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Quest for Glory I - The Hero of Information Dump Central
The 'who will I play as' poll is complete. And you voted to have me play as all three characters in the game. So be it. I wouldn't go to the extra effort for just anyone, but for you Adventure Gamer...
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Missed Classic: Sorcerer - Bootstrap Paradox
Written by Joe PranevichWelcome back! Last time around, we descended into the Great Underground Empire to locate our lost guildmaster, Belboz. Or, at least, that’s what I think I am doing because the...
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Missed Classic: Sorcerer - Won! And Final Rating
Written by Joe PranevichHola, sailor! We’re back to close out the adventure that is Sorcerer, the fifth official Zork game. Last time out, we successfully navigated a glass maze and a wickedly cool...
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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes - “Murder,” He Wrote
Written by Joe PranevichIt’s very strange coming back to graphical adventures after playing so many text ones, but it is time to take a look at my next main-line game: The Lost Files of Sherlock...
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Missed Classic 47: Cyborg - Introduction (1981)
Written by VoltglossTime to return to the worlds created by Michael Berlyn! As discussed back when we explored Oo-Topos, Mr. Berlyn had published two text adventures through Sentient Software: that...
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Quest for Glory I - That Which Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me Weaker
Written by TBDFirstly, apologies for taking so long to get this second post out to you all. Thankfully Joe and Voltgloss have been keeping us all entertained with Sorcerer, Sherlock Holmes and Cyborg...
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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes - “P” is for Pixel Hunting
Written by Joe PranevichLast week, we started into this “Lost File” of Sherlock Holmes, investigating a murder possibly committed by the infamous Jack the Ripper. We searched the crime scene and...
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Happy Anniversary!
By IlmariThe complete history of The Adventure Gamer - now available in your local bookstoresExactly six years ago, Trickster published his first post for TAG. I wasn’t yet there to read it and...
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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes - The No. 1 Gentlemen’s Detective Agency
Written by Joe PranevichReturning to the scene of the crime.Welcome back! Last week, we continued our exploration of Sarah Carroway’s alleyway murder, eventually navigating the crippling bureaucracy of...
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Quest For Glory I - Baba the Hutt
Okay. Time to see what I've been up to lately in the land of Spielburg...Martak the Magic-User Journal Entry #3:I finally met a wizard whose skills rivalled my own, and beat him at his own game on only...
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What's Your Story - Limbeck
Answers: LimbeckIntroduction and captions: TBDLimbeck has recently begun commenting and following our blog in real-time, joining us with Joe Pranevich's playthrough of The Lost Files of Sherlock...
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Quest for Glory I - Smokey and the Bandits
Written by TBD.Once again I spent most of my playtime as one character. Last time it was as Martak the Magic-User. This time it was Frodo the Fighter. There's a lot to get to, so let's get to...
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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes - Fer-de-Fléchette
Written by Joe PranevichGrab your magnifying glass, it’s finally time to get back to The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes. Last time around, I ended on a down note: I was stuck after tracking down the...
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Quest For Glory I - Practice Makes Perfect
I played a lot in this section but have surprisingly little to show for it puzzle-solving wise. I do have a lot to show for it statistic wise though, so let's see what I've been up to while trying to...
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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes - The Secret of the Old Smock
Written by Joe PranevichWelcome back! I ended last week stuck: I confirmed that Ms. Carroway’s “secret admirer” wasn’t directly connected to the murder, although it is still suspicious that he and the...
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Missed Classic 48: Elves ‘87 (aka The Elf’s Christmas Adventure) (1987)
Written by Joe PranevichMerry Christmas! Can you believe this is our fourth Christmas since the relaunch? It’s also our fourth look at classic Christmas adventure games. Thus far we have looked at...
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Missed Classic: Cyborg - Feeding the Machine
Written by VoltglossApologies to all for the delay in continuing our Cyborgian adventures. Rather than dwell on the issues driving those delays, let’s dive back in where we left off: Our map from last...
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Missed Classic 49: Return to Eden - Introduction (1984)
By IlmariIt's time for our annual change of the year game, played through the final week of 2017 until New Year. This time, I shall take a look at Return to Eden, a sequel to Snowball by British text...
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Missed Classic: Return to Eden - I Don’t Know How To Do It, But It’s Got To...
By IlmariIn my previous post I had just started Return to Eden with a bang. Kim Kimberley’s stratoglider had crashed on Eden and the sleeper ship Snowball nuked the remnants, because the crew thought...
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Missed Classic: Return to Eden - Gonna live like a king on whatever I find
By IlmariThe dream of Trump was finally true - no living being could get behind the wallLast time I had just managed to break through the fence surrounding Enoch, robot built city in the planet of...
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