Jackal

Her Interactive has created an incredibly reliable formula for Nancy Drew adventures over the years – a framework that has become as predictable as it is successful, firmly established in the longrunning mystery series now numbering almost twenty and still counting. Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses! is not one of those games. With the […]

What comes to mind for most people when they think of Oz is the 1939 movie starring Judy Garland, with ruby red slippers, sickly green witches, and a musical number for almost every character. Even if one realizes it was based on a book, and even if they read that book as a child, they […]

We love 'em, but let's face it: adventure games aren't exactly famous for their high technical specs, awe-inspiring graphics, or groundbreaking physics systems. It doesn't take a lot of horsepower to tell a good interactive story, but this understated approach has ensured the adventure genre remains a niche loved by its diehard fans and more […]

Sylvie Leroux has a problem. Her archeologist uncle, a man who not only raised her but also helped inspire her career as a budding young archeologist in Paris, has gone missing. And wouldn’t you know it, his disappearance comes just as he’s about to crack an incredible, history-altering mystery at a dig site on the […]

I have to tell you that writing this review qualifies as an “unforseen occurence” for me. If you had come to me three years ago and said “Hey, at this time in 2007, you'll be reviewing a compilation of the next six Sam & Max games” I likely would have dismissed you out of hand. […]