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(Full disclosure, this post contains mild spoilers for discussion's sake.) So I am a big fan of the Delicious  series and the many spin-offs that have launched from its universe, now formally known as GameHouse Original Stories.  Yes, they sometimes seem like they're hyper-marketed at that Hallmark Channel crowd, but they are the cream of the crop of modern casual games, I promise.  That said, not every game that comes out of GameHouse Studios is a masterpiece.  But just because it's a masterpiece doesn't mean there isn't good to be found or fun to be had. Enter Mortimer Beckett and the Book of Gold,  released in 2017.  For those unaware, Mortimer Beckett was not originally a GameHouse IP, instead starring in his own series of hidden object games developed by Paprikari from 2007 to 2012.  I played the first in the series, Secrets of Spooky Manor,  and dabbled with others, but I am by no means an aficionado on Mortimer Beckett lore.  Ac...