
And you know wherever you go
Those Minotoans will greet you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And they'll be there
We've got great friends
28/8/10 01:08

Ellie
Click here for the You Just Call Out My Name karaoke version
28/8/10 01:35

Password Only Escape

george
ROFL...verryyyyyy short game...
20/8/10 16:24

Zazie
I only understand ??????
20/8/10 16:29

bet
ha ha stuck already, can't do a thing, hope some one comes here- help!!
20/8/10 16:29

george
Big hint...
just click on the door at the bottom right
20/8/10 16:30

SwissMiss
OK - who is writing the Walkthrough for this one???

20/8/10 16:35

Daphne
WALKTHROUGH

Look at pictures on wall. See top one has a four digit number on it. Try it on all three places. No. Try it on door. No.

Look at cactus. See price. could this be a code?
No

Look all over for another view, even up.

Wonder why someone would want to eat a blue bird

Check out comments page.

Click right side of door and go OUT of cat flap.

Feel completely silly.

20/8/10 16:45

Ellie
Lol @Daphne!


@SwissMiss, I think there could be a whole lot of different WT's for this one lol.
I'll provide the shorter version (thanks @george)!

WALKTHROUGH
-Find the hotspot in the lower right part of the door (a bit up and in).
-Click there and click again on the opening to escape!
20/8/10 16:48

SwissMiss
CAT-THROUGH

So many numbers and so many places to put them in!!

do it the easy way like any cat

- USE THE CATFLAP -

20/8/10 17:07

Ellie
Click for an: IMAGETHROUGH.
20/8/10 19:25

Full
Password Only Escape Video Walkthrough

Goose Gold - Minoto

Written by: zoz

Full
Zoz, if you´re here: A Minoto "sing-along" at the tune of "Bohemian Raphsody" from Queen would be fanstastic. ( only if you do requests ofcourse )
20/8/10 16:01

zoz
Minotemian Rhapsody
for Full ;oD
@Full, maybe you or Ellie can post a link to a karaoke???


Is this Minoto?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in this Goose Gold
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look in the first scene and see
He’s just a poor hog (Poor hog)
He needs our sympathy
Because he digs a hole fast (not slow)
Little high, little low
Any way the wind blows
Doesn't really matter to me, to me

Mama, just found some clay
Clay that has viscosity
There beside the orange tree
Mama, the game has just begun
And now the potter’s thrown a jar of clay
Mama, ooh
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I grill it up at high temperature
Carry it, carry it as if nothing really matters

Octopus come with me
It was playing in a tree
Now it’s swimming in the sea
Goodbye, wooden boat
You’ve got to go
Gotta leave the boat behind and take the ax
Mama, oooooooh (Good sharpness on that ax!)
I don't want to roam
Aimlessly in this land of Minoto

[Guitar Solo]

I take the ax and chop a little tree
Scaramouch, Golden Goose, will you do the Fandango
Little girl is juggling fish it’s very frightening me

(Oh, Minoto) Oh, Minoto (Oh, Minoto) Oh, Minoto, Oh, Minoto Figaro
Magnifico-o-o-o-o
Then we find Miami Mom, she’s juggling fish, too
And Uncle Combover joins the family
All bonded to the Goose eternally

Easy come, easy go, will you us go?
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go
Let them go
Bismillah! We will not let you go
Let them go
Bismillah! We will not let you go
Let them go (Will not let you go)
Let them go (Will not let you go) (Never, never, never, never)
Let them go, o, o, o, o
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Oh mama mia, mama mia) Mama Mia, let us go
Minoto’s making a strong bridge out of us three, us three, us three!
Soldier boy who was guard in a castle can run
To the place where the hog has been having his fun
Oh, baby, can't run me away, baby
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here

[Guitar Solo]
(Oooh yeah, Oooh yeah)

Foxy grills a kabob
Which the Panda eats
Skewer opens castle
Little princess leaves and is free

And so goes Minoto…
20/8/10 19:58


Ellie
Ahhh! And Minoto is like it should be with a Song Through from zoz :D Thank you once again! Amazing work as always!
Click here for a Minotemian Rhapsody karaoke link.
20/8/10 20:06

