Guest Game 1: Circuit's Edge - Introduction
Quick note from The Trickster:Since there's no possible way that I could play every adventure game ever made (any questions, speak to my wife), I've decided to implement a new feature. For any game...
View ArticleGame 39: Earthrise - Introduction
Seriously? You're just going to throw that oversized beer can out into space?I normally find myself sifting through pages and pages of information while putting together introduction posts. My task at...
View ArticleGame 39: Earthrise - Suicide Machine
Captain's Log, Entry 1:"I've reached Solus and have made my way down to the surface of the asteroid. I've seen no sign of life so far, but have journeyed no further than the radio antenna. It seems to...
View ArticleGuest Game 1: Circuit's Edge - Another Night in the Budayeen
Trickster's Note: The below post (and indeed all posts for Circuit's Edge) was written by guest blogger Zenic Reverie.Night 1:"Finally, safe back in my apartment. Well, as safe as one can be in the...
View ArticleGame 39: Earthrise - Am I Legend?
Captain's Log, Entry 2:"I fear there may be no survivors on Solus. At least none that I might want to come face to face with! I explored the entire accessible surface of the asteroid with little to...
View ArticleGame 39: Earthrise - Repetitive Bee Decompression
Captain's Log, Entry 3: "I have made my way deeper into the base on Solus, but have still not found any sign of human life. My only companion is an African bee named Eric, although his presence has...
View ArticleGame 38: Conquests of Camelot - Introduction
If it has swords, then it must be good...right?Wait...what's this? A second title screen??? How very greedy!Here we are at the first Sierra game for 1990! It’s one I’ve not played before too which has...
View ArticleGame 39: Earthrise: Decapitated, Masticated and Perforated
Captain's Log, Entry 4:"I completed my sweep of the base today, and I'm afraid my worst fears have been realised. I've run into various local species, and what from I can tell, they all appear to be...
View ArticleGame 39: Earthrise - It Was All Going So Well!
Captain's Log, Entry 5:"I've defeated all the creatures in the base as far as I can tell, but I've still not managed to complete my mission. After achieving so much, it seems the continuation of life...
View ArticleGame 39: Earthrise - Won!
Captain's Log, Entry 6:"I have completed my mission and the asteroid Solus no longer poses a concern to the inhabitants of Earth. I spent many hours trying to find a way into the inner security office...
View ArticleGuest Game 1: Circuit's Edge - One Long Night
Trickster's Note: The below post (and indeed all posts for Circuit's Edge) was written by guest blogger Zenic Reverie.Night 1 (continued):"The night wasn't through with me yet. After being hassled by...
View ArticleGame 39: Earthrise - Final Rating
Earthrise: A Guild Investigation was much better than I expected it to be. The screenshots I'd seen prior to playing suggested a very low quality game that would likely be buggy and simplistic. That...
View ArticleGame 40: Future Wars - Introduction
I'm hopeful that this might be the first French game on the list that's actually half decent!We’re up to game 40 on the playlist, and it’s once again one that I’m pretty interested in. If you’d...
View ArticleGame 40: Future Wars - Subatomic Solutions
Hero Journal Entry 1: "What the hell is going on!? One minute I'm cleaning the windows, the next minute I'm standing in swampland! OK, so I may have snooped around a little in one of the offices in the...
View ArticleGame 40: Future Wars - Medieval Mechanical Wolves
Hero Journal Entry 2:"I don't know how I got here, but this really does seem to be a village in a medieval town! I've been forced to keep disguising myself so as not to give away my true identity....
View ArticleGuest Game 1: Circuit's Edge - Leads to Nowhere
Trickster's Note: The below post (and indeed all posts for Circuit's Edge) was written by guest blogger Zenic Reverie.Night 2:"I bumbled through the better part of the night. The leads I stumbled upon...
View ArticleGame 40: Future Wars - Back to the Future
Hero Journal Entry 3:"I have saved Lana! Well, her name turned out to be Lo'Ann, but I definitely saved her. She's really smart and beautiful too! Her father explained this whole situation to me once...
View ArticleGuest Game 1: Circuit's Edge - Holding On By a Thread
Trickster's Note: The below post (and indeed all posts for Circuit's Edge) was written by guest blogger Zenic Reverie.Night 3:"I'm down to my last lead. If it ends like all the others then I'm well and...
View ArticleGame 40: Future Wars - The Grate Escape
Hero Journal Entry 4:"What have I got myself into now!? After being captured and imprisoned on a Crughon ship, which I managed to escape through a combination of genius and luck (more of the latter...
View ArticleGame 40: Future Wars - Won!
Hero Journal Entry 5:"I never wanted to be a hero! It's preposterous to think that just days ago I was cleaning the side of a building in the year 1990. Now I'm a hero in the year 4315, having...
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