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Kickstarter adventures: “Dropsy” (PC)
Kickstarter can bring out the weirdest, but also most wonderful games, and nothing fits this description better than A Jolly Corpse‘s and Tendershoot (Jay Tholen)‘s hugventure Dropsy. Dropsy (PC) (USA 2015, developers: A Jolly Corpse/Tendershoot (Jay Tholen), publisher: Devolver Digital, … Continue reading
Posted in Game reviews, Gaming
Tagged A Jolly Corpse, adventure game, clown, comic, Devolver Digital, Dropsy, GOG, Good Old Games, hugventure, humor, indie, indie games, Jay Tholen, Kickstarter, LucasArts, open-world, pixel, pixel art, point-and-click adventure, puzzles, satire, satirical, Steam, Tendershoot, Wadjet Eye Games
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Indie adventures: “Technobabylon” (PC)
Cyberpunk stories aren’t new in the adventure game genre, and the retro pixel look isn’t, either. So does Technocrat Games‘ Technobabylon have different qualities to make it stand apart and fit in the Wadjet Eye Games indie catalog? Technobabylon (PC) … Continue reading
Posted in Game reviews, Gaming
Tagged 80ies, 80s, A.I., addict, adventure, adventure game, artificial intelligence, Charlie Regis, co-op, cultural, cyberpunk, cyberspace, DRM-free, freedom, gaming, genetics, GOG, Good Old Games, gore, graphic violence, identity, indie, indie games, instrumental, internet, internet culture, jargon, Latha Sesame, Max Lao, net addict, PC, personal freedom, point-and-click adventure, puzzles, rock, satire, sci-fi, science, scientific talk, self-expression, sexuality, social, society, Steam, storytelling, Technobabylon, Technocrat Games, technology, Telltale Games, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: Season One, violence, Wadjet Eye Games
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GOG release: “Starship Titanic” (PC)
With so many indie releases and big publishers being added to the library, one often forgets that GOG started out as a platform for bringing back classic gaming to the digital market. So it’s great to see first-person adventure game … Continue reading
Posted in Game release news, Gaming
Tagged adventure game, classic, Discworld, Douglas Adams, DRM-free, fantasy, gaming, GOG, Good Old Games, humor, Myst, point-and-click adventure, puzzles, satire, Starship Titanic, Terry Pratchett, The Digital Village
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GOG Release: “Afterlife”
If you think building-sims are dry affairs without any fun ideas, then LucasArts classic Afterlife might tell you otherwise. Having Disney-owned LucasArts licences on board doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s all about Star Wars and point-and-click adventures for GOG. This … Continue reading
Posted in Game release news, Gaming
Tagged Afterlife, comic, Devil, God, GOG, Good Old Games, LucasArts, religious, satire, sim, simulation, Theme Park
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Indie adventures: “Supreme League of Patriots” (PC)
When does patriotism and social injustices collide, that’s what No Bull Intentions tries to find out with its comic point-and-click adventure game Supreme League of Patriots. Supreme League of Patriots (UK 2015, developer: No Bull Intentions, publisher: Phoenix Online Publishing, … Continue reading
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