Truus
@zoz, wow, I'm speechless, just amazing.......!!
20/8/10 20:07

slartismum
Brilliant!
20/8/10 20:09

Full
ZOZ!!! i love you, thank you so very very much!
You really left me speachless here, just as Truus.
Wonderfull, splendid, i feel very honored. i actually ment it as a joke because this song is long and complicated to just add another text like that, but you did......!!!
You have a LÓÓÓÓt of talent.Thanks again :-)
20/8/10 20:16

Zoe
My GOODNESS zoz!! You are truly amazing! Nothing else to say :)
20/8/10 20:18

Full
Thanks again Zoz, i really don´t know what to say...
Thank you too Ellie for that nice piano/karaoke version :-)
20/8/10 20:27

Rambler
Brilliant stuff Lady zoz : )))
20/8/10 20:29

vivimim
oh. my. god. zoz DID it. i'm at work and i had a burst of laugh, my colleagues are staring at me like i'm crazy! zoz, you're a genius. GENIUS!!!
20/8/10 20:49

Zoe
@Full - You would know, of course, that zoz would take your "joke" seriously. Look what fun you both caused! I love this - both the game and the comments/Songthrough. Gives joy to an otherwise drab Friday!!!!
20/8/10 20:56

annaby
@zoz - you're just amazing!
20/8/10 22:58

carrieg
Love it Zoz!!!!!!!!!!
20/8/10 23:52

zoz
I have been thinking lately of "retiring" from Minoto-Throughs, but I couldn't resist the challenge from @Full. If I made just one person smile, then I'm happy! Thanks for all of your kind words <3>
21/8/10 00:20

Meg
I know I'm very late commenting, but I love Minoto! Great game as always :) @zoz, you can never retire from Minoto-Throughs! Your sing-along walkthroughs are as good as the game itself! It wouldn't be the same without you! For the sake of all Minoto lovers, keep it up! :)
21/8/10 02:24


annaby
@zoz - we will all understand if you retire. I don't know how you do this every week AND keep making each one better than the last. I know I would feel pretty pressured by the expectations. So take a break at least. You deserve it. Thank you for all the smiles you've given us.
21/8/10 13:09

Zoe
zoz - I have mixed feelings about your retiring! I agree with both Meg and annaby! I believe you must feel pressure from us, too, and that must be taxing. However, the selfish side of me says "oh no - no more zoz-throughs? What are we going to do without them?" You have made many people do more than just smile! I laughed so hard as I sang along to your song-throughs and other things you've written! You are a very clever, talanted person!
21/8/10 13:18

DonnaLou
Zoz - if you're EVER going to retire from Minoto Songsthrough, this has to be your swan song (golden goose song??). We, being human-type people and all, simply cannot be satisfied with mere brilliance - we want more. Always. Thank you for making Minotos so much more than they even are! And Gongtats, forever!
21/8/10 16:50

Edgar
Finally able to play Minoto, but glad I saved it to have tasted it as long as I wanted, as many times as I could. @zoz... what to say? A short break maybe? Perhaps a very tiny one? Well, I wouldn't like you to retire from them for good. You're blessed and talented, and we all are very lucky to have you. I love you!
22/8/10 05:38

kitkatfox
ah zoz. It won't be the same without your fantastic songs, but we all can understand how it would overwhelm you to make them every week. How about just cutting down to one a month or so? if you do retire, be sure to sell your greatest hits CD ;)
22/8/10 06:12

MaryD
Ah @Zoz - another masterpiece! I actually sang along with it LOL. Mystified the rest of the office. (And horrified them too as I have no singing voice) I can see that the weight of expectation might be stressful - but please, please don't retire absolutely from sing-along-a-minoto - just the occasional one would be a huge favour to all us fans!
23/8/10 10:16

Mayakashi - Escape from the Deception Room

Written by: irishenigma

small-tool
Silly game, but a nice touch; All those numbers and a code pad and all you had to do is get the key.
19/8/10 18:09

Ellie
Haha... out thanks to Feline!!


