{"id":2238,"date":"2012-06-05T14:37:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T20:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=2238"},"modified":"2015-08-06T11:37:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T17:37:45","slug":"quickie-game-review-frosty-freakout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/06\/05\/quickie-game-review-frosty-freakout\/","title":{"rendered":"Quickie Game Review: Frosty freakout"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooking-games.biz\/frosty-freakout-4499.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5330\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/snap02026-300x252.png\" alt=\"snap02026\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/snap02026-300x252.png 300w, http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/snap02026.png 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooking-games.biz\/frosty-freakout-4499.html\">Frosty freakout<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>OK. This one&#8217;s better than the last one. The time element comes into play when you start making your ice cream &#8211; the image of what you are supposed to make fades.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a time limit, but it is an over-all one, rather than one that beats you down little by little (<a href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/06\/05\/quickie-game-review-ice-cream-game\/\">See last game<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class='easyReviewWrapper' style='border-color:#DDD'> <table class='easyReviewTable'  border='0' style='text-align:center;' align='center' bgcolor='FFFFFF'><tr><th class='easyReviewTitle' style='vertical-align:middle;font-size:120%;' colspan='2'>Quickie Review<\/th><\/tr><tr style='''><th class='easyReviewRow' style='xwidth:100%;;'>Visual\/Audio<\/th><td class='easyReviewRow' style='white-space:nowrap;float:right;'><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_full.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_full.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan='2' class='easyReviewRow' style=''>Looks OK, Sound is a little irritating.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan='2' class='easyReviewBlank' style='border-bottom:1px solid;border-color:#DDD;'><\/td><\/tr><tr style='''><th class='easyReviewRow' style='xwidth:100%;;'>Gameplay<\/th><td class='easyReviewRow' style='white-space:nowrap;float:right;'><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_full.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_full.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage'  src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_half.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_empty.png'\/><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan='2' class='easyReviewRow' style=''>SImple mechanics, but works OK.<\/td><\/tr><\/table><div class='easyReviewConclude' style=''><table class='easyReviewTable'  border='0' style='text-align:center;' frame='box' align='center' bgcolor='FFFFFF'><tr><th class='easyReviewRow' style='xwidth:100%;'>Overall<\/th><td class='easyReviewRow' style='white-space:nowrap;float:right;'><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_full.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-review-builder-for-wordpress\/icons\/gamestar_full.png'\/><img alt='www.dyerware.com' class='easyReviewImage' 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OK. This one&#8217;s better than the last one. The time element comes into play when you start making your ice cream &#8211; the image of what you are supposed to make fades. &nbsp; There&#8217;s a time limit, but &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/06\/05\/quickie-game-review-frosty-freakout\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[376,12,14,377],"tags":[91,342],"class_list":["post-2238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-reviews","category-games","category-general","category-reviews","tag-game-reviews","tag-games-gaming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-A6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2224,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/06\/05\/quickie-game-review-ice-cream-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":2238,"position":0},"title":"Quickie Game Review: Ice cream game","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been checking out a lot of games recently for various reasons, and it occurred to me that I should keep a record of them. 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