The November 2004 issue of PC Zone (UK edition) features a letter (Mailbox, page 137) from an Underground games fan, James O’Malley. In his letter he praises Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw’s 5 Days a Stranger, and suggests taking an interest in amateur adventures is the only way we can bring adventure games back to their old […]
Jonathan Boakes', of XXV Productions, sequel to Dark Fall, titled Dark Fall: Lights Out, is up for a review on, surprisingly, NGASports.com, a site that at first glance looks entirely online-gaming oriented. The very good, two-page review, gives Lights Out a score of 86 out of a 100: What Jonathan Boakes has created here […]
Frictionless Insight gave Aura: Fate Of The Ages 3/5 stars: “Aura very solidly takes you from one puzzle to another, involving both Myst-style machinery, and found objects from the lands you explore. The puzzles are solid. Given that the game retails for under $20, you can overlook the cheesy dialog and the nearly incomprehensible […]
The 328MB demo for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Dark Motives can be had from this direct link at the official site. Alternate downloads are at 3D Gamers and Gamer’s Hell. Dark Motives, which recently hit store shelves, is the next installment of the continuation of the CSI series of crime solving and forensics themed games […]
Adventure gamers who will be in the vicinity of London for the weekend of September 17-19 should make their way over to the Dali Museum at Southbank, London’s County Hall Gallery for an exhibit of artwork used in the Myst series of adventure game. The show will feature development sketches and other concept art from […]
Myst IV Revelation went gold today, according to publisher Ubisoft. The first person sequel to the popular Myst series is slated to ship to retailers September 28 at an MSRP of $39.99. In a move hearkening back to the original Myst‘s role in ushering in the CD-rom era, Myst IV Revelation will ship on the […]
Croatian developer Razbar Studios has now found a distributor for their soon to be released title, Legacy: Dark Shadows. Online gaming store Gamestop.com is now even taking pre-orders in anticipation of this game’s October 15 release date. Legacy: Dark Shadows will be a sci-fi themed classic point-&-click adventure (in the spirit of such titles as […]
In a declaratory yet laconic statement on their website, Prograph Research just announced that a new episode of Tony Tough is in the works, to be dispersed worldwide by DTP, and will feed out more information as it comes. For a handle on the colorful cartoon style world of Tony Tough, check out our review […]
The official French language site of Nibiru: Messenger Of The Gods is now up and running. The hero of Nibiru is Martin Holan, a European student of linquistics and archaeology. Contacted by his uncle’s friend to examine a mysterious World War II tunnel that was adventitiously unearthed during the construction of a road, he travels […]
