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DIY Games has published the latest issue of its monthly ‘Independent Adventuring’ feature.

Brain Hotel, the second game from Pinhead Games, creators of A Case of the Crabs, is now available. The game is fully voiced, and can be played either online, or downloaded and played offline (on PCs and Macs). Find out more about it here.

Apprentice II: The Knight’s Move, sequel to 2003’s highly-rated, AGS Award winning, Apprentice has been released. The game is longer and more difficult than the original. It can be found here.

Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw, creator of the Rob Blanc series of AGS games, among others, has released a sequel to 5 Days a Stranger (reviewed by Dave Gilbert), called 7 Days a Skeptic. The game is set in space, over 400 years after the incidents depicted in 5 Days a Stranger, and ties in with the […]

DIY Games have just released the latest installment in their Independent Adventuring column, which deals with each month’s underground adventrure releases.

The second installment in the continuing Ben Jordan series of games has been released. The game centres around Ben Jordan, a young man whose job it is to solve strange phenomena. You can find more information about it here.

A 256-colour fan-made remake of the LucasArts classic Maniac Mansion has been released by LucasFan Games, the team behind The New Adventures of Zak McKracken, another LucasArts fan-game. More details and a download link can be found here. A short review of the game can be found here.

Deirdra Kiai (creator of the excellent Cubert Badbone) has released a short demo for her next game, The Game That Takes Place on a Cruise Ship. Titled The Interview, it is exactly that – the protagonist, Gertrude, auditioning for a place in a computer game. The demo seems to be a stand-alone thing that won’t […]

Cirque De Zale was released today, and it’s already been garnering praise for its pretty graphics and excellent humour. You can get the game here and leave comments (and praise) for its creator here. You can find its Games Page entry, with a short review, here.

No, it’s not some strange STD, thankfully that’s cleared up. A Case of the Crabs is a new Flash-based freeware adventure that can be played online or offline. Find out more about it here. A full review by Evan Dickens is available here.