I'm so glad others can relate! I was thinking I might be the only freak with this problem.
I sometimes say I'm not going to play a game without any hints, and then when I get stuck I just turn it off and "give it time" -- which is surely how I handled getting stuck ten years ago. The problem is I often don't turn it back on, or when I do, it's been so long and I have so many other things going on that I forget what the storyline is. I have been *this* close to finishing Broken Sword 2 for months and months, and don't feel like it because I can't remember why I'm wandering around in that temple...
I will be bringing my laptop home with me for Christmas... maybe I'll load up MI2.
-emily