WALKTHROUGH
- Click once inside the game (to make it active).
- Press your right arrow key on your keyboard and hold it down to move right.
- Find a key in the right corner and click on it.
- Click on the door twice.
Out!
19/8/10 21:16

MaryD
ROFL! I thought ah! a Strawberry Cafe game and went and got a cup of coffee to sit down and concentrate with ...
Oh well. At least my coffee didn't have time to go cold.
20/8/10 10:27

irishenigma
PRETEND WALKTHROUGH aka NONSENSICAL MUSINGS

Here you are...standing in a solitary room staring at a door that your amazing powers of observation conclude is the only way out of this little room cluttered with colorful digits; yes, okay...you didn't need that last shot of Petron but...feeling rather clever not to mention invicible...you tossed your head, inhaled that double shot the bartender thought would be hilarious to watch you drink, and finished your brazen display of alcoholic prowess with a lime....

OH THE PAIN...familiar feeling....too much to drink, don't know which end is up...all points doubtful at this juncture....*groan* All these numbers...screwdriver lying around maybe...*just need gin and ... oh, no...wait...must think functional now*...! *my tongue is growing fur....*

Through the tequila-induced haze I realize I am able to hone in on the cyan numbers to my left...maybe I know more than I think I know *what?*...upon closer inspection the number is *2258*...oh well who needs a screwdriver! Rushing to the door I zoom in on the keypad and type *2258*, then press the little button...oh the noise...why is it so loud? Furthermore...why am I still in this room....oh help! How did I get in here again????

Wait...shut the door *oops...wrong expression* but ...little pink arrow pointing that way....*that way=right* No time to waste so pressing the right-hand arrow on my convenient, handheld keyboard *amazing how these handy little items just *pop* up...ahem*...slowly, my eyes uncross and a lone, shiney object emerges ....YES!!! What yonder lies on cold, dank floor....hark, a key! How bizarre...my feet refuse to move any further but suddenly, I have the superb ability to stretch my arms half-way across the room and open the door....*you will never solve the door code*, they said; *you will need to know quantum physics* they said...blah blah blah...miscreants and heathens!I stumbled out of the door to a cacophony of wild hoots and howls...

I would get even but... *falls down on the ground* ...
21/8/10 10:15

Monday, August 23, 2010

Critical Escape - Almost Famous Through

Written by: zoz

Almost Famous Through

- Begin, as you always do, by clicking on everything that is conceivably click-able
- RRRRRTT! Put on the brakes HARD when you see KitKatFox on the computer screen. Whaa? Has ourbeloved kkf morphed into the ether where she exists inside this game? We've got to solve this!
- Look at all the numbers. Thousands of numbers. Zillions of numbers. But, we are intrepid gamers, and When A Problem Comes Along, We Must Whip It.
- OK, sometimes the way we Whip It is a little lame. For example, some may, oh, I don't know, go to the Comments and see if anyone else has come up with a code???
- Bless you @sales! The code for the second drawer is

SPOILER154231SPOILER

- Damn, it didn't work! Maybe we have to actually see the code before it works. Well, all right, if you want to be that way about it.
- Look at all the numbers you can find. Knit your brow as if deep in thought. Pause a moment to contemplate. Then go back to the second drawer and enter the code. Voila! It worked!
- So now we have a Blue Book with a lot of nonsense about a "Detective Fiction Code" and a bunch of (you guessed it!) meaningless numbers.
- Back to the Comments!
- Yay @annaby for

SPOILER21757SPOILER

opens bottom left cabinet." Way to go, @annaby!

- Hmmm, File 82. I wonder if this is anything like Area 51? Oh, well, have a look.
- O.M.G.! There in black and white is Me! Amongst all the greats, it's little ole' me! OK, not ALL the greats, there are quite a few missing. But who cares? There's ME!
- After an hour or so of staring at my name in lights, it's time to wander back to the Comments box (just to see if I can offer any help, mind you)
- And there again is @sales with "her name is Catherine Coulter". This actually turns out to be fairly meaningless, but I'm sure Catherine Coulter is happy for the publicity (and @sales is to be congratulated for the excellent detective work).
- And @TC says "and the code is the aphabet numbered backwards". Ok @TC, if you say so (what on earth is TC talking about?)
@TC also advises us to "Get computer password from file number 17 in cupboard 2 - use hint from note on wall for the code for the cupboard door".
- Whatever. For now, I'll just go gaze at my name in a book. On the web. At a site hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people visit every day!
- Oh, right, the game. Back to the game.
- Now let's all work on the "birthdays +112" hint.
- OK, keep working.
- Work harder, @everyone, I'm not getting any younger here!
[Aside: now it seems we've got a couple of whiners in @loz xxx and @SwissMiss. Waaa, waaa, waaa. Get over it! Some of us have fame while others can only aspire to fame, see? Don't take it hard, it's just the way of the world]
- Almost forgot about the game there for a minute! I'll get behind if I don't keep up with my cheati, erm, monitoring of comments.
19/8/10 02:44

