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Embark on a magical fantasy where fabulous treasures, exotic creatures and diabolical puzzles draw you in deeper than the darkest caverns in the Great Underground Empire.

If you asked Nick Bounty to describe himself, he’d probably reference the likes of Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe as his idols. Never mind that they’re completely fictional – their hardboiled swagger and self-assured confidence around the cold steel of a gun and the warm embrace of a pretty dame are what he can identify […]

Silvernode Studios’ is an excellent point-and-click adventure in which magnificent graphics, sound design, music, puzzles, and voice acting are yoked together, telling a story that shines a humorous light on the classic Noir genre.  Did I mention that you play a talking cat? Yes, you play a talking, bipedal cat—specifically, two such cats; Private Investigator […]

As a lifelong fan of oceans, I’d love nothing more than to do a deep-sea dive to explore a world-within-our-world that’s far more fascinating and imaginative than any sci-fi planet ever conceived. I mean, really, what’s a Wookiee or a Klingon got on a bottom-dwelling anglerfish, giant squid, devil ray or a Benjamin Button-like de-aging […]

Those of us who grew up with the earliest graphic adventures look back on them fondly – probably with a rose-coloured view of games with finicky parsers, sudden deaths and dead ends, and numerous others design frustrations that one can only laugh at today. These issues are so hilarious, in fact, that artist Robert Penney […]

The Forgotten City began its life as a mod for The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim that was so popular it was downloaded over three million times. So it only made sense for indie developer Modern Storyteller to revamp and upgrade it into a standalone game, and I’m happy to say that the result is a fascinating […]

While many modern adventures are moving away from traditional point-and-click, there are still some indie developers devoted to making new games inspired by the genre classics. One such company is Scarecrow Studio, which is currently working on a game called 3 Minutes to Midnight.  As part of my ongoing “Inside Adventure Gaming” video series, I […]

While graphics don’t make or break a game, quality artwork with just the right design aesthetic can be invaluable to an adventure game, as we’ve seen countless memorable times over the years. So often, in fact, you could create a whole book about it. Well, now someone has. Sam Dyer has produced an extensive catalogue […]

It’s Pep’s birthday and Putt-Putt wants to surprise him with his first birthday party ever! Join Putt-Putt as he travels through Cartown, helping various residents, reaping rewards, and gathering supplies for the party. With new friends to meet and new problems to solve, kids will love helping Putt-Putt get everything ready in time for the […]

Have you ever gotten to the end of a book or film and been left blinking, knowing you just witnessed something great but having no clue what just happened? For me, that covers , , pretty much anything by Christopher Nolan, and now EggNut’s . It may start out as a hard-boiled detective story, albeit […]