Jack Allin
As a games journalist for over twenty years, first as editor in chief of Adventure Gamers and now as co-founder/editor/podcaster at the Adventure Game Hotspot, Jack has written literally thousands of articles that both celebrate the genre's rich history and champion its future by supporting modern developers. He has also edited scripts for dozens of game localizations, and is currently co-writing and designing the upcoming adventure Fogtown.
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Posts by Jack Allin
Demo materializes for Duppy Detective Tashia
Playable slice of Jamaican-flavoured afterlife deduction mystery available now on Steam and itch.io... Read more
Helix: Descent N Ascent demo pops up on Steam
Full version of wordless black-and-white environmental puzzler coming to Windows PC next quarter... Read more
Demo descends for The Alighieri Circle: Dante's Bloodline
Haunting reinterpretation of the Divine Comedy unveiled by the creator of The Suicide of Rachel Foster... Read more
The first ever Adventure Game Hotshot Awards – 2025 Final Nominees
Adventure Game Hotspot unveils our inaugural "Hotshots" award event to recognize the genre's best games, starting with the nominee finalists for 2025... Read more
Paradise Falls rushes onto Steam
Retro-styled point-and-click psychological thriller available now for Windows PC... Read more
Demo uncovered from Ashes
Full version of interactive graphic novel-styled thriller coming to Steam Early Access in April... Read more
Work Work Work coming soon to play play play
Time-looping corporate mystery adventure unveiled by the creators of A Space for the Unbound... Read more
ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard blasts its way out on PC and consoles
Demo also available for sequel to 2026 color-shooting environmental physics puzzler ... Read more
REANIMAL review
Tarsier’s REANIMAL isn’t just Little Nightmares reskinned, with a new start, a new name, and a few welcome surprises added to an already winning horror adventure formula... Read more
Demo heralds the coming of Reclaim! Azhe-giiwewining
Upcoming Indigenous-led point-and-click adventure a "visual love letter" to the Ojibwe language and culture... Read more
Ambroise Niflette & the Gleaned Bell to chime in later this year
Charming hand-crafted, stop-motion mystery in a miniatures-inspired French village coming to PC on Steam... Read more
First clues to Spymaster revealed
VR-exclusive espionage action-adventure unveiled by the creators of A Fisherman's Tale and Maskmaker... Read more
Paranormasight re-emerges this month with The Mermaid's Curse
Sequel to Square Enix's popular 2023 urban legend horror adventure coming to Steam on February 19th... Read more
Sign-up available for Passport to Adventure: The SCUMM Story
In-depth film documentary in pre-production from the creators of TerrorBytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming... Read more
ISMENE on course for 2027 release on Windows, Mac and Linux
Sci-fi hand-drawn journey of self-discovery unveiled by the creator of Dagdrøm... Read more