- OK, there's a lot of banter back and forth about codes and such (BO-ring) and eventually it's possible to chea, erm, pro- gress to the point where everyone is almost (but not quite) out.
- I'll spare you the boring details (just a lot of code solving and mental calesthenics and such, with hardly anything about ME ), but here's how to move along (thanks to @TC, @SwissMiss, @Peke, and others):

Enter the 112 + Birthdays code in cupboard 2. It is not any combination of birthdays from File 82 (which, btw, mentions ME), but instead it is the number 112 followed by a birthday.

SPOILER1122092009SPOILER

Now you have File 17, which contains the pw for KitKatFox on the computer. (OK, it's not ME)

SPOILERESCAPERSPOILER

This takes you to Power System, which requires another pw. And here's where @SwissMiss really shines: "dialed 543 (power) on the phone and got "out of office 627542" on the display". So enter that code (but only after you have seen the page on the desk with the power code and dialed 543, etc.) and get four more folders, including one labeled "Connection". Oh, I can do that one myself!!! Look at the sheet on the wall and find the code next to Connection and enter it in the computer.

SPOILER14SPOILER

- Now you see a screen with "Restart" and "Off/On" buttons at the bottom. But which to choose? Hah! The joke's on you, they are both meaningless! All those codes we had to solve to get here? Meaningless! Although you probably can't leave the room without having gotten to this point, but I have to ask, "Why?"

- Anyway, now is the time when we all got tired and wandered away one by one, leaving @Peke to get us all out by finding that "Last door code was something like 2427272525272724 or something." It wasn't just "something like" that number, @Peke, it was That Number!!!
You got us all out!

Ah, well. in the immortal words of @annaby, "pfft - fame isn't what it's cracked up to be!
19/8/10 02:46

Big Turnip - Minoto

Written by: zoz and Zennor

zoz

WE NEED MINOTO, SO BRING IT ON!


W here, oh, where is Minoto today?
E scape gamers from near and far want to play!

N ever before have we waited so long!
E veryone’s trying so hard to be strong…
E ach avid player is doing her best.
D o you suppose that this is really a test?

M aybe they’re trying to see how we do
I n cases of hardship and misery, too.
N o, that’s not what’s happening at this dark hour.
O ur avid devotion will give us all power
T o endure this trauma, to wait for the shouts
O f “Method of one”, “That was great!”, and “I’m OUT!”

S o bring on the Pandas who eat everything
O ur Bunnies who hop, and our Birdies who sing

B e kind, oh, Great Gamer, up there in the sky
R emember us all who are anxious to try
I mprobably strange situations to solve.
N o Miami Mother will quell our resolve!
G et Bread Girl and Boyfriend and even the Snake
I bet even Uncle Combover would make
T he effort to open our eyes to the rest

O f the odd world of puzzles, conundrums, and tests.
N o there’s simply no question, Minoto’s the BEST!

15/8/10 06:34

Zennor

Oompa Loompa MINOTO!

Oompa Loompa doompadee doo
We've got another MINOTO to do
Oompa Loompa doompadah dee
Lets get started what will it be?


If you pull up the plant then what will be found?
A great big turnip and the panda underground?
The panda loves to eat no doubt about that!
If he eats all that he'll get fat!

Time for panda's exercise!

Oompa Loompa Doompadee Dah
If you play Minoto you will go far
You will live in happiness too
Like the Oompa
Oompa Loompa Minoto's do!

15/8/10 07:13

Dassyutu 39 - Fearfull Escape

(This game got more than 200 great comments before it was solved. I can't put them all here, but it's worth going to the game for a nice time of reading them.)

Written by: Trisana

The I-can't-believe-I-spent-so-much-time-on-this-through.

Poke around. Click everything. notice the only thing anything will say is "こわい" in some form.

