Game Review: Blue Toad Murder Files

Image via Adventure Corner

You should know by now that I love free stuff, so it should as no surprise that I enjoy downloading free video games from the Playstation Network.  I downloaded the game Blue Toad Murder Files the other day because as you'll recall I enjoy murder stuff.  I also really enjoy games where I get to play a detective and solve mysteries, so this seemed right up my alley. 

I'll go ahead and tell you right now that I didn't enjoy the game.  I think that I'm older than the target audience or something.  Most of the puzzles are ridiculously easy.  And then there's this one puzzle where you're supposed to remember exactly what an old lady you talked to earlier looked like.  Instead of staring at her face when I was talking to her, I was waiting for her to stop babbling.

one of the more enjoyable puzzles, image via Adventure Corner

So basically your character is a detective on vacation in the town of Little Riddle.  He arrives just in time for a murder to happen.  Then he has to solve it.  He does this by solving puzzles.

I'm sure that there are people who will enjoy this game, but there isn't enough exploring and investigating in it for me.  When I'm playing a detective game, I like to have to look around and spot small details.  This game basically makes you follow a set path, and I don't like such rigid structure in games.

This game is available as an app.  I think it makes more sense as a smart phone game.  It doesn't take a whole lot of brain power, but it isn't too repetitive.  But if you are going to play this game, you need to be observant in order to pass the pop quizzes throughout it.

The one thing that I liked about this game is that one guy voiced all of the characters.  I thought that was pretty cool.

I give Blue Toad Murder Files 1.5 stars out of 5.  It wasn't my favorite, but it was alright to play for about a half hour.

I Made These Patterns for You

I just learned how to make tileable patterns in Photoshop from Pugly Pixel.  If you aren't familiar with Pugly Pixel and you are at all interested in design, you should definitely check them out.  The website has lots of helpful tutorials as well as tons of freebies.  I made a whole bunch of patterns yesterday, so I thought that I would share them with everyone.  The fleur de lis and leaf are custom shapes in Photoshop.  The envelope and washi tape are from Pugly Pixel.  To download all six patterns for free, go here.  If you don't want to download all of them, click here.  Click on whichever pattern you want to download and then you can download it.  You don't need to credit me for anything you use these patterns for.  If you would like to donate money to me for the patterns, you can, but please don't unless you really want to.

Here are little strips of each pattern.  They're super cute and I want you to enjoy them.