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GOG release: “The Moment of Silence”
House of Tales’ point-and-click adventure game released back in 2005 might be old news, but the recent DRM-free release of The Moment of Silence still shows that it has lost none of its political and social themes’ potency. Martin Ganteföhr … Continue reading
Posted in Game release news, Gaming
Tagged 1984, adventure, adventure game, arnold schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, cinema, classic, controversial, controversy, discount, discount launch, DRM-free, dystopian, dystopian novel, freedom of speech, George Orwell, GOG, Good Old Games, House of Tales, literature, Martin Ganteföhr, Nordic Games, PC, Peter Wright, point-and-click adventure, puzzles, sale, sci-fi, Steam, storytelling, The Moment of Silence, thriller, Total Recall
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Halloween 2015 Gaming Special, Day 5: “Fran Bow” (PC)
Classic point-and-click adventure games tend to say little but with many words, even with indies. But Swedish developer Killmonday Games‘ Fran Bow shows that the genre can still tell great stories for a mature audience without compromising puzzle design. What … Continue reading
Posted in Game reviews, Gaming
Tagged adventure game, Alice in Wonderland, blood, Chains of Satinav, children's book, Dali, Day of the Tentacle, death, dream, DRM-free, fantasy, fiction, Fran Bow, Frogger, GOG, Good Old Games, illusion, insanity, Killmonday Games, Lewis Carroll, life, literature, nightmare, PC, Picasso, point-and-click adventure, puzzles, reality, Sanitarium, sanity, Steam, storytelling, The Cat Lady, The Dark Eye, The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, The Longest Journey, Tim Burton, time-travel, violence, Wadjet Eye Games
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Bookworming: “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”
Is the narrative as odd as the title? Find out in Ransom Riggs’ Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (USA 2011, author: Ransom Higgs, publisher: Quirk Books) Sometimes the weirdest things can become things … Continue reading
The Leonard Nimoy and Terry Pratchett Legacy
It’s been sad weeks with Leonard “Mr. Spock” Nimoy having passed away on February 27, 2015 and now Sir Terry “Discworld” Pratchett having met Death personally on March 12, 2015. But what they left behind is more than just a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Gaming, Movies
Tagged author, death, Discworld, Leonard Nimoy, literature, movies, point-and-click adventures, Spock, Star Trek, Terry Pratchett, TV
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Emotional Multimedia Ride 