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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Strange Antiquities unearthed in follow-up to Strange Horticulture

New occult shopkeeping puzzler in the town of Undermere unveiled for PC... Read more
Demo escapes from Dr. Finklestein's Marvelous Room

First glimpse of community-driven experimental adventure available on Steam and Epic... Read more
Mexico, 1921. A Deep Slumber. shows first signs of stirring with demo release

Upcoming edutainment adventure about a pivotal time in Mexican history unveiled for PC... Read more
Demo makes a case for Crime or Punishment

Antihero noir adventure starring a dirty cop covering mob hits coming later this year to Steam... Read more
Demo reveals first glimpse of Things Too Ugly

Workspace research thriller set in the 1980s coming this year to PC and consoles... Read more
Staffer Case reborn with English translation and short spin-off sequel

Pair of localized Korean supernatural dedution games available now for download on Steam... Read more
Demo for Enoch: Children of Fate delivered on Steam

Full version of dystopian point-and-click pixel art mystery due to arrive in early 2025... Read more
Your House getting close, with a whole lot of Pineapple inbound

Text-driven mystery prequel and comic revenge adventure unveiled by the creators of Unmemory... Read more
Centum coming soon ... or so it claims

Surreal, "unreliable narrative-driven" adventure announced for PC and Xbox platforms... Read more
Construction of Project Vic 2 gets underway immediately

New supernatural thriller from Marco Hirschfeld follows predecessor's March release on Steam... Read more
Shadowgate 2 to be conjured up later this year

3D sequel to 1987 classic fantasy adventure with turn-based combat coming to PC and Switch... Read more
First details come to life for Necrophosis

Nightmarish new horror adventure unveiled from the creator of The Shore and Eresys... Read more
Astrid: Reverie contemplating release on PC

First-person 3D psychological mystery with live-action video coming soon on Steam... Read more
The Rising climbing ever nearer to completion

Animal-themed, exploration-based narrative adventure coming soon from the creators of Mutropolis... Read more