Chat with everyone else who's stuck for hours, have Ellie give everyone a solvable (in English) riddle. Laugh about how many comments there are for a game that you can't do anything in. Wonder if it's bugged, or if they forgot navigation arrows. Look at other sites using bablefish or google translator, notice that either others are stuck or they say it's a 10-second escape.

Have Xenon come in and explain that "" is another way to say "," or little/small, and that "わ" is pronounced "why" (y). realize that it is a one letter answer you could have brute forced HOURS ago, and that you learned something new today. Enter SPOILERSySPOILERS (case DOES matter), and click on the door.

YAY! You're out! Because Xe is AMAZING! :D


14/8/10 06:48

Lost Alphanumbers

Written by: small-tool

WALKTHROUGH

- Click inside the gamescreen.
- Click TAB and a yellow box appears.
- Click there with the mouse.
- Keep repeating this till the level is done.
- Do the same with the next 4 levels and you're done.
- Congrats
13/8/10 18:45

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Three Bears - Minoto

Written by: small-tool and zoz

small-tool
nokra is asking for more.
Well here is one more;

TRYING-TO-BE-FUNNY-BUT-MISERABLY-FAILING-SO-BETTER-WAIT-FOR-ZOZ-WALKTHROUGH

In the opening scene we see a silly spoiled brat sitting in the house of the three bears. A PACKAGE is on the floor, let's take it RIGHT away.
In the next scene; An empty bedroom and a TEST TUBE on the floor, let's take it RIGHT away.
Followed by a scene with a matchstick girl, an energizer bunny and a SHELL on the ground, let's take it RIGHT away.
Then the last scene (no more money for more sceneries); A stuck critter on an island and a PENCIL SHARPENER and a SHELL on the ground, let's take it. Let's turn on the tap and then fill the test tube so it's a TEST TUBE WITH WATER, but the critter is LEFT there.
Let's open that freezer and freeze the water in our tube so it's a STICK OF ICE. The energizer bunny is LEFT there and the matchstick girl is LEFT there too.
The STICK OF ICE goes into the PENCIL SHARPENER to make POWDER OF ICE that we feed to the spoiled brat so she becomes hyper and runs away. And that's our chance to take the GAS CYLINDER. That was the RIGHT thing to do, RIGHT ? yes.
The energizer bunny makes a lot of fuzz but gets nothing done, so we use the GAS on the GRASS. That works and now we can take the SCISSORS and finally open that PACKAGE to get a BELL. Meanwhile the bunny has LEFT and the spoiled brat fell asleep on the bed. Let's wake her just for fun. So hang the BELL on the stand and ring it. Well, that created a lot of activity but in the end taking the THIRD SHELL is all that's LEFT to do.
The wall looks like it can use some SHELLS so why not hang them there and maybe, just maybe, a mouse will come out of the floor if we click the crack in that floor. And yes it does, but who cares about that mouse because there is also every escapers dream object; a SCREWDRIVER to take. That's far more important, RIGHT ? RIGHT !
Now that we have a SCREWDRIVER taking away the WHEEL from the wagon of that matchstick girl seems the RIGHT thing to do.
But it's just a wheel, let's throw it in the water and poke it once. Well it moves that's all. Let's poke that pink one once as well. Ok it moves too, so what, that's no fun. Let's poke that critter and yes finally some action. It runs to the beach so we can catch that CRITTER. But now it seems there's nothing LEFT to do here anymore. No nothing LEFT to do here.
Let's see if the CRITTER get's eaten by the snake when we give it to her. Well, that was unexpected. The snake is scared, the spoiled brat goes through to the chimney and then... strangely enough the bears help her back on her feet while that juvenile delinquent broke into their house, ate all their food, slept in their beds and did who knows what criminal things more.
Well, we knew it before, it only could end like this, because there is always only one method end.

8/8/10 01:27

zoz
MinotOZ

Somewhere over the rainbow
I will go,
To a land that I heard of
The land of Minoto.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.

Someday I'll play a game online
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.

Where troubles melt like lemon drops
And Three Bears pause for photo-ops
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Test tubes freeze.
And Miami Mom Blesses You
Whenever you sneeze.

