

In addition to taking on a leadership role, the 6’3, 191-pound defenceman wants to find more of an offensive touch on the ice this season. McDonald was acquired in December 2019 from the Edmonton Oil Kings to bolster the Rockets blueline for the 2019- 20 Memorial Cup season. He appeared in 32 games for the Rockets as a 20-year-old before the season was cancelled in March 2020 due to Covid-19. He came in halfway through the year, but he showed me a lot and was a really good leader.” But I have to say Conner McDonald was the biggest influence in my first season. “I learned a lot from the older guys when I came in here young, they showed me the way and now I’m stepping into that role. Selected 40th overall by the Rockets in the second round of the 2018 WHL Prospects Draft, it feels like it was just yesterday when he and Trevor Wong were the lone 16-year-olds on the Rockets roster back during the 2019-20 season.Ĭarmichael credits one veteran defenceman, who he was often paired alongside, with helping him as a rookie. The Rockets leadership group hasn’t been decided for this season yet, but Carmichael wore an A on his jersey in Saturday night’s preseason game against the Kamloops Blazers. I just have to be a leader and show the new guys coming in what it’s all about, I want to make them feel more comfortable in our room and on our team.” “But I’m up for it and I think I’m ready for it. “It’s definitely going to be a challenge,” said Carmichael. Those looking for a serious puzzle game probably won’t find it here, but that’s also ok.With 130 regular-season Western Hockey League games under his belt, Elias Carmichael comes into this season with the most seniority among the Kelowna Rockets defence corps.Įntering his fourth season with Kelowna, Carmichael is ready to take on more of a leadership role this season. Whilst some of the later puzzles can prove to be slightly tricky, most of them can be solved with relative ease (and there’s a hint system for those who are truly stuck, but you have to win a game of pelmanism before you are rewarded with a clue) the downside to this is that the game can be beaten easily within an hour.

It’s silly, but extremely charming and every puzzle will leave you with a smile on your face. Instead you need to place the fish on the floor at a distance to encourage the bird to move, revealing the console underneath. Your first thought is to feed it fish, but your mother is hidden inside his mouth resulting in failure. One early puzzle contains a conspicuous Pelican and a fridge of goodies.

Not all interactions are useful, and some may lead you to fail in spectacularly bizarre ways. Typically you will find things that can be added to your inventory that you can use with other things in the scene to cause certain things to happen. The game starts out easy enough, with you navigating between rooms clicking on things to find your console, whilst keeping an eye out for your hidden mother.

It’s all very simple, but it’s pleasing to look at, and the music is something that will bury into your subconscious for the rest of eternity. The visuals and music are identical, as are the family members you will encounter throughout. Over the course of 50 levels, you need to find out where it has been hidden without your mother finding out.įor those who have played the original game, this sequel is almost exactly the same in presentation and puzzle style. Little Timmy (not his actual name) has presumably been playing up, so his mother has hidden his games console, which curiously looks very much like a Nintendo DS. MAMA! As per the original game, the setup is as straightforward as you would expect. I love a bit of weirdness, and when I played the original Mom Hid My Game! on a whim last year, I was pleasantly surprised by the weird mini escape-room puzzles that make up the game’s story mode.Ĭan it succeed a second time with a new batch of puzzles?
