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Jack Allin

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Co-founder, editor-in-chief

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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The Heirloom generating funds through Kickstarter

The Heirloom generating funds through Kickstarter

Hand-painted mystery inspired by Scottish folklore coming to all major platforms beginning in 2024... Read more

George Orwell's 1984 coming soon to PC

George Orwell's 1984 coming soon to PC

First-person adaptation of Big Brother's dystopian future blends adventure and survival sim elements... Read more

A Cup of Coffee with DecafJedi Jess Morrissette

A Cup of Coffee with DecafJedi Jess Morrissette

Twitch streamer and retro games enthusiast Jess Morrissette (aka DecafJedi) of Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset fame joins us to talk all-things Sierra, Space Quest, and much more pixelated adventuring fun... Read more

Spirit Hunter to strike again in Death Mark II

Spirit Hunter to strike again in Death Mark II

Sequel to Death Mark and NG coming to PC, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch in February 2024... Read more

First details unwrapped for Scarred

First details unwrapped for Scarred

Singaporean psychological horror adventure with survival elements coming to PC in spring 2024... Read more

Letter day for OU with launch on PC and Switch

Letter day for OU with launch on PC and Switch

Japanese hand-drawn fantasy adventure available now to download on Steam and the Nintendo eShop... Read more

New limited-time Jusant demo lands on Steam

New limited-time Jusant demo lands on Steam

Don't Nod's beautiful rock-climbing action-puzzler coming to PC, PlayStation and Xbox platforms October 31st... Read more

Second episode launched for Jorel's Brother and the Most Important Game of the Galaxy

Second episode launched for Jorel's Brother and the Most Important Game of the Galaxy

Classic-styled point-and-click sci-fi comedy adventure based on popular Brazilian cartoon series... Read more

Mirrored Souls becomes tangible on PC and consoles

Mirrored Souls becomes tangible on PC and consoles

Relaxed split-screen "single-player co-op" puzzle platformer available now to download... Read more

Little Nightmares to resume under Supermassive Games in 2024

Little Nightmares to resume under Supermassive Games in 2024

Next installment of acclaimed horror series to offer both singleplayer and online co-op play modes... Read more

Broken Sword old and new: Parzival’s Stone and Shadow of the Templars: Reforged unsheathed at Gamescom

Broken Sword old and new: Parzival’s Stone and Shadow of the Templars: Reforged unsheathed at Gamescom

The only thing better than one new Broken Sword announcement is TWO new Broken Sword announcements. Or at least, one new and one old-is-new-again announcement in the form of Parzival's Stone and a 4K remaster of the classic Shadow of the Templars, respectively, just unveiled by Revolution Software at this year's gamescom... Read more

Hollow Home to come out of Kyiv in 2025

Hollow Home to come out of Kyiv in 2025

Choice-driven narrative RPG about the Russian invasion of Ukraine coming to PC and consoles... Read more

Demo introduces Spooky Crew: Mask of the Mysterium

Demo introduces Spooky Crew: Mask of the Mysterium

Pilot installment of planned short story series from the creator of Mars Underground coming early 2024... Read more

Lengthy demo powered up for CRT7

Lengthy demo powered up for CRT7

Retrofuturistic tech puzzler coming soon from the BAFTA-winning creator of SOLAS 128... Read more

Don't Nod to bring canine tale Koira to PC

Don't Nod to bring canine tale Koira to PC

Wordless hand-drawn fantasy adventure coming in 2025 from indie Belgian developer Studio Tolima... Read more