Eye of the Kraken

Now this game Miss Kitty likey (and not just because it was free)!

This simple point and click created by Absurdus, the small development team from Montreal (and also created Carte Blanche), is short and set to a catchy, scratchy soundtrack.

The story starts in the dead of night, a thief steals the mysterious object known as the 'Eye of the Kraken' and hops on board the sailing ship, Glutomax, headed for Hyade Island.

This is serious business because it's suspected that the object may be used in some obscure ritual to awaken the mystical giant Kraken and thus take over the world. Luckily, Miss Kitty was playing as Abdullah, a minor official representing the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who is also on board the Glutomax.

The game then follows in trying to work out the thief is. Could it be Ophelia, the Danish orphan from a Shakespearian tragedy; Ingrid, the plump opera singer; Fitzcarroldo, the Irish inventor; Rasputin, the mad, drunk monk; Villon, the psychotic French poet or Olaf, the Viking who never stands up? Or perhaps it is one of the crew, or maybe even your African friend, Aboubakar (who repeatedly gets his head kicked in vy Villon during the game). And who is the mysterious passenger in cabin 10? And who the hell are those guys through the periscope?

Miss Kitty felt at home straight away with this game's surreal plot and humour and loved playing as Abdullah, the game's hero who will not drink wine but smokes just about anything you stick in his hookah.

Bring on EOTK2!