“I’ve got an exclamation mark covered in black varnish.”
Category: Retrospectives
The Joys of Kyrandian Kleptomania
We’re all used to stuffing the great and the good into our pockets – but few adventure games make it as fun as The Hand of Fate!
Toonstruck in 2021 is Peak Nineties Nostalgia
This retrospective is brought to you by Wacme!
A Man Called Calavera – Remembering Grim Fandango
With bony hands I hold my partner, on soulless feet we cross the floor…
The Haunting Warmth of Killmonday Games
Little girls, whispering voices, bleak other-worlds and plenty of puzzles. Gleefully, sordidly indulgent!
Why Am I Always Playing The Book of Unwritten Tales 2?
Comfort food adventure gaming at its most delicious.
25 Years of Full Throttle — The Final Fantasy VII of Adventure Games
The cool rebellious hero on the motorbike, sticking it to the man… in the mid-1990s, the same multimedia approach of cinematic gameplay did as much for Full Throttle as it did for a certain PS1 game…
Pondering the Origins of Guybrush Threepwood
He’s the go-to adventure game protagonist, yet nobody knows what his backstory was before piracy and insult swordfighting. Theorycrafting, ho!
Discworld — A Retrospective of My First Adventure Game Experience
Dragons only exist if you believe in them… and the average man on the street does believe in them. Or at least, believes in them enough to give Unseen University a big payday if he thinks Rincewind’s got rid of the bloody thing….