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!

Not in of course, but one idea for people to work on with #2 - THE BUCKET LIST OF GAMING!

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!

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.