Thankful for Thanksgiving

By Michelle Casey on November 22nd, 2010

Thanksgiving


The Thanksgiving holiday is filled with many festive traditions embraced by millions of Americans each year.


So what is it that makes this holiday so special and loved?

Is it the travel?
Family members come from far and wide to be together on this holiday.  Believe it or not, Thanksgiving is the busiest travel day of the year!

Is it the food?
Traditional foods such as turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, cornbread, mashed potatoes pumpkin and pecan pies are popular Thanksgiving staples. Just typing these words is making my mouth water!  And if you like cooking, then making all of these scrumptious treats (or at the very least eating them) is also part of the Thanksgiving fun.

Is it spending time with family?
People make an effort on Thanksgiving to spend time with their loved ones, and often, it’s the only time during the year that families separated by long distances actually see each other.

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Game Review: Cate West – The Velvet Keys

By Free Ride Gamer Team on September 30th, 2010



In Cate West: The Velvet Keys – the sequel to Cate West: The Vanishing Files – police are once again baffled by a strange series of murders that see Cate West, celebrated novelist and insightful visionary travel to faraway Damasca. Only this time, the victims’ bodies seem strangely ghostly, nor do they bear any marks of foul play!

When Cate discovers a mysterious book that holds clues to the mysterious murders, she reads about a curse called “The Keeper’s Mark” which causes its victims to suffer from a physical state of neither living nor dead. The only way to unlock the victim’s soul is for Cate to forge a Velvet Key by fusing the alchemical properties of random objects.

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Tell us why you love playing casual games!

By Michelle Casey on August 6th, 2010

I’m a die-hard fan of PC casual games, so I thank my lucky stars every day that I ended up with a job where I get to play and talk about casual games all day long. And as if that weren’t fabulous enough, at Free Ride Games they’re completely free, which is a little like being in Casual Game Paradise.

But enough about me! I would love to know what it is that YOU love about playing casual games, and while you’re at it, why you love playing at Free Ride Games.

So click that “comment” button and spill! Looking forward to reading your feedback :-)

Until next week,
Michelle.

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