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Adventures made in Germany: “The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles” (PC)
Prequels to games aren’t as common as in the movie industry, but this doesn’t mean that they’re inferior to the original, as KING Art Games’ point-and-clicker The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles shows. The Book of Unwritten Tales: … Continue reading
Posted in Game reviews, Gaming
Tagged adventure, adventure game, Alien, animal cruelty, antagonist, artwork, classic, comedy, comic, Critter, DRM-free, epic, Escher, fantasy, GOG, Good Old Games, headhunter, humor, KING Art Games, LucasArts, Munkus, Nate, Nate Bonnet, Nordic Games, Northlands, PC, penguins, point-and-click adventure, prequel, puzzles, RPG, Seastone, slapstick, Star Wars, Steam, storytelling, Telltale Games, The Book of Unwritten Tales, The Book of Unwritten Tales: THe Critter Chronicles, The Critter Chronicles, Yeti
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Adventures made in Germany: “The Book of Unwritten Tales” (PC)
There is always a fine line between subtle references to well-established genres, books, movies or other media, and obvious parodies trying too hard to be funny and only ending up rather tame in humor. The German sense of humor is … Continue reading
Posted in Game reviews, Gaming
Tagged adventure, adventure game, adventurer, Alliance, Aventasia, Baldur's Gate, classic, comedy, comic, Critter, dance game, DRM-free, dwarf, elf, fantasy, folklore, funny, GOG, Good Old Games, Gremlin, humor, Ivo, Ivodora Eleonora Clarissa, KING Art Games, lore, LucasArts, magician, mini game, Monkey Island, Mortimer McGuffin, Mother, Nate, Nathaniel Bonnet, Nordic Games, NPC, online RPG, parody, PC, point-and-click adventure, prejudice, princess, puzzles, quest, rhythm game, rhythm-action, RPG, slapstick, Steam, storytelling, Terry Pratchett, The Book of Unwritten Tales, Tolkien, Voodoo, voodoo doll, Wilbur, Wilbur Weathervane, Zorro
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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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Kickstarter adventures: “Broken Age” (PC)
The games industry hasn’t been the same since Double Fine‘s Adventure Game Kickstarter project that turned into the point-and-clicker Broken Age. But is the final product really worth the hype? Broken Age (PC) (USA 2014/2015, developer: Double Fine, publishers: Double … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, adventure game, Android, Broken Age, classic, co-op, Day of the Tentacle, DOTT, Double Fine, DRM-free, Elijah Wood, fantasy, GOG, Good Old Games, Grim Fandango, humor, indie, indie games, iOS, Jack Black, Kickstarter, LucasArts, Mog-Chothra, Mother, Nordic Games, PC, point-and-click adventure, PS4, puzzles, robot, sci-fi, Shay Volta, Steam, storytelling, Tim Schafer, Vella Tartine
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Adventures made in Germany: “The Book of Unwritten Tales 2” (PC)
Does KING Art Games’ Kickstarter-funded adventure game The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 tread new ground in the point-and-click genre or is it just another succession of mildly amusing scenes and good puzzles? The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 (PC) … Continue reading →