The last of June's Journey

 June's Journey

Why Cheat?

Last night, I played my final round of June's Journey, until now I had enjoyed playing the game, so what turned enjoyment into a nightmare?

The short version is I didn't enjoy playing it anymore.

The reasons are many

At least two people are using cheat codes. This is plain to see as their scores are almost identical on each level.

The game has gone to extra-ordinary levels of difficulty, where they will stop your progress from reaching 100%, and advancing to the next stage by as little as 1% to get you to use energy, and buy more input.

Another factor is that I now strugglt to stay in the top 15, whereas before I was rarely out of the top 5 of a level, and I am certain many of those above me are using a cheat code.

Why cheat?

 June's Journey

Lac La Biche

It would please me to top a section in June's Journey, but I realise it is not likely to happen, why?

I have noticed, each section is topped by the same two names, either one person is playing two games, or two people are using the cheat code available online.

I have been able to reach third postion in several section of the game, I doubt I will better those positions, I am satisfied to be third, do my best, and know I didn't cheat.

I can see the thrill if you are an ego-driven person of seeing your name at the top, but using a cheat defeats the challenge for me. My late friend, Faye Dupre, and I noticed this in a game we played while I worked for  her in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada, in the late Summer and Fall of 2009. Within an hour of the weeks game opening, the same two names topped the list.

I know the ladies were cheating as the totals they achieved were impossible to achieve without AI assistance, the average score per minute was regular, nobody can maintain a regular score without assistance.

What is the point?

 June's Journey

The Gold is useless

Many posts on the game, June's Journey, focus on the use of gold you accumalate by playing side games.

When the game began, you could your pilot, Jack, in gold to fly to collect items, but you cannot do that now, everyone agrees the gold is useless

Coney Island

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A reality check 

Playing June's Journey on my phone this week, I have been playing scenes based around Coney Island, which has me thinking how close to reality are the drawings?

The fairground scenes remind me of the finale to the classic story, The Third Man, by Graeme Greene, there is little doubt in my mind he is a writer, even if I don't agree with his treatment of ladies. One mystery he wrote is based on a plane, a passenger booked two seats, the second seat is taken by a holdall, which is big enough to hold a bowling ball, or a head, we are never told

Pearl's Peril

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Not to my taste

This month, to take my mind of the loss of my wife in January, I have been playing June's Journey on my Android phone. I find the game is both pleasant to play, and has good graphics which are pleasing on the eye.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for a side game entitled Pearl's Peril. Pearl's graphics are chunky, and the quest list to progress is intrusive, and very off putting. I did try the app for a short time, but found it unpleasnt to play

I am not a serious gamer

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Not the fanatical player

I can see how people can get drawn into games like June's Journey, and spend a lot of money buying items, but to me it is only a game; a way to relax my mind from thinking of my late wife.

For the last two years of her life, it was as much as she could do to walk, after a series of illnesses, and injuries made her housebound, and bedridden, she would have loved this game

Lana Pawcel - Gothic Writer

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                                                     Lana's Lounge

On the app June's Journey, I have created a chatroom called Lana's Lounge, on here I will drop some book links by my alter ego, Lana Pawcel.

Lana's person has had moments of both humour, and confusion for me. I was asked by a writer I once knew, was I male or female? This was funny as we'd been in contact for months at the time.

Lana is known for her short story, Sexual Explosions; this steamy romance, is also a true crime story, how? At the core of the story is a crime I reported while working for Bristol City Council. I reported the theft in the story, but when I left the service over a decade later, there had been no investigation into the incident, why? The majority of the staff are ex-policemen, and the link to the Freemason society allows any crime, other than Treason to be left unquestioned.

Who was Lana Pawcel?

I set up Lana's persona as a pen-name a long time ago, during a time when I wrote for a charity, and I didn't wish for this type of story to be linked to the charity.

What is coming?

I envisage the new Lana to be a writer in the Gothic mode, both of horror, and romance. I have started two stories so far in this genre, tbh, I prefer to write old-fashioned stories, they go back to a time of mystery, when writing was valued

The Spam fight back

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Partners in Crime

From now on, each time I get spammed by people on Twitter, I am returning the favour with a blog post link. I don't expect anything from this, but it such good fun to post to a group, then leave 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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 Partmers in Crime

Miss Fisher Mysteries

My late wife would have loved playing June's Journey on her phone. We saw it advertised on one of our favourite YouTube channels. Sadly, she never had the opportunity before she died in January, 2025.

The game is in the same vein as two of our favourite TV series; Partners in Crime, and Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries.

I didn't watch the remake of Partners in Crime with David Walliams; the film of Miss Fisher was an excellent movie. 

The modern version of Miss Fisher followed the same fate as The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. both were dropped after two series. Girl was a mix of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Get Smart, and failed to gel.

Miss Fisher didn't go well as a modern series set in the 1960's, and the acting was bad.