I know a lot of people love Hidden Object Games, but I don't see the appeal. Don't your eyes get tired from scanning a cluttered screen? How are you not bored?
I used to like them, mainly because it is just challenging. It can give hours of entertainment. I think it is one of those, you like it or you don't kind of things.
I agree completely with the way you put it. To each his own!
I've been able to do a few HOGs if there was a little more to the storyline, but in general, the experience isn't quite as good for me as it was in the days of Highlights' Hidden Pictures or Waldo.