A Sense of Style

Hershal Laytons’ style is something I aspire to. I adore the Victorian era, the quaint buildings, the cobbled streets, the grand parties.

I recently bought a top hat which, with my waistcoat and tails I really look the part. Personally I wish I was born in this era, although enduring the barbaric medicines of the time and the stodgy food I would probably wish I were somewhere else.

Professor Layton’s games have a very romantic view of the Victorian world and this is the world I yearn to visit. When I'm really hooked into a game nothing else exists and I feel I’m there with Luke and the Professor on their quest to solve the riddles they encounter.

So I guess I have the best of both worlds, I can drop into this dream anytime I want without enduring the hardships of Victorian life.

Rinse and Repeat

“Okay Mr Layton, give it to me straight. Have I beaten my score? Yipee.”


After a few months of puzzle bewilderment I have finally beaten the game again. Second time around isn't as bad, but there are still times when I'm stumped, indeed I think I should be proud, particularly as I refuse to cheat. I can now relax whilst looking forward to Prof. Hershels next release later this year. There’s still no official release date yet for his next game; I have an email alert set to notify me when it’s released so I will surely announce it here when the release date is officially announced.

Details are still sketchy about the last adventure; Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel, but from what I’ve seen from the official Japanese trailer it looks like nothing we’ve seen before and is full of twists and turns to keep us all guessing.

So it’s back to Professor Layton and the Curious Village and the score attempts, not that I mind of course. My friend has thoroughly enjoyed her time with the Professor and I’ve bought her a copy for my DSlite so she can play to her hearts content.

“Now then. How do you do this puzzle again?”

Professor Layton’s Wonders

Professor Layton is a hard game, or perhaps it’s the lateral thinking that’s actually hard and that if one were used to such processing it wouldn’t be as taxing. In any case I personally find that sometimes the puzzles require a little more grey matter than I can muster at the time.

For this reason I recently took the game to my friend’s house that has never played a game in her life. She never expressed an interest in such activities but she was very good at puzzles in general. During a chat over a cup of tea we got onto the subject of Professor Layton and my blog. To my surprise she became somewhat interested to find out what all the fuss was about.


So I presented her with the game to show her the first few levels and see what she thought. What a revelation that was! The expression; Duck to water, comes to mind. She flew through the first five levels, a point in which I got stuck several times. She was so absorbed by the game that I am yet to get my DSlite back as she’s borrowed it indefinitely. I don’t mind though as I treated myself to a new DSi this x-mas.

I’m a bit dismayed now though because she keeps talking about Hershel Layton as if he’s a real person which is slightly weird. But it is nice to have a friend whom shares an interest as much as I, especially as she’s never done this sort of thing before and I feel that I’ve taught her something about games; that they are not all immature or violent rubbish.

I think if her interest is maintained I will have to buy her a copy of the game, I’ll probably let her have my DSlite because it had started to collect dust. I just hope she can complete both Professor Layton and the Curious Village, and Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box, before Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel are released later this year so she can help me with that too.

You go girl!