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Week 4, Part 1
Fun House Mirrors

As a kid, I can remember mugging and laughing with my siblings in front of the fun house mirrors on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, NJ.  Nowadays kids can have a lot more silly fun with the apps on their phones and computers, so I thought I’d add some distortion tech to these 12 jewel case images to see if you can still identify them. 

Each correct answer is worth 10 points for a maximum total of 120.  You may send me as many PMs as you want, but only one guess per item for each PM. 

Week 4, Part 2
Wish You Were Here

The three missives below contain hidden game titles.*  Your task is to find them in the written text.  The words in each title will appear in the correct order and will not overlap with other titles.  All the letters contained in a title word will be in chronological order, although some may be interupted by punctuation or a space.  The number of game titles to find in each message is shown.  If you find all 29 of them, you will earn 290 points.

*The titles may or may not include their subtitles. 

A - 9 Titles

B - 10 Titles

C - 10 Titles

To help me with the scoring in part 2, please use A, B & C and do your best to keep the titles in the order they appear in the text of each missive.  You may send me as many PMs as you want.

The week 4 deadline for both parts is at midnight GMT on Sunday, August 1.

Answers to Fun House Mirrors:
1. Dark Seed
2. Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon
3. Titanic: Adventure Out of Time
4. Monty Python’s Complete Waste of Time
5. Loom
6. Myst III: Exile
7. The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
8. Toonstruck
9. Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu
10. The Legend of Lotus Spring
11. Shivers
12. Sam & Max Hit the Road

Answers to Wish You Were Here:
A.
Sam and Max, Episode One (1): Culture Shock
9: The Last Resort
Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel
Amber: Journeys Beyond
Rhem
Rama
Runaway: A Road Adventure
Comer
Riana Rouge
B.
Nancy Drew: The Final Scene
Next Life
Paradise
The Pawn
Louvre: The Final Curse
Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman’s Mine
Shivers
Time Zone
Heaven
Soltys
C.
Liath
A Quiet Weekend in Capri
Bargon Attack
Orion Burger
Blue Heat
Fran Bow
Year Walk
The Scoop
Wrath of the Gods
Igor

Total Week 4 Scores:
Phlebas - 410
Chrissie - 400
Doom - 390
Eddyc - 370
Vegetable Party - 330
DarkEye - 310
Becky - 310
Walas74 - 290
Ninjabynight - 140
Adv_Lvr - 10

In part 2, be careful to check for subtitles.

Here are a few scores to start off this vacation:

Part 1: Fun House Mirrors
Phlebas - 120
Chrissie - 100
Adv_Lvr - 10

Part 2: Wish You Were Here
Phlebas - 290
Chrissie - 250

Part 2 seems a very original and fun puzzle. I’ll do my best to participate!

I hope you do, Walas!  (The puzzle origin is my brain.)

Nice brain! Perhaps we can make a Hannibal to look up for the solution

Players please note:  In Part 2A, I have discovered that Hope is a game, but I had no knowledge of it when making up the quiz.  There is another, perhaps sneakier, game name to find instead.

Doom seems to be enjoying his trip so far.

Part 1: Fun House Mirrors
Phlebas - 120
Chrissie - 100
Doom - 90
Adv_Lvr - 10

Part 2: Wish You Were Here
Phlebas - 290
Chrissie - 250
Doom - 240

Edit:  He just had a bit more fun with the mirrors.

Chrissie found another mirror and sorted out all the mail.

Part 1: Fun House Mirrors
Phlebas - 120
Chrissie - 110
Doom - 90
Adv_Lvr - 10

Part 2: Wish You Were Here
Chrissie - 290
Phlebas - 290
Doom - 240

Ninjabynight is having fun with the mirrors and the missives.

Part 1: Fun House Mirrors
Phlebas - 120
Chrissie - 110
Doom - 90
Ninjabynight - 50
Adv_Lvr - 10

Part 2: Wish You Were Here
Chrissie - 290
Phlebas - 290
Doom - 240
Ninjabynight - 90

Becky, Vegetable Party and Walas74 seem to be enjoying their vacation activities.

Part 1: Fun House Mirrors
Phlebas - 120
Chrissie - 110
Becky - 90
Doom - 90
Vegetable Party - 70
Walas74 - 70
Ninjabynight - 50
Adv_Lvr - 10

Part 2: Wish You Were Here
Chrissie - 290
Phlebas - 290
Doom - 240
Walas74 - 220
Becky - 180
Ninjabynight - 90
Vegetable Party - 60

Both Eddyc and VP seem to be making faces in the fun house mirrors, and VP has added more letter writing to his vacation time.

Part 1: Fun House Mirrors
Phlebas - 120
Chrissie - 110
Eddyc - 110
Vegetable Party - 100
Becky - 90
Doom - 90
Walas74 - 70
Ninjabynight - 50
Adv_Lvr - 10

Part 2: Wish You Were Here
Chrissie - 290
Phlebas - 290
Doom - 240
Walas74 - 220
Becky - 180
Vegetable Party - 160
Ninjabynight - 90

Eddyc is now dealing with the letters home.

Part 1: Fun House Mirrors
Phlebas - 120
Chrissie - 110
Eddyc - 110
Vegetable Party - 100
Becky - 90
Doom - 90
Walas74 - 70
Ninjabynight - 50
Adv_Lvr - 10

Part 2: Wish You Were Here
Chrissie - 290
Phlebas - 290
Doom - 240
Eddyc - 240
Walas74 - 220
Becky - 180
Vegetable Party - 160
Ninjabynight - 90

Becky looked at another fun house mirror, and both she and Eddyc did some more proofreading.

Part 1: Fun House Mirrors
Phlebas - 120
Chrissie - 110
DarkEye - 110
Eddyc - 110
Becky - 100
Vegetable Party - 100
Doom - 90
Walas74 - 70
Ninjabynight - 50
Adv_Lvr - 10

Part 2: Wish You Were Here
Chrissie - 290
Phlebas - 290
Eddyc - 260
Doom - 240
Walas74 - 220
Becky - 210
Vegetable Party - 160
Ninjabynight - 90

There are just under 6 hours to go before the deadline.

Edit: DarkEye spent some time looking at the mirrors.

I really wish I had more time for these puzzles, they’re really quite something.

I love how Fun House Mirror 11. turned the cover into a beautiful picture. Every time I tried to figure out the answers to this puzzle, I just gravitated to this image, it has a real captivating quality.

VP added to his letter writing skills.

Part 1: Fun House Mirrors
Phlebas - 120
Chrissie - 110
DarkEye - 110
Eddyc - 110
Becky - 100
Vegetable Party - 100
Doom - 90
Walas74 - 70
Ninjabynight - 50
Adv_Lvr - 10

Part 2: Wish You Were Here
Chrissie - 290
Doom - 290
Phlebas - 290
Eddyc - 260
Vegetable Party - 230
Walas74 - 220
Becky - 210
Ninjabynight - 90