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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Echoes now