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Game 34: The Colonel's Bequest - A Death in the Family?
Laura Bow Journal Entry 2:"Something awful has happened, I just know it! One moment Gertie was sound asleep in her bed, yet now there are signs of a struggle in her room and she's gone! My instincts...
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Game 34: The Colonel's Bequest - Nice Night for a Walk
Laura Bow Journal Entry 3:"Why won't anyone listen to me? Not only is Gertie dead, but whoever killed her has more than likely got to Wilbur now! I must make Lillian listen before more family members...
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Game 34: The Colonel's Bequest - The Presence of the Dead
Laura Bow Journal Entry 4:"How horrible! I found Wilbur's body in the chapel! He'd clearly been hit in the head with a very heavy object, and I hope I never see such a sight again in my lifetime. I'm...
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What's Your Story? - Cro Gamer
Since my act by act posts are taking a little bit longer to get out for The Colonel’s Bequest, this seems a good time to introduce one of our newer (and younger) readers. To think that when I was his...
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Game 34: The Colonel's Bequest - Under the Influence
Laura Bow Journal Entry 5:"I really wish I never accepted Lillian's offer to come to this "family reunion". Everyone here seems determined to inflict bodily harm on one another, often resulting in...
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Game 34: The Colonel's Bequest - The Calm Before the Storm
Laura Bow Journal Entry 6:"Could an hour have gone past without anyone being harmed? Somehow I doubt it! I fear my father wouldn't be very proud of me right now. I just don't seem to be able to put all...
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Game 34: The Colonel's Bequest - Star-Crossed Lovers
Laura Bow Journal Entry 7:"Things continue to spiral downwards here at the Colonel's estate, and I still remain powerless to stop it. Fifi and Jeeves are now dead, having been poisoned during a late...
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Game 34: The Colonel's Bequest - Won!
Laura Bow Journal Entry 8:"I finally did something worthy of my father's training, but it's very hard to feel good about it. I shot Rudy was he was trying to kill the Colonel in the attic. Thankfully I...
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Game 34: The Colonel's Bequest - Final Rating
There have been some tough games to rate over the course of this blog, but The Colonel’s Bequest will likely take the cake. The fact is that I probably haven’t played the game the way it was meant to...
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The Year That Was...1989
1989 was yet another year dominated by Sierra. Out of the eleven games I played for the year, six of them came from Sierra! While LucasArts continued to produce one game a year (and as usual it was a...
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Game 35: Deja Vu II - Introduction
VGA! That's a pleasant surprise!It seems an age since I played the first Déjà Vu game. Titled Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True, it was the first MacVenture game on the playlist, and only the third game...
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Game 35: Deja Vu II - Feels Like I've Been Here Before
Ace Harding Journal Entry 1:"Man! I'm getting really sick of waking up in crusty bathrooms with a headache! This Tony Malone guy clearly doesn't do his research, as things didn't work out too well for...
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Game 35: Deja Vu II - Fur Balls Unite!
Ace Harding Journal Entry 2: "I can't seem to avoid this Stogie guy! Everywhere I go he pops up to remind me how little time I have to get Malone's money. At least I'm out of Las Vegas, having won...
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Game 35: Deja Vu II - A New Level of Pain
Ace Harding Journal Entry 5:"Progress is progress I guess, but damn this is tough going! I'm still no closer to getting the cash I need to save my skin, but I have managed to collect a fair amount of...
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Game 35: Deja Vu II - Won!
Ace Harding Journal Entry 6:"Malone and Ventini are dead! The papers speak of a double hit, with the mob bosses going down as part of a "Gangland Gunfight", but the truth is I set them both up for a...
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Game 35: Deja Vu II - Final Rating
I was feeling very disgruntled when I completed Deja Vu II. So much so that I thought it best to take a couple of days off before writing up the Final Rating post in case the last few unhappy hours...
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Game 36: Hugo's House of Horrors - Introduction
This is the version I think I'll be playing...maybeAs pleased as I am that I have no more MacVenture games to grit my teeth through, there are undoubtedly loads more terrible adventure games waiting...
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Game 36: Hugo's House of Horrors - Monkey See, Monkey Do
Hugo Journal Entry 1:"I've broken into the creepy house in search of Penelope! Things are much worse than I imagined too, with a bunch of freaky monsters, an aggressive dog, a murderous butler, and...
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Interview: Jay Ziebarth - The Ballads of Reemus 2
I've mentioned previously that I receive a lot of emails from game developers and promoters. Most of them want me to review their latest game for the blog, which is not something I'm willing to do (it...
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Game 36: Hugo's House of Horrors - Won!
Hugo Journal Entry 2:"I saved Penelope! It turned out that there was a huge expanse of caverns beneath the house, with vampire bats, a mummy, and the most fearsome trivia host known to man trying to...
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