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Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon
Sunday, December 23, 2018
Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon is a game similar in style to the first game. It had multiple protagonists that you could take control of, and every scene in the game is a puzzle in itself. So I expected more of the same with the sequel, and I was not disappointed. The amusing introduction shows […]
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Goblins
Sunday, December 23, 2018
Gobliiins is a puzzle/adventure game in which the player controls a team of three goblins: Oups, Ignatius and Asgard (Hooter, Dwayne, and BoBo in the US release) to find four magic components. A voodoo doll has turned their king Angoulafre mad and by collecting the components they can track down Niak the Wizard, the only […]
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Goblins 3
Sunday, December 23, 2018
Goblins 3 is the third game of the Goblins (aka Gobliiins/Gobliins) series of adventure/puzzle games set in a cartoony universe. In the first Goblins game, three goblins were at the player’s disposal, each with their unique set of abilities used to solve various puzzles. In the second game, only two goblins – Fingus and Winkle, […]
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Dark Side of the Moon
Saturday, December 22, 2018
In Dark Side of the Moon, the player steps into the shoes of protagonist Jake Wright, who has inherited his uncle’s mining claim on Luna Crysta. The fact that everyone seems to believe that the claim is worthless doesn’t quite jibe with the mysterious circumstances surrounding his uncle’s death, and Jake soon discovers that there […]
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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
At a time when most games had occupied single-digit numbers as far as MB, EA’s graphic adventure The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes took up a whopping 28 MB in disk space. Not an insignificant amount considering the average size of a hard disk at that time ranged between 500 MB to around 1 GB. […]
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Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Atlantis looked like it might have all the right elements for an inspired adventure that could bring the genre out of its 1990s Myst-induced coma. The game takes place in Atlantis at a mythical time when it was still thriving, and begins with the disappearance of the queen. It seems isolationists within the Atlantean community […]
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Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring
Friday, December 14, 2018
A mystery is afoot. Yes, my dear Watson, there’s a mystery to be solved. Better grab the gang and head for the Mystery Machine, then build some unlikely contraption to catch Old Man Johnson down by the mill. But Sherlock Holmes isn’t your average point and click borefest that will challenge all but the most […]
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Star Trek: Klingon
Friday, December 14, 2018
The horrors of FMV never fails to deliver as far as cringe-inducing awfulness. “The ultimate interactive adventure” it’s called, but jaded gamers who have played this brand of crap probably know what to expect – Star Trek Klingon has less in common with A Final Unity or Harbinger than it does with Star Trek: Borg, […]
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Urban Runner
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
The interactive movie was the all too painful buzzword that dominated 90s adventure gaming – usually for the worst. FMV adventures were many and most were neither good games, nor good movies, but they made money and as such were pumped out regardless. In Urban Runner you play as Max, an American investigative reporter currently […]
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Orion Conspiracy
Sunday, December 9, 2018
At first glance, it appears that this new title has all the ingredients for a great adventure game: A twisting plot, plenty of unique characters to interact with, and fair but challenging puzzles. I guess it just goes to show that appearances can be deceiving, because almost none of that potential is fulfilled. This sci-fi […]
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