On the top floor of a hotel in the heart of L.A.’s Little Tokyo, I just finished witnessing something many adventure game fans had long given up on ever seeing in their lifetimes: a brand spanking new Monkey Island game. As you’ve no doubt heard by now, LucasArts and Telltale Games are collaborating on a […]
Autumn Moon’s A Vampyre Story may not have been perfect, but for a freshman effort it was an admirable debut, delivering an assortment of offbeat characters, amusing scenarios, and an impressive wealth of interactive opportunities… oh, and some pretty decent looking graphics, if you like jaw-droppingly stylish hand-painted artwork (after all, The Aggies never lie, […]
In 2004, Kheops Studio released the unusual Return to Mysterious Island, a survivalist adventure set on the tropical isle inhabited by Captain Nemo in Jules Verne’s classic. With gameplay that emphasized inventory combinations and real-world logic, RTMI was the first of several Kheops releases to establish the studio’s unique knack for putting a new spin […]
Adventure game protagonists sure have been busy lately. From Hercule Poirot to Sherlock Holmes, from Mata Hari to Leonardo Da Vinci and even Nostradamus, wherever you turn, you can’t help but find their latest exploits in games like Death on the Nile, The Mystery of the Persian Carpet, or Secret Missions… Oh, these weren’t the […]
Since I finished my three-part “sky is kinda falling” blog series a while back, we’ve mourned a major publisher going bankrupt, witnessed the high-priced Wii and DS launch of , and seen 432 hidden object games be released… Okay, that last one may be an exaggeration, but casual titles are out in full force these […]
Article updated Friday, February 20th. Already read about Day One and Day Two? Skip straight ahead to the final day’s presentation!Almost a decade ago, two brave explorers ventured out into the gaming wilds in pursuit of an ancient artifact of incredible beauty and unspeakable power. Its legends far surpassed the likes of mere Atlantis, but […]
