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The afterlife is one of the biggest mysteries of all time which nobody, no matter how spiritual, can ever really answer for sure. What happens to us after we die? Is there really a Heaven and a Hell? If so, what will these places be like? Not knowing the answers doesn’t stop people from believing, […]

Undercover: Operation Wintersun is a spy-themed adventure that takes place during World War II, a setting that has provided the foundation for very few games that aren’t all about the action. But espionage is as important to war as the battlefield, and provides some interesting possibilities for adventures. In Undercover, our spy is not quite […]

In Nancy Drew: The Final Scene, the fifth game in the popular series, Nancy has once again found herself embroiled in a strange case–this time the kidnapping of her good friend, Maya. Nancy is the type of girl that in real life would have a nickname like ‘Disaster Drew’, due to all the strange events […]

The concept of serialization continues to be a tricky subject amongst gamers. With all of the things going on in our daily lives, very few of us have the time to slog through a twenty hour adventure game, and there's nothing worse than getting halfway through and realizing that you've wasted your hard earned cash […]

Hopkins FBI is a very strange little game from England that’s virtually unknown in North America. This is a shame, for although it’s certainly not for everyone, it’s a twisted little gem that could be a real guilty pleasure for a lot of players. Hopkins is a third-person point and click adventure. In form, content […]

Clandestiny is the third in the Trilobyte series of haunted house puzzle games. It breaks no new ground in terms of format or content, but I really enjoyed it nevertheless. I am personally a big fan of the formula codified by the wildly successful “The 7th Guest” in 1992. The formula? Stumble around a haunted […]