Game 81 : Dark Seed - Introduction
Written by Alfred n’ the FettucHorror video games have always been a thing. They can be traced back to as far as 1982 for graphic horror games with 3d Monster Maze and probably before that with text...
View ArticleKGB - Protopopov, where art thou? (Won!)
Written by TorchTake that, you Karl Marx-looking statue head thingyChapter 4 starts just as I arrive back in Leningrad after an interesting boat ride aboard the Viktor Matsnev. My growing suspicion...
View ArticleGame 84: Fascination - Introduction
Written by IlmariTropical setting, silhoutte of a woman… it must be the new Bond movie!Again, we come to a Coktel Vision game, designed by Muriel Tramis! The games themselves have been quite diverse in...
View ArticleDune - Final Rating
Written by ReikoI suspect Dune is going to be a mixed bag. While I certainly enjoyed its blend of story and strategy, it's a rather different sort of game than the usual kind of adventure game we see....
View ArticleDark Seed - Groundhog Day
Written by Alfred n the FettucMike Dawson journal #1 :That’s it I’ve finally found the house of my dreams where I’ll be able to write my first best-seller. Funny how cheap it was. The real estate agent...
View ArticleKGB - Final rating
Written by TorchWell, here we are. My first attempt at applying the PISSED rating to an adventure game. I’m slightly awestruck and hope I won’t skew the scale too much or otherwise make a complete fool...
View ArticleFascination - Doing the Pool Boy
Written by IlmariLet’s beginI am now assuming the role of Doralice May, a captain on a Paris-Miami flight. Fayard Nichols, a man dying on the flight had given me a suitcase to take care of and...
View ArticleDark Seed - Dark City
Written by Alfred n the FettucMike Dawson journal #2 :After all these weird clues, I’ve finally gained access to this strange dark alien world. It seems my predecessor in this house went crazy because...
View ArticleMissed Classic 40: Planetfall - Introduction (1983)
Written by Joe PranevichWhen I was a kid, one of the boxed sets of games that my family picked up for me was the Zork Anthology, a 1994 collection of the what someone at Activision considered the...
View ArticleFascination - Fingering lingerie
Written by IlmariPretty thick book for this gameLast time I had just found a vial full of mysterious chemical, hidden it among ice cubes and made out with Robaire de la Cafetiere (seriously, this...
View ArticleDark Seed - Stranger Things
Written by Alfred n the FettucMike Dawson journal #3 :I’ve finally met the strange being that’s sending me messages and clues from the Dark World, the Keeper of Scrolls. With her help, I’ll have to...
View ArticleFascination - Aphrodisiac in orifice
Written by IlmariHigh-class CEOs put their numbers in Who’s Who, low-class erotic photographers don’tLast time I had just managed to retrieve two stolen vials of inhibition breaking drug from the...
View ArticleMissed Classic: Planetfall - Leavin’ on a Midnight Train to Lawanda
Written by Joe PranevichWhich bed to sleep in tonight?Last week, I kicked off my explorations of Planetfall, the sixth stop on the “Great Zork Marathon.” The game opened with a brief on-rails sequence...
View ArticleFascination - Tramp stamp on a bare buttock (Request for Assistance)
Written by IlmariHappened in the previous episode: While Doralice had thought that ice cubes were a great hiding place for an inhibition lowering drug, he hadn’t foreseen that his fling, Robaire de la...
View ArticleDark Seed - Won!
Written by Alfred n the FettucMike Dawson journal #4 :I’ve made it! By removing their spaceship and destroying the mirror, I’ve finally been able to trap the Ancients in their cursed dimension! The...
View ArticleFascination - Won!
Written by IlmariFinally!I was so close last time. Reading the hints Voltgloss gave me in ROT13 showed that I had failed to see something quite obvious. Turns out, I had almost the right idea - I had...
View ArticleMissed Classic: Planetfall - Won! And Final Rating
Written by Joe PranevichOh boy! Are we going to try something dangerous now?Last week, we continued our Planetfall adventure and solved many of the game’s early mysteries: how to get food from the...
View ArticleDark Seed - Final Rating
Written by Alfred n the FettucThis is going to be a tough one. Dark Seed is a game that’s particularly average on a lot of points, be it writing or puzzle design. However, the universe and ambiance is...
View ArticleFascination - Final Rating
Written by IlmariWe reviewers have rarely explained in detail our methods of deciding the individual scores for each category. I am sure there are as many ways to do it as we have reviewers, but...
View ArticleGame 85: Hook - Introduction (1992)
Written by Joe PranevichOther than text adventures, if there is one thing I might be becoming known for here on TAG, it is playing licensed games. It was not deliberate! Yet, as I sit down to play my...
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