Ahh, okay, thanks for the detailed description. I would have never gotten that, I'm not too smart when it comes to puzzles. I'll be sure to keep this in mind for any future puzzles that might use a similar style template, though. Thanks!

And yes, Kaileena is hard woman to forget. :D

Darn! I thought maybe it was Knock-Knock from the newest clue (on my wishlist!) but alas, no dice. Still trying to puzzle this out. I know for certain I'm going to be saying, "D'oh! Of course!"

Came to say likewise :D

But I'll also do challenge #2: have contestants pick a spirit animal, and post in the manner of that spirit animal in the giveaway thread for the duration of the giveaway; the more hilarious and creative, the better. Suggested giveaway games are Ishar Compilation and Hotline Miami.

Thanks for the giveaways!

Found me out! ;)

Good solve. I did a good bit of brushing and color tweaking on the images. Actually, I needed to change the color on the background so Google wouldn't recognize it (lol).

Interesting to note, when I posted the puzzle (2.5 weeks ago) all those games were rated 4 stars on GOG. Since then, Outlast gained half a star! Not really important, figured it might happen. Also, Warrior Within is stupidly close to 4.5 stars now.

Ahh, google matched it even with the other images overlaid? Nice. I remember niniendowarrior created a puzzle a while ago with some paintings for flavor. At the time, I thought they might be relevant, and I was surprised to find that tineye could match them even though they'd been covered in text. As it happens, they weren't relevant.

I wondered where the four would come in! I'd imagined you'd selected games which were the 4th in a series, or games that contained the letters "iv" in sequence, game titles with four words... It's good to hear there was such a secret, even if I missed it!

Ok, send me the set-up and I'll post it ;-)

I don't have those games to gift (alas, alack no job either) but send me the set-up and I'll post it ;-) PM me if you would like to see my gift offerings - perhaps we can find something suitable ;-)

Oh, I was joking about the games, I don't even know if those games are good matches to giveaway in the spirit animal giveaway, but they jumped to mind when I thought "animal", lol.

But here's the setup (amend it as you like!):

Here's a giveaway to explore your wild side- pick a spirit animal, and post in this giveaway thread in the manner of that animal; mannerisms include making puns or whatever your heart desires :D The more creative and convincing, the better. Welcome to the jungle >:]

edit for clarity

Did momo's GA puzzle end?
I saw a +1 solved in the stats.
(if so, what was the answer? I tried any type of four reference lol)

Think the other puzzle from Grimwerk was solved.
But could be wrong.

Two challenges are open; The " It's too hard" puzzle and the new one "Animal Spirit". Tascodlx's puzzle was solved by grimwerk with JogsterXL's help. But the "four" puzzle you're referencing has been solved by a few people but NOT claimed - therefore it is still open.

Ah thank you, I'll try the "It's too hard" puzzle a bit more then.
Can you tell me if the game is on GOG, however?

Nope. Sadly, without a job right now, the best I can afford to maximize my gifting, are cheap bundles. And sadly, most don't include GOG keys :-(

Ah well, then I'll give up, I'm just using GOG for now.
I'll check the answer here in the future, however, as I'm curious.
Thank you anyway! :)

NEW CHALLENGE!

Explore your wild side! Pick a spirit animal that represents one of the FOUR elements (air/water/earth/fire), and post in this giveaway thread in the manner of that animal; mannerisms include making puns or whatever your heart desires :D The more creative and convincing, the better. Welcome to the jungle >:]

Cmdr_flasheart will pick her favorite post and let me know the winner. Prize is a choice of one game from my active gift-list.