Review: The Room: Old Sins
A new house, a new investigator and a brand-new complex set of puzzles to reach the Null element and discover the tale of those who fell to it. This is […]
Preview – Felix the Reaper
Being DEATH must be an interesting line of business. Making sure people meet their maker, or you, at their appointed time to keep the cosmic wheels turning properly. We’re used […]
Review: The House of Da Vinci
Master Leonardo is in trouble, his latest experiment has drawn unwanted attention. He trusts you, his lowly apprentice to retrace his steps and aid him. To do so, you first […]
Review: Semispheres
Most puzzle games have you controlling a single character or object, but what happens when you must control two of them, in parallel rooms identical to each other but need […]
7 Things you Need to Accept to Enjoy the Nancy Drew Series
I promise, this will be one of the last Nancy Drew articles I write…maybe. Ok, it’s not likely. I like the games and there’s lots of them to talk about. […]
Puzzle Games – Open vs Sequential
Last week I spoke of the two categories I separate puzzle design into, those being the story driven ones, the ones with a close tie to the game’s narrative and […]
Nancy Drew Series – The Road so Far
I said it on Twitter a few days ago, that this week I was going to name-drop or speak of HeR Interactive‘s Nancy Drew series quite a bit, because it’s the […]
Puzzle Design – Narrative vs Challenge
If there’s one thing that you can expect from an adventure game, it’s puzzles. They’re part of the genre, and even the slew of choice-based adventures we’ve seen in the […]
Nancy Drew Scares: Playing with Expectations
I have spoken in the past of the Nancy Drew games by HeR Interactive and despite the continued contrivance of its puzzle design and placement, I do thoroughly enjoy every […]
Rewiew: The Little Acre
A job-hunting day for Aidan turns into a dimension-hopping adventure when he finds clues to his missing father’s whereabouts. But when his daughter follows him into danger, they’ll have to […]
Review: Fire: Ungh’s Quest (Wii U)
It’s the dawn of time and Fire is a precious commodity. When Ungh fails to keep the fire alive, they send him out into the wilderness to reclaim it. This […]
Review: The Turing Test
The Europa ground team is lost, no communication from them in two weeks. To find them or at least figure out what happened, Ava Turing descends to the planet and […]
Review: Obduction
What would you do if a strange seed of light suddenly took you from your home and placed you in a land enclosed by a dome? Would you accept things […]
Review: Nebulous
An astronaut is lost in space, sucked through a wormhole and spat out somewhere he doesn’t know. No, it’s not Farscape, it’s the latest puzzle game Nebulous.
Review: Metrico+
Lines, bars and pies are usually just boring charts on a PowerPoint presentation, showing you dull numbers while someone drones on about stats. But only in Metrico+ do these come […]
Review: Mystery Castle
A little wizard makes his way through perilous castles in search of…something. It’s Mystery Castle.
