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A New York Hour with Wadjet Eye's Dave Gilbert
The acclaimed writer/designer/actor/director joins us to talk indie development, voice acting, creative choices, and so much more, including the studio's upcoming Nighthawks and Old Skies. Bonus top five: best modern pixel art games... Read more
Bye Sweet Carole introduced for 2024 release
Traditionally animated horror fairy tale from the creator of Remothered blends classic adventuring with stealth and platforming... Read more
The Question of Review Bias
Does bias negatively (or positively) impact a review unfairly? What does it mean for a writer to be truly "objective?" It's a very important topic to us as journalists, so this week we explore these questions and more from an editor's perspective. Bonus top five: Games and movie reviews we personally disagree with. (Because that's okay!)... Read more
Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot set to return for The London Case
Sequel to 2021's The First Cases coming this summer to PC, PlaySation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch platforms... Read more
Paws of Coal to be unearthed on Steam next month
Animal-themed narrative adventure in the Trip the Ark Fantastic universe coming May 1st on PC... Read more
Interior Worlds is out on Windows PC
Demo also available for short photographic "exploration adventure" through liminal spaces on Steam... Read more
Sherlock Holmes takes on The Case of the Hung Parliament in VR
Single or multiplayer live-action deduction mystery available via AppLab and SideQuest on the Meta Store... Read more
An interview with Jane Jensen, legendary designer of the Gabriel Knight trilogy ... and beyond?
With her husband Robert Holmes Kickstarting a new music album of original game themes, this seemed like a perfect time to touch base and get her perspective on things and discuss their plans for the future – plans that they've made no secrets about hoping could ultimately lead to that long-awaited new Gabriel Knight sequel... Read more
Road To Devadatta arrives on Steam
Demo also available for free-roaming adventure with light action elements on Windows PC... Read more
The Aching bursts out on Windows, Mac and Linux
Demo also available for dark fantasy adventure running in an emulated Tandy 1000 environment... Read more
Adventure Game Hotspot Convention Announced!
Hey, we'll be hosting our very own adventure game convention, the first ever on U.S. soil! In a standalone mini-podcast, Joshua and Jack spill the deets on the upcoming AGHcon in Tacoma, Washington on April 20-21, 2024... Read more
The Kraken Wakes unleashed on PC
Adaptation of John Wyndham's 1950s sci-fi/horror novel features conversational AI... Read more
Lil' Guardsman to be one to watch later this year
Hand-painted deduction adventure coming to PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch platforms... Read more
Demo foretells upcoming arrival of Twilight Oracle
Kickstarter coming April 25th for comedic point-and-click fantasy adventure from the creator of The Corruption Within... Read more
Project Dark sees the light on PC, Switch and mobile devices
Choice-driven, episodice narrative anthology presented through binaural audio... Read more