#GuiltyPleasureConfessional: I’m Addicted to Hidden Object Games

Life is hard, we know that. And I’m not just talking about the big, being Black in America, what is going on in the Middle East, they are going to nominate who to be President, type stuff. I’m talking about the small stuff. I missed the bus. I picked my kid up from school and her clothes didn’t match. Somebody ate all the damn ice cream after I told him it was my favorite and that’s it I’m just going to start hiding my…nevermind. That stuff. Small stuff. Do you know where I always find the bus on time, the matching clothes, and the ice cream still frozen? In a Hidden Object Game, that’s where. In these games, I always succeed in 3 minutes or less. I always find the item, solve the mystery, and release the queen — these games are set up for me to win, and I love them for it. If you’re not hip to the type, Hidden Object games come in a few different flavors.There are the ones where you get a list of objects to find in a complicated scene — like a Mississippi river boat picture or some such. The only goal is to find all of the items before time runs out. This is the digital version of a Where’s Waldo book — and don’t doubt, I was the family champ at Where’s Waldo. There are the ones with a little adventure thrown in, say you have to find the items then figure out how to put them together to look like a giant statue of Imhotep that will then reveal a treasure room…around which you must again search for hidden objects.Or there are the simulator crossover versions, where you…