Disney Interactive Studios Desperate Housewives: The Game Video Games User Manual


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Investigating
That computer in your
house is for more than
reading the newspaper
and getting gardening
tips. What happens when
you search on one of
your neighbor’s names?
Sometimes the strangest
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the Internet.
Mini-Games with Poker
A night out with the girls. No husbands. No children. Just gossip and cards.
If you play well, you may learn something interesting and come home with
a pocketbook full of cash. You can earn money playing poker online using
the computer in your house, too, and you can practice anytime by accessing
Poker under Mini-Games in the Main Menu’s Special Features section.
Playing Poker
Texas Hold’em is the game of choice on card tables throughout Wisteria Lane,
just as it is on card tables everywhere else. In this version of poker, players
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betting ensues, and so
on until the showdown.
Hint: When you are
playing the game, you
can also get more tips
by clicking on the
Help menu.
Cheating
Having the best hand does not guarantee the pot. Cheating, however, usually
does. You can pull off these cheats just a few times during each game (the
number of uses is tallied on each button), so use them wisely.
Peek
Click this, then click on an opponent to sneak a peek at his
or her hand.
Stare
In some circumstances you can frighten a player away from a
good hand simply by the force of your will. Click this, then click
on a player to chase him or her out of the hand with a cold,
hard stare.
Stack the Deck
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Kick
Force a player to call, whether they want to or not, with a swift
kick under the table. Click the icon, then click the player you’d
like to kick.
Online Poker
If you want to play poker at anytime, you can always click on
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against non-Wisteria Lane residents.
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