I was unaware that the point-and-click genre was thriving. Telltale games have had some success with that Strongbad video game, and that Back to the Future game, but there is a whole genre of hidden item puzzle games in spooky settings. Big Fish Games is the place to go for these.
Today's entry, Puppet Show: Mystery of Joyville was made in 2009. The setting is a gothic steampunk themed village and you play an unnamed detective. A boy has been abducted, but he is only the most recent in a series of disappearances. People talk about evil spirits hanging around the old puppet theatre, and the missing boy's mother and grandfather, who run the local hotel have hired you, the detective, to investigate.
You perform your investigations by completing hidden item puzzles and other puzzles usually involving items gathered in your searching. The cursor will change to let you know that an area is of interest and all of the old school "click around until you find the right pixel" crap is no where to be found.
The artwork is superb and all hand drawn. 4/5.
The music is thematically sound and good, but there are only like two or three tracks. 3/5
The gameplay works and is a great game to play with a partner. That's right, it's a game for couples.
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