Frozen water from test tube
Can be laid
Into the sharpener so
Ice Cream can then be made


I'll pick up sea-shells one - two - three
And put them on the wall where the
Girl's waiting

I'll put the ice cream in her cup
And watch her as she eats it up
And starts somnambulating

Wake the blue mouse from sleeping
So he can
Grab the pink Screwdriver
and place it into our hand

Then a plethora of events unfolds
Herpestidae aka mongooses
Show us they're bold

The mongoose kills the Freudian Snake
And that's about all that it takes
The Girl goes

Up the chimney and then she falls
To earth where she's greeted by all
Her Bear Amigos

Somewhere over Minoto
Bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over Minoto.
Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly
Around Minoto
Why, oh why can't I?

apologies to Harold Arlen (music) and Yip Harburg (lyrics) and also to all the munchkins and the Scarecrow and the TinMan and the Cowardly Lion and, of course, Dorothy and Toto, too!
8/8/10 08:24

Click here for a karaoke version of the song.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Mayan Escape

Written by: nokra

A VERY quick hint-through!

find stuff
use found stuff to get other stuff
move things to activate puzzles
solve puzzles
use solved puzzled to open door
use found thing to keep it open
remember how to count in Mayan

And if all else fails look closely at all the clues as the answers are ALL there!

Great game everyone!!!
30/7/10 15:53

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

Written by: zoz

Ladeez and Gentlemen, Welcome to
Minoto’s Got Talent!!!

“First, let’s meet the judges –
On the left we have Mr. Panda!”
S’up dawg? Call me Pandy, man
“OOOOkaaay! Next up is everybody’s favorite: Miami Mom!”
Hello, hello. I just want to say that was a really good performance, and…
“Um, @Miami Mom, no one has performed yet.”
Oh, ok. Nevermind.
“And last, but not least [the crowd boos], it’s Uncle Combover!”
[Uncle Combover gives the crowd a Queen Mum wave – elbow, elbow, wrist, wrist]

“We have a packed show so let’s get right to the talent!
First up is Aladdin with the Snakes!”
[Aladdin Sane by David Bowie plays in the background:

Who will love Aladdin Sane
Uh hu hu uh hu hu, you’ll make it…

camera goes back to MC]
“I understand that performance was a bit premature as all of the props aren’t available yet, so we’ll come back to Aladdin at the end of the show. I’ll just take this melting candy someone left onstage.
Moving right along, help me welcome, Mr. Rabbit!”
[a hopping rabbit comes onstage to the cheers of the crowd. In the background, At the Hop by Sha Na Na plays:

Well, you can rock it you can roll it
You can slop and you can stroll it at the hop…]

“Thank you Mr. Rabbit! Judges?”
Pandy: Yo, dude! That was hot!
Miami Mom: I just want to say you look so cute tonight! You did kind of look like you had to go the bathroom, though (tee hee).
Uncle Combover: Well. That was perfectly adequate. However, I’ve seen performances of similar quality at Bunny Mitzvahs

[the crowd boos; Uncle Combover smiles.]
“After the break, Magic Mouse!” [the MC picks up a spool of thread someone left onstage]

commercial break

“And we’re back! Here’s Magic Mouse!”
[the camera cuts to Magic Mouse at a sewing machine, with the spool of thread, as he sews a beautiful carpet. In the background, “Magic Carpet Ride” by Steppenwolf plays:

I like to dream yes, yes, right between my sound machine

On a cloud of sound I drift in the night

Any place it goes is right

Goes far, flies near, to the stars away from here]

“Well @judges, what do you think?”
Pandy: Yo, dude! That was hot!
Miami Mom: that was just beautiful! It was almost like you were using thread to weave something magical! Like there was a mystic force, or something!

“Um, Miami, that’s what Magic Mouse did. He wove a Magic Carpet”
Miami Mom: Oh, ok. Nevermind!
Uncle Combover: I just have to say that was the best performance so far tonight. Of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean it was good

[the crowd boos, as we cut to commercial, but not before the MC steps across the carpet to pick up a hammer someone has left onstage]

[commercial break]
30/7/10 23:19

“And we’re back! Everyone put your hands together for Fluttering Uncle Schnozz!”
[we see an old man with a huge nose using leaves to flutter in the air above what looks like a bed of nails. The crowd gasps, “Ooooh!” But, cue music - Hammer Time by M C Hammer:

You can’t touch this!
You can’t touch this!
You can’t touch this!
You can’t touch this!
You can’t touch this!
Break it down
Stop, Hammer time

The old man grabs the hammer and pounds down the nails, and then floats harmlessly to the ground as the crowd cheers, “Raaaahhh!”]

“Let’s hear it for Uncle Schnozz, Fluttering no more!”
[the MC stoops to pick up the wooden footwear known as Geta that Uncle Schnozz left onstage]
“Judges, we’re running out of time, so make it fast!”
Pandy: Yo!
Miami Mom: um, …
Uncle Combover: I just want to say…

“Thank you judges!
We have time for one more act before the break, so join me in welcoming back Mr. Rabbit, this time backing up Mr. Monkey!”
[ Mr. Rabbit dons the Geta and reaches the doorbell, whereupon the door is flung open by Mr. Monkey. In the background we hear Hey Hey We’re the Monkees, by (doh) the Monkees:
Here we come, walkin’ down the street
We get the funniest looks from everyone we meet.
Hey, hey, we’re the Monkees
And people say we monkey around
But we’re too busy singin’
To put anybody down…

Since Mr. Monkey isn’t using it, the MC picks up the remote control he left onstage.]
Pandy: Huh?
Miami Mom smiles and waves at people in the crowd.
Uncle Combover: What was that?
“The judges can talk amongst themselves while we take a quick break!”

[commercial break]
30/7/10 23:21

“OK, we’re back for the final acts!
Let’s welcome Green Kitteh!”
[the camera shows a close up of Green Kitteh coveting something. The remote control previously abandoned by the Monkey switches on the AC, and Green Kitteh moves in front of it, while music from The Big Chill plays in the background: Jeremiah was a Bullfrog! No wait, that’s for another show! Scratch that music. Instead, cue Blackbird by George Harrison:
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise…

The Green Kitteh left a toy bird doll, which conveniently goes into a cage that has appeared stage left causing an energetic black crow to fly in through an open window.
The crow then pops the balloons outside the Monkey’s house and a Hand that Laughs falls to the ground. The crowd laughs, “HaHaHa!” because it is a toy that laughs because it tickles]

“Whew! That was quite an act! What do you think @judges?”
Pandy: Dawg! It started out a little pitchy, but you came on strong in the end. Good job!
Miami Mom: Oh, you all look so pretty tonight! [sighs]
Uncle Combover: I think that this act has put you in the running! You are now the act to beat!


“Ok, let’s head back over to the boat for our penultimate act. It’s the Lion!”
[the camera closes on a ferocious lion as we hear The Lion Sleeps Tonight, aka, the WeeMiWah song:

In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight…

The crowd gasps, “Oooh!” But then the Hand That Laughs makes the lion collapse with the giggles and the crowd joins in, “HeeHeeHeeHeeHee!”

the MC picks up a leaf that someone has left onstage, and walks over to the AC and holds the melting candy, which is getting messy, in front of it. It hardens into a brilliant jewel, no longer messy]

“OK, judges! How do you rate the Lion?”
Pandy: Yo! Dude! I couldn’t stop laughing!
Miami Mom is temporarily unavailable as she has fallen under the table laughing.
Uncle Combover: Laughable. Absolutely laughable.

“OK! For our last act, get ready for Koala and Aladdin and the Snakes!”

[the camera zooms on the Koala, who takes the leaf dropped by the Lion and scrambles up the tree, where he shakes loose three more Brilliant Gems. In the background we here a modified version of Marilyn Monroe singing Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friends:

A kiss on the hand may be quite continental
but diamonds are a snake's best friends
A kiss may be grand but it won't pay the rental
On any of those grand snake dens

While the music plays, each snake eats a Brilliant Gem of the same color as the snake’s skin. They all collapse and a Magic Lantern appears. A quick blow from the hammer causes an angry-looking Genie to materialize, but the Hand That Laughs changes his demeanor instantaneously. It appeared from the lamp of magic. The food was produced with magic. Aladdin ate the food. It was tasty taste.

The crowd has already mobbed the stage and hoisted both Aladdin and the Genie onto their shoulders, declaring them the newest Minoto Idols!

Cue credits:
Magic Lamp end.
Only one method.
And fade to black.
30/7/10 23:23