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Bill Farmer video interview – The original voice of Sam still being Goofy with his other famous cartoon canine role
With the LucasArts classic Sam & Max Hit the Road reaching thirty years old this year, we were thrilled to chat with Bill Farmer, the original voice behind Sam and the modern day voice of another pretty well known dog too: Disney's Goofy... Read more
Tall Story Games’ Tom Hardwidge serves up a taste of Heir of the Dog in a demo and video interview from AdventureX
Heir of the Dog from Tall Story Games drew a crowd of impressed onlookers at AdventureX in London. Adventure Game Hotspot's Laura Cress (aka Cressup) was on hand to check it out, then caught up with a very dapper Tom Hardwidge to chat about the upcoming Jekyll and Hyde-inspired point-and-click game... Read more
AdventureX 2023 demo round-up – Plenty of treasures unearthed at the narrative games convention in London
AdventureX returned for its 12th outing in 2023, and the narrative gaming convention in London showed no signs of slowing down. With many games available to check out first-hand, we’ve rounded up many of the upcoming games on display at the two-day event... Read more
The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo review – Gorgeously absurd hand-animated puzzler suffers from mechanical disconnect
At first the unusual art style and uncanny hand-animated world of The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo feels uniquely captivating, but delve a little deeper and its raw mechanics and unclear puzzle design make for a gameplay experience as fragmented as its protagonist... Read more
Gamescom 2023 Round-up – Part Two: Agatha Christie, Tintin, Dustborn and other assorted genre gems
Our coverage of a jam-packed gamescom 2023 concludes with a stellar mix of sci-fi, investigative mysteries and choice-driven narrative adventures... Read more
Gamescom 2023 Round-up – Part One: Harold Halibut, Rusty Lake and other funny, surreal puzzling adventures
Gamescom 2023 was so packed with adventures, it'll take us two cracks just to cover them all. First up, a mix of traditional point-and-clicks and offbeat brainteasing puzzle-based challenges... Read more
Charles Cecil chats Broken Sword: Parzival's Stone and Shadow of the Templars Reforged at gamescom 2023
At a busy gamescom 2023, we chatted with Charles Cecil about Broken Sword: Parzival's Stone, Shadow of the Templars Reforged, and the new "renaissance" era for Revolution Software that these new titles herald... Read more
Loretta review – Compelling 1940s pulp noir thriller offers some killer choices of just how bad you want to be
Loretta is a pleasingly chaotic and entertaining romp through the best tropes of film noir – but it's the player who decides just how dark things get... Read more
Francisco Gonzalez video interview – An In-Depth Chat About Rosewater
In her latest video chat, Cressup speaks with Francisco Gonzalez of Grundislav Games (Lamplight City, A Golden Wake) to unearth more details about his upcoming Western point-and-click adventure game, Rosewater... Read more
WASD 2023 roundup: Old Skies, Nighthawks and A Highland Song
At London's indie-focused video game event, we got a closer look at the promising new upcoming narrative-based titles from Wadjet Eye and inkle... Read more
Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County review – Charming cartoon animal series leaps to a delightful conclusion
Another “ribbeting” Frog Detective adventure with lots more kooky animals to interview and mysteries to solve, Corruption at Cowboy County creates a fitting conclusion to this charming trilogy... Read more