Gateway - Shield Generators
Written by ReikoBroadhead Journal #5: "It’s not just about risking my life to find cool stuff anymore. Now I have a real mission. I have to go to four more places. If I fail, we might all be doomed....
View ArticleEternam - Missed It By That Much
written by Aperama I've literally been staring at a blank page for the last three days having played Eternam. Maybe it's been a week. Or a month. I really can't tell any more. (Technically, I had to...
View ArticleMissed Classic: Zork II - Won! And Final Rating
Written by Joe PranevichLast week, I explored most of Zork II and ended my session with suicide-by-dragon thanks to the Wizard of Frobozz. He had cast a “Fierce!” spell and my character happily walked...
View ArticleGateway - Sleepytime
Written by ReikoBroadhead Journal #6:"Wow, this planet is so relaxing. Almost like a vacation. I need to fix this dike, and there’s a huge beast in the forest, and I don’t see the shield generator...
View ArticleHistory of Adventure 4: Verb-select (Point and Click) Graphical Adventures...
By the TAG TeamNotable Titles: Deja Vu, Maniac Mansion, Labyrinth, Monkey Island 1& 2, Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones 3& 4, Simon the Sorcerer 1& 2Notable Creators and Companies: ICOM...
View ArticleEternam - When you can count your money, you ain't got none!
written by Aperama I'm not gonna lie – this game is a struggle. Staring at an empty DOSbox prompt with “DRIVE:\ETERNAM\>” is something I'm almost frightened to admit to. Eternam hasn't quite given...
View ArticleEternam - Oh Deer...
written by Aperama Alright. This is a game that I now have to try and approach a touch more seriously, given how poorly it apparently comes across when joked about. Admittedly, my jokes weren't exactly...
View ArticleMissed Classic 36: Zork III: The Dungeon Master - Introduction (1982)
Written by Joe PranevichLast month, we completed the third game in our Zork marathon: Zork II. After exploring the prehistory of Infocom, we have finally reached the point where they are starting to...
View ArticleGateway - Blood and Guts
Written by ReikoBroadhead Journal #7: "No $(*# way. I go from a beautifully relaxing planet to THIS? Every single thing here is trying to eat me, even the plants! And they’re all disgusting! I hate...
View ArticleEternam - Parlez vous francais?
written by Aperama I've probably spent more time ragging on France and its bizarre adventure game design choices than I'm probably allowed without becoming known as an enemy of the state. I mean, I...
View ArticleGateway - Digging Up Secrets
Written by ReikoBroadhead Journal #8:"Three down, one to go. How much worse could it get? This last one is habitable at least. And I’m not the first one to end up here, either, although from the look...
View ArticleMissed Classic: Zork III - Won! And Final Rating
Written by Joe PranevichHello, sailor! Last week, I started into Zork III, the final chapter of the original Zork trilogy, and explored much of this new region in the Great Underground Empire. I...
View ArticleEternam - Sunshine of the Spotted Mind
written by Aperama Eternam is getting to the point where I repeatedly ask myself a simple question: 'why?' The problem is the direction of this query. At first, it was 'why would the developer do...
View ArticleGateway - Virtual Reality
Written by ReikoBroadhead Journal #9:"Seriously, we’re not done yet? Now I’ve got to go activate the whole shield system because there’s a control center at the Vertex in the same star system as the...
View ArticleMissed Classic 37: Snowball (1983)
By IlmariSince we don’t want to exhaust Joe with his marathon, we’ve given him some time off. In the meantime, I’ll take the opportunity to continue the story of Level 9, a text adventure company...
View ArticleSnowball - Eurocracy on a cruiser
written by IlmariKim Kimberley reporting 2: “I’ve been awakened from my long slumber, so there must be something wrong with Snowball. It took me a while just to get out of the freezer section of the...
View ArticleEternam - Through the Stargate
written by Aperama I'm definitely regretting extending my last play post at this point. See, my previous post was spent running around making useless conversation with dozens upon dozens of bad spoof...
View ArticleGateway - Won!
Written by ReikoBroadhead Journal #10:"I’m in hell. Literally. I suppose I deserve it. I wish I hadn’t broken the party VR, but I didn’t have a choice if I wanted to help the Heechee AI destroy the...
View ArticleMissed Classic: Snowball - Won! (With Final Rating)
Written by IlmariKim Kimberley reporting 3: “I’ve found out why I have been awoken. The pilot who was supposed to take care of the last year of Snowball’s journey was killed by a mysterious person...
View ArticleEternam - Whoops, outta budget! (Won!)
written by Aperama The reward is a wonky closeup of our 'helper'– they really love to zoom in!The pain is finally over! I no longer have to worry about having to load up Eternam. I swear my computer...
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