i got game

Ah god.

I've gotten so bored that I went and bought a couple of PC games. Nothing new, nothing fancy: The Sims 2 (and the full expansion pack), Silent Hill: Homecoming and guess what, a Nancy Drew game. I bought it on the pretext of letting my 11-year-old sister play it. Get her more interested in reading Nancy Drews or something. (The kid needs to read more.) But observe the word 'pretext'.

What does that tell you?

That I'm the one who actually wants to play the blasted Nancy Drew game. That's why I bought it.

Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy

Heroine: Nancy Drew
Supporting cast: George and Bess (their last names can never be remembered by anyone)
Villain: Some Ghost Thing
Location: Castle Malloy

One jolly good day, detective wannabe Nancy Drew and her two girl friends, the athletic (and oft mistaken for a man due to her name) George and somewhat-dimwitted Bess goes tripping in Ireland and end up at some castle called Castle Malloy.

As the story usually goes, old abandoned castles always make for a good place to run a syndicate for counterfeit money or a place to stow away stolen antiques so upon taking shelter from the rain, Nancy and co. 'accidentally' stumbles onto a mystery.

Which involves Some Ghost Thing that don't want them around but as usual, after a few spooky encounters that involve getting locked up in the dungeon, groped by a cold hand in the dark and etc. Nancy, with her super intelligence solves the riddle and behold, Some Ghost Thing is as scary as an old hag with bad makeup under good lighting!

Or so the story should be.

Exciting.