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Fun and Games Free FREE FUN AND GAMES PDF W. Murray,Susan St. Louis | 56 pages | 02 Jul 2009 | Penguin Books Ltd | 9781409301271 | English | United Kingdom Fun Games - A free online pass to Most Fun Games You want to slow things down and travel to another world. In those situations, the best thing for you to do is reach for a tried-and-true adventure game and let it transport you to another planet entirely. So just sit back, relax, and get your clicking fingers ready. Play Now. Robert picks up engineering and technology as he grows up and builds a robot named Joey, who becomes his constant companion. Foster is eventually kidnapped by a group named LINC that has nefarious purposes for him, but he has no idea what they are. This dark, surreal adventure features gorgeous yet Fun and Games artwork from the legendary H. It seems like a nightmare, but it turns out to be something decidedly more sinister. 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