Life just loves to throw us curves! Joan Jade and her husband are faced with a big one when they learn that their children have gone missing! How? Apparently they were volunteering in the Yucatan for the summer on an archaeological dig. Unfortunately an unexpected and particularly violent storm tears through their location and now the children are nowhere to be found. She learns that they have been kidnapped and likely being held at some ancient Mayan temple. Of course, she arrives at the dig site first and you will follow her through her exploratory journey to the temple for the majority of the game.

The visuals are wonderfully done and there are an unusually high number of puzzles and they come in many different varieties which is a definite plus for this hidden object adventure. You could say there was more adventure than hidden object. But don't worry, hidden object scene lovers, you simply cannot become bored with Joan Jade and the Gates of Xibalba with all that there is to do. Virtually everything is a puzzle! You will be far too busy to become bored, in fact you will probably find yourself so consumed that you abandon your "real life" for hours to help Joan complete her mission!

• High number of puzzles in many different varieties
• Wonderfully done visuals
• Save Joan's children!