I must confess, I have avoided Facebook games. I ready don’t have enough hours in the day to get done everything I need to do.
BUT this one has me tempted. Lauren Miller posts a great overview of the game. What do you think, any takers?
Jane Austen Game Arrives on Facebook
September 10, 2012 | Posted by Lauren Miller
My goodness, what newfangled notions this BBC has of engaging readers!
As I sit at my writing desk, I turned to my dictionary to query the correct spelling of Hunsford, the dear little parish of my friend, Mrs. Collins, and what should I see in the margins of the page?
Twas an advertisement for that lady writer, Miss Austen. She seems to have misplaced her creations who have crossed over into one another’s stories of all things. Miss Austen needs to keep her characters in check or who knows what manner of mischief they will find themselves in.
I suppose the only Christian thing to do would be to assist Miss Austen in the recovery of her characters and set things back to rights. But my heavens! It’s a mystery indeed…
Rogues and Romance is the latest hidden objects game on Facebook with a twist — it stars your favorite characters from Jane Austen’s beloved novels.
The game structure is similar in design to other hidden object games (ex: Blackwood and Bell Mysteries). In order to solve the game, you must complete all the mini-quests which represent stages of progress in the game (ex: like chapters of a story).
Read the rest at: Lauren Miller | Author of Historical and Spec Fiction | Jane Austen Game Arrives on Facebook.
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October 2, 2012 at 6:49 am
Thank you for pointing your readers over to my blog. It looks like we have a shared interest — dear Jane! Something I’ve always wondered when I meet new Jane Austen fans is when were they first introduced to her work. Do you recall when you first read her work?
I also think it’s amazing that a whole genre of work has risen in the past few years of books that explore her work in a new light. It just goes to show how fresh her material is how it resonates with readers 200 years later.
October 2, 2012 at 8:23 am
I think my first real introduction to Jane Austen was the Sense and Sensibility movie with Emma Thompson. Somehow Austen never made it to my HS reading list, which was a crying shame! I placed out of all my college English, so I had no opportunity there either. Since then, I’ve read all her work multiple times and have been writing Austenesque works myself. Her material is very unique in its timeless appeal.
Thanks for coming by Lauren!
October 7, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Thanks for that article. I’d never heard of the game and it was a nice intro to it.
Thanks for coming by Lauren.
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