The Curse of the Ring

Go on a fun adventure in Barbados! After trying on a cursed ring, you must now find 6 stolen treasures or pay the ultimate price! Cap’n J. Flint has cursed the so-called prophecy ring and sends you out to find the treasures taken by the mutineers. Explore gorgeous Hidden Object scenes and try to survive The Curse of the Ring!

Game Size 160 MB

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Great Adventures - Xmas Edition

Go on a Great Adventure and celebrate the holidays in this fun and exciting Adventure game! Dive into the Christmas spirit as you experience Great Adventure: Xmas Edition! Keep your characters happy and motivated as they go on an incredible journey together. Manage your team and make sure they are brave and strong enough to survive a Great Adventure!

Game Size 90 MB

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Ballville: The Beginning

The spaceship of travelling orbees crashed down on an unknown, uncharted planet. Could this magnificent world become a new home for the Orbs? Help the Captain find lost crew members and build a city from scratch in this innovative Match 3 game. Complete levels, solve interactive Hidden Object levels, and play enthralling minigames in Ballville: The Beginning! Join the Orbs in their daring adventures and discover a new, spectacular world!

Game Size 101 MB

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Vanilla Almond Sugar Cookies

 Ingredients

3 c unbleached, all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 c sugar (I use sugar that I've stored vanilla beans in)
 2 sticks (salted) butter, cold
 1 egg
 3/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp pure almond extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350.

Combine the flour and baking powder, set aside. Cream the sugar and butter. Add the egg and extracts and mix. Gradually add the flour mixture and beat just until combined, scraping down the bowl, especially the bottom.

The dough will be crumbly, so knead it together with your hands as you scoop it out of the bowl for rolling.

Roll onto a floured surface and cut into shapes. Place on parchment lined baking sheets (I recommend freezing the cut out shape on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before baking) and bake for 10-12 minutes. Let sit a few minutes on the sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack.

 I used cream cheese icing for mine because it's my favorite.

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Aveyond: The Darkthrop Prophecy

Mel has gone into hiding after she discovers she can use magic. To make matters worse, wicked creatures called Darklings keep popping up, convinced that Mel is the prophesied one who will build a dark empire for them.
Edward, the ousted heir to the throne of Thais, who is also Mel’s best friend, eventually finds her hiding in the village of Harakauna. To her dismay, he’s brought along two professors from a prestigious magical school called Shadwood Academy. Will they convince Mel to go to a school where she can learn to control her powers?

In this final installment of the Orbs of Magic series, Te'ijal, Galahad, Edward, Stella, and Mel come together to stop the Darkthrop Prophecy from occurring. Will they succeed?


 

Game Size 86 MB

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Lost in Time: The Clockwork Tower

Time grinds to a halt when the town’s Clockwork Tower is disrupted. Manipulate time to save the village from its frozen state in this exciting Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game. Explore the city and discover what makes this town so unique. Dive into the world of Lost in Time – The Clockwork Tower and fix the Clockwork Tower before the city is ruined forever!

Game Size 182 MB

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Island Tribe

Far away there was a small island in the middle of the ocean. The inhabitants of it were absolutely happy. Everything was fine.. till one day the Volcano, which has been sleeping for three thousand years, woke up and almost destroyed the tribe. Poor people had nothing to do but the run to the other side of the island towards the ocean through the high mountains, impenetrable jungle and swamps in the hope to escape from this misfortune. Help the tribe, discover new lands because you are a Leader and everything depends on you!

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Game Size 64 MB

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Death at Fairing Point - A Dana Knightstone Novel CE

Can you solve a 19th century murder? You are Dana Knightstone, an up-and-coming fiction novelist. While on vacation in Scotland, you are haunted by the ghost of David, a working-class painter in love with a rich heiress - until he was killed at Fairing Point! Uncover history as you travel across Europe to investigate David's mysterious death. Solve clever puzzles and follow the ghost's trail in Death at Fairing Point, a fun Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game.

Game Size 250 MB

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Happy Holidays from FSFF!

Having a few days off! But back soon....

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On Film Education and Appreciation

Updated January 13, 2011

British Film Institute library in Dean Street in 1950s

BFI Library today in Stephen Street

Film Studies For Free loves the British Film Institute. It's a remarkable cultural institution in many ways - one of the finest in the world. And its online film educational offerings are unrivalled, both at its main website and at Screenonline. 

Today, FSFF celebrates some newly published, online, BFI resources on the subject of film appreciation and education in the 1950s. As is its wont, FSFF has supplemented these links with its own curation of online items on international film education and appreciation. All links may be found below.

But FSFF has been dismayed to hear of proposed changes to the British Film Institute National Library (still going strong after 76 wonderful years) and the Viewing Service at the BFI. The proposals are outlined here. These changes are likely to have serious implications for the field and for research opportunities in film and television in the UK. If any of FSFF's readers are concerned about the proposals, you may like to make your views known to the BFI - possibly through the chairman Greg Dyke. If anyone knows of an online petition to register discontent about these changes please let FSFF know and it will happily publish the link. This has now been set up: Please sign!

Selected resources made available by the BFI in the 1950s to support film appreciation and education:

• 20 Films to use in Junior Film Societies (PDF, 34.3mb) compiled by A. W. Hodgkinson (British Film Institute and The Society of Film Teachers, 1953) Identifies key feature films suitable for studying with young people. Each record includes a summary of the film, examples of critical opinion and suggested discussion points.

• Are They Safe at the Cinema? a considered answer to critics of the cinema (PDF, 3.66mb) by Janet Hills (British Film Institute) Pamphlet examining the effects of cinema on young people. Questions the notion of a causal link between sensationalist or violent films and behaviour, and outlines the potential benefits of film education and appreciation.

• School Film Appreciation (PDF, 7.1mb) by A. W. Hodgkinson, John Huntley, E. Francis Mills and Jack Smith (King's College School and British Film Institute, 1950) Practical notes compiled by educators in the field, detailing appropriate film titles and books for study, with advice for teachers.

• The Artist the Critic and the Teacher (PDF, 1.9mb) (The Joint Council for Education through Art, 1959) Programme for a forum presented by The Joint Council for Education through Art on the relevance of the arts to education, held at the National Film Theatre. Participants included Lindsay Anderson, John Berger, Karel Reisz and Kenneth Tynan.

• Film Study Material (PDF, 850kb) (British Film Institute, 1955) Catalogue of films and extracts available from the British Film Institute for use in film study.

Other Resources on Film Education and Appreciation:

• Charles R. Acland, 'Patterns of Cultural Authority: the National Film Society of Canada and the Institutionalization of Film Education, 1938-1941' Canadian Journal of Film Studies/Revue Canadienne d'etudes cinematographiques, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2001
• Cary Bazalgette, 'Analogue Sunset. The Educational Role of the British Film Institute, 1979-2007', Comunicar, n. 35, v. XVIII, 2010, Scientific Journal of Media Literacy; ISSN: 1134-3478; pages 15-23 
• Richard Berger and Julian McDougall, 'Touching the Void?: Media Education Research in the Twenty-first Century', Media Education Research Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2010
• William J. Buxton, 'Rockefeller Support for Projects on the Use of Motion Pictures for Educational and Public Purposes, 1935-1954', Rockefeller Archive Center Research Reports Online, 2001
• John Caughie, 'Authors and auteurs: the uses of theory', in Donald, J. and Renov, M. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Film Studies (London: Sage, 2007)
• Zoë Druick, 'International Cultural Relations as a Factor in Postwar Canadian Cultural Policy: The Relevance of UNESCO for the Massey Commission'Canadian journal of communication,Vol 31, No 1, 2006 
• Alexander Fedorov, 'Media Education around the World: Brief History', Acta Didactica Napocensia, Volume 1, Number 2, 2008 
• Caroline Jane Frick, Restoration Nation: Motion Picture Archives and “American” Film Heritage, PhD Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 2005
• Gary Hoctor, The Irish Film Society from 1936 to 1956: An examination in the context of the Cultural Histories of Ireland, MA Thesis, 2006
• Elizabeth Lebas, 'Sadness and Gladness: The Films of Glasgow Corporation, 1922–1938', FilM Studies, Issue 6, 2005
• Toby Miller (ed), Dossier: 'In Focus: The British Film Institute', Cinema Journal 47, No. 4, Summer 2008
• Melanie Selfe, ‘"Doing the Work of the NFT in Nottingham" – or How to Use the BFI to Beat the Communist Threat in Your Local Film Society', Journal of British Cinema and Television, 2007
• Michelle Spinella, Cinema in Cuban National Development: WOmen and Film Making Culture, PhD Thesis, Florida State University, 2004

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Club Paradise

Help young Summer start her new job, and work her way to the top of Club Paradise! Keep the customers happy to earn tips and purchase powerful upgrades and new items. Start serving drinks poolside and move on to other areas of Club Paradise by using your Time Management skills. Make your picky clientele`s vacation the most relaxing and the most comfortable they`ve ever had to improve Club Paradise! 

Game Size 108 MB

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Jack of All Tribes

Help Jack travel to the past and rule a primitive tribe in Jack of All Tribes, a fun Time Management game! Search for artifacts from the future that Jack needs to return to his own time. Free the tribe from the oppressive domination of the Dumbheads and fulfill Jack’s destiny. Introduce new technology to the tribe with help from the chief’s beautiful daughter and make your way home!

Updated; October 27, 2012

Game Size 133  MB

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