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Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Won! (Part 1)
Well, I’ve finished Monkey Island 2. I know there are a lot of people out there that find the ending to be disappointing and / or bewildering, but I’m not going to reveal my feelings just yet. That...
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Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Won! (Part 2)
It didn’t take long to get the answers to the questions I asked at the end of my last post. A thump emanated from the next room, and Guybrush announced that he was still alive. LeChuck had to admit...
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Monkey Island 2 interlude: Monkey 2 LITE!
Written by TBDBefore we get to Trickster's Final Rating of Monkey Island 2, I'd like to take a moment to discuss the differences between the full and lite version of the game. Don't worry, the Final...
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Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Final Rating
Just as with all classic adventure games, rating Monkey Island 2 is daunting to say the least. I’m going to try not to overthink things. I’m sure you all know that whatever comes out below is purely...
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Game 68: Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus - Introduction
Written by DeimarThe sassy lassie with a classy chassis is back!! And being a non-native english speaker I don’t even know what I just said. But it sounds cool and serves as introduction for our next...
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Conquests of Pop Culture: An Interview with Christy Marx
Written by AlexI recently had the pleasure of playing through Sierra’s excellent Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood, and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it, Much the Miller’s Son...
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Game 69: Cruise for a Corpse - Introduction (1991)
Written by Joe PranevichThe butler did it!Ahoy, adventure gamers! We have reached the third and final adventure game from Delphine Studios, one of the great European game development houses of the...
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Call for Questions for Mike Woodroffe
Introduction by Joe PranevichIf you’re like me, you’ve asked yourself more than once, “Who was it that got the brilliant idea to combine a 1980s horror movie personality with adventure and RPG game...
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Elvira II - Let me in
Written by DeimarDirk Gentley Journal Entry #1:"The night was cold like the mackerel that was served on the plane. Just another week on the job. A tough negotiation with some Wall Street wackos and a...
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Missed Classic 21: Seas of Blood - Introduction (1985)
Written by Joe PranevichArr! Finally a pirate adventure I can believe in!One peek at our leaderboard and the evidence is plain: we love pirate games. Sure you might argue that the Monkey Island series...
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Cruise for a Corpse - A Three Hour Tour
Written by Joe PranevichJinkies! How will we solve this mystery?Welcome back! In the opening moments of the game, we saw a Paris police inspector (that’s us!) unexpectedly invited onto a pleasure...
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Elvira II - Witching & Bitching
Written by DeimarDirk Gentley Journal Entry #2"The red liquid dripping off the tip of my new jacket was a giveaway of the mess Elvira had gotten me into. A 20-foot tall doggy from hell has taken her....
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Missed Classic 21: Seas of Blood - WON! And Final Rating
Written by Joe PranevichA mysterious mountain, soon to be filled with pirate booty!Welcome back! Where we last left our evil pirate adventure, I had just discovered the mythical mountain of Nippur, the...
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Cruise for a Corpse - Looking for Clues (In All the Wrong Places)
Written by Joe PranevichPardon me, sir. Why are you sitting on my bed?Last week, Raoul and I tried to find our sea legs as we finished exploring the ship-- or at least as much of it as we could access....
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Missed Classic 22: Robin of Sherwood: The Touchstones of Rhiannon (1985) -...
Written by AlexYes indeed, here we are. Another Robin Hood game, and my first Missed Classic for The Adventure Gamer. Yeah! After I played and reviewed 1991’s excellent Conquests of the Longbow: The...
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Cruise for a Corpse - Gambling Debts and Hidden Affairs
Written by Joe PranevichA very expensive clue!Last week, Raoul and I dug deeper into the death of Niklos Karaboudjan, the wealthy patron who invited us on to his cruise only to die before we even met...
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Elvira II - House on Haunted Hill
Written by DeimarDirk Gentley Journal Entry #3"My luck had run out. As per usual. My careful exploration of the studio offices yielded nothing. Except for a encounter with a witch. In the literal...
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Missed Classic 23: Suspect (1984)
By IlmariDracula, werewolf and a gorilla - all we need is LucySince Joe is now playing another detective adventure, this is a perfect time to look at Suspect, which concludes Infocom’s detective...
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Game 68: Elvira II ‐ Young Frankenstein
Written by DeimarDirk Gentley Journal Entry #4"I wonder how did we manage to get someone to fund a set full of so many horrors. There are rooms in fire, magically contained to the interior of the room...
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Cruise for a Corpse - Death by Carpentry
Written by Joe PranevichNot dead, just drunk.Last week, Raoul and I made some headway into our murder investigation by confirming that Niklos’s wife was cheating on him with his solicitor. We also know...
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