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Tag: adventure game
Review: Wayward Strand is an emotive and thoughtful collection of stories set aboard a hospital airship
For fans of emotional narrative adventures, Wayward Strand is worth experiencing.
Review: Syberia: The World Before is a beautiful surprise
Microids’ continuation of the Syberia story is a welcome surprise and a fitting tribute to its creator.
Exorcize adventure game demons with the help of the Unavowed
Adventure games have come a long way since the days of the war between Sierra and LucasArts. Since then, a lot has changed in the adventure gaming formula, with plenty of releases attempting to change the traditional means of delivering a story all the while challenging players with creative puzzles and such. Some developers, like […]
The Red Strings Club plays with the definition of what an adventure game could be
The Red Strings Club did an excellent job at playing with my expectations in regards to just how an adventure game can deliver a compelling, multifaceted story set in a cyberpunk backdrop during my first time playing it. In a far-flung future, a mega corporation is about to introduce a technology aimed at forcibly introducing […]
This isn’t the Black Mirror you’re looking for…
The fact that Black Mirror has become such a huge success over the last few years is nothing short of astounding. But some might be surprised to know that there’s another series of the same name that contains some of the more obscure cult adventure games on the PC. The latest entry, simply titled Black […]
Neofeud: Do Androids Dream of a Fulfilling Future?
The path for humanity into the future is looking increasingly uncertain in 2017. Numerous events, from the financial crisis, the rise of automation, global warming to the election of a certain so-called President, brought about a strong sense that the world is not heading in a great direction. Neofeud takes this bad path to one […]
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 Review
Adventure games might be in constant shift nowadays, but there’s nothing like a classically styled title like The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 to remind us that the genre is still very much alive and kicking. After starting its existence as a Kickstarter project, KING Art’s The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 picks up where […]
Randal’s Monday Review
I like Bill Murray. I said it. He’s a funny guy. He’s great in Ghostbusters, excellent in Lost in Translation, and pretty amazing in Rushmore. But one film of his I will always come back to is Groundhog Day. Murray’s portrayal of irritable, arrogant weatherman Phil Connors trapped in a time loop on February 2nd, […]
Shadowgate Review
Nostalgia is a powerful motivator for game development nowadays. Now that we’ve reached a point where videogames are old enough to allow the existence of developers who have grown up playing them, old classics reappearing under new coats of paint have become commonplace. The newest case is Shadowgate, an old Nintendo Entertainment System tough-as-nails fantasy […]