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About Aunty Di Loovyan

Aunty Di Loovyan (aka Barbara Baker) trained as a teacher at the (then) Kelvin Grove Teachers’ College, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree at the University of Queensland in 1966, and a Master of Arts (Applied Linguistics) in 1999. She also holds an Associate Diploma (ASDA) and a Fellowship Diploma (FTCL) in Speech and Drama, and a Certificate for TESOL teaching. She has taught at primary, secondary and tertiary levels, in adult education and also by distance education. She has had brief sorties into the worlds of TV production, editorial assistance and language data research. She is a freelance book reviewer with The Courier-Mail and Good Reading Magazine and a game reviewer for Club Casual Games. Barbara has worked in Britain and Spain and travelled in parts of western Europe and Egypt. She plays poor social tennis; and she avoids housework, sewing and gardening whenever possible.

Mind’s Eye: Secrets of the Forgotten Review

Posted on August 19, 2010

Genre: Hidden Object Puzzler Developer: Amino Games Publisher: Alawar Aunty Di Loovyan here, aged reviewer with a soft spot for the old-in-years but young-at-heart. Mind’s Eye. Secrets of the Forgotten is not for us – unless, of course, the years … Continue reading →

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Mushroom Age Review

Posted on August 4, 2010

Genre: Hidden Object Developer: Nevosoft Publisher: Nevosoft Aunty Di Luuvyan here, your reviewer with an especially sympathetic heart for all the players born BC – before computers – who want to move into the techno age and are trying out … Continue reading →

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Natalie Brooks: Mystery at Hillcrest High Review

Posted on July 1, 2010

Cripes – didn’t we read yarns with titles like this when we were kids? Fortunately, after we have been in Natalie’s garden (Chapter 1), at the art gallery (2), on a boat (3) and in a lighthouse (4), the school (5) we explore in minute detail is nothing like the dreary old ones we knew of yore. Continue reading →

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1912 Titanic Mystery – Review

Posted on June 29, 2010

Hi, Gamers: Aunty Di Loovyan here, reviewer for the more mature players – those who love casual games and those novices who feel it’s about time they moved themselves a little further into the technological era (that’s me!) These ‘hidden … Continue reading →

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