The 21st century has not been kind to the point-and-click adventure genre. After a parade of hits in the ’90s, the party abruptly ended. I never really understood why either. You might be able to write it off to the breathless pace at which the industry began to grow at the turn of the century [...]
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Review : Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
Posted by Rishi on November 4th, 2011
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No Comments »Review : Costume Quest
Posted by Rishi on November 4th, 2011
It’s been many years since the last time I duct taped together a crappy robot costume out of cardboard boxes, paint, and glow sticks in order to trudge around hassling neighbors for candy. While I might be too old for those kinds of shenanigans these days, I love the way Costume Quest simultaneously recaptures that same exuberant [...]
Review : Back to the Future: The Game
Posted by Rishi on November 4th, 2011
After first being released as a series of downloadable PC titles, developer Telltale Games’ episodic Back to the Futureadventures found a new home on the PlayStation Network. Now all five games have been bundled together into a single retail release for Nintendo’s Wii, making for an incredible value for fans of the classic ’80s film series. Unfortunately, [...]
Posted in Adventure, Genres, Platform, Reviews, Wii Tags: Back to the Future: The Game, Review No Comments »Review: Blackwell Deception
Posted by Rishi on October 31st, 2011
I’m beginning to think that point-and-click adventure games are haunted. Word on the street is that the genre’s been dead for ages, but now they keep popping up starring those from beyond the grave. Phoenix Wright had Mia Fey fulfilling the role of Obi-Wan as a spirit adviser. Ghost Trick‘s leading man Cecil started out dead. And even Guybrush [...]
Review: Batman: Arkham City
Posted by Rishi on October 31st, 2011
I’ve reviewed a small multiverse’s worth of superhero video games over the last few years, and up until rather recently I’d felt the need to prompt each of them with a brief, cynical disclaimer: yes, games of the “long underwear” variety have a pretty unfortunate track record, and no, that likely won’t change anytime soon. [...]
Posted in Adventure, Genres, PC, Platform, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360 Tags: Batman: Arkham City, Review No Comments »Review: The Book of Unwritten Tales
Posted by Rishi on October 31st, 2011
One of the best gags from The Secret of Monkey Island placed our scrappy hero behind a wall where he got into a series of preposterous events out of view. All players could see was onomatopoeia describing his exploits while the HUD showed him using bizarre objects until he emerged several seconds later with his pockets full [...]
Posted in Adventure, Genres, PC, Platform, Reviews Tags: Review, The Book of Unwritten Tales No Comments »Videos : L.A. Noire: Reefer Madness Vice Case
Posted by Rishi on October 21st, 2011
Sniff out the criminals peddling marijuana cigarettes to unsuspecting youths and put them out for good in L.A. Noire.
Posted in Adventure, Genres, PC, Platform, PS3, Videos, Xbox 360 Tags: L.A. Noire, Reefer Madness Vice Case No Comments »Videos : A Look at the Cities of Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Posted by Rishi on October 21st, 2011
Several designers at Eidos Montreal drop some background information on us in this Deus Ex: Human Revolution game trailer, bringing context to the thought process behind the design of the game’s cities.
Posted in Adventure, Genres, PC, Platform, PS3, Videos, Xbox 360 Tags: A Look at the Cities of Deus Ex, Human Revolution No Comments »Videos : Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Unravel Gameplay
Posted by Rishi on October 21st, 2011
Unravel the mystery of strange suicides which leads deeper into a sinister conspiracy in Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Videos : Batman: Arkham City – Riddler Trailer
Posted by Rishi on October 21st, 2011
The Riddler becomes eerily similar to the villain of the SAW movies in Batman: Arkham City.
