Timequest - Tombs and Temples (Peking)
Written by ReikoTemporal Corps Private Journal #5:“I spend some time learning to meditate in the presence of the dead, which apparently qualifies me to become the patron of an entire Chinese monastic...
View ArticleMissed Classic 10: Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man - Introduction (1984)
Written by Joe PranevichThis summer is shaping up to be a pretty good one for Marvel. Avengers: Age of Ultron led off the Marvel summer calendar with a cool 1.4 billion dollars at the box office so...
View ArticleSpace Quest 1 (VGA) - Part 2: Kerona
By Andy PanthroSo this expensive heap of junk has saved me from a terrible space-based death, and deposited me on an inhospitable red desert. It's not that I'm ungrateful, but it would have been nice...
View ArticleTimequest - Quetzlcoatl (Mexico)
Written by ReikoTemporal Corps Private Journal #6: “More creepy and useless messages. I have to wonder if there’s going to be a secret code hidden in them or something. I make my second foray into...
View ArticleMissed Classic: It Came From the Desert - WON! and Final Rating
Written by TBDDoctor Greg Bradley Journal Entry #3:Thankfully, the last four days were just a dream. The town's last stand won't take place on June 15, 1951, as it's now June 11, and I've just helped a...
View ArticleGame 61: Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance (1991) - Introduction
Why are we jumping straight to Game 61 when we haven't even started games 59 and 60? Simple. Alex is just too busy playing Larry 5, so he cannot yet start Police Quest 3, and Joe P. is trying to finish...
View ArticleLeisure Suit Larry 5 – What’s New in Baltimore?
Written by AlexAvoiding the groping from her limo driver, Patti alights in Baltimore, outside of the majestic Shaft building, home of des Rever Records and the FBI’s next target, record producer...
View ArticleTimequest - Final Rating
Written by ReikoBefore I get to the rating, I should point out that there are a lot of optional activities in the game. Ilmari mentioned some of them early on, most of which I forgot to try. I found a...
View ArticleSpellcasting 201 - A Tourguide's Work Is Never Done
By AperamaA Tourguide to Spellcasting U!Welcome! You've made it, finally. All of those years of neglect from your parents are behind you now! You're at the premiere college of Sorcery, Wizardry and...
View ArticleLeisure Suit Larry 5 – Hot Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel
Written by AlexAs Patti leaves Baltimore behind and settles in for her long limo ride up to Philadelphia, the scene returns to Larry, dreaming about riding a gondola with Patti through the streets of...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Story - The Mara
Answers: The MaraIntroduction and captions: IlmariIf there has been one commenter of this blog that everyone knows, it must be Canageek - that eager critic of silly adventure game plots, voracious...
View ArticleSpellcasting 201 - The Case of the Oiled Moustache
Written by AperamaErnie Eaglebeak's Journal #1“I sure hope they don't find this. I mean, I woke up this morning with just my cloak – I had all of this stuff they somehow managed to drag out of my hands...
View ArticleMissed Classic 12: Questprobe Featuring the Human Torch and the Thing -...
Written by Joe PranevichIt’s a good time to be a comic book geek. As I write this, I just got back from watching Ant-Man, a film that absolutely does not deserve to be as good as it is. And yet… wow....
View ArticleLeisure Suit Larry 5 – You Are What You Is
Written by AlexCommenter The Mara recently noted that her question, "[H]ow much more tasteless can Leisure Suit Larry get" is one she has to wait for the answer to. Well, the wait is over. Hold on to...
View ArticleSpellcasting 201 - Playing the Trunk Card
By AperamaErnie Eaglebeak's Journal #2: Well, turns out that my fame has gotten the better of me! Or that arse Chris Cowpatty just has it in for me. One pledge had to play bagpipes in class. Another to...
View ArticleMissed Classic: Questprobe #3 - A Sticky Situation
Written by Joe PranevichEight villains to defeat! (Nine if you count the snake.)Torch & Thing Journal #2- We are back together again and exploring a set of windy caves deep underground. The Thing...
View ArticleLeisure Suit Larry 5 – WON!
Written by AlexAnother Larry game in the books. This one . . . this one was a real doozy. Between the lack of puzzles, the overdone hand-holding, the repetitive nature of the gameplay, and the...
View ArticleMissed Classic: Questprobe #3 - WON! and Final Rating
Written by Joe PranevichTime to see what is beyond the wall of fire!Thing Journal #3 - So Johnny comes and joins me down in the caves and he’s able to get past the wall of fire and slow down the wind....
View ArticleSpellcasting 201 - Vale Tickingclock
Ernie Eaglebeak's Journal #3: It's almost impossible to put into words what I am feeling just at the moment. The man who has been like an old stepfather who didn't realise that his wife was giving...
View ArticleHail all Lurkers at the Threshold!
By TAG teamNo, this isn't about LovecraftWe have noticed that the amount of readers of the blog has grown, but the amount of commenters not so much. Because we are always eager to have more friends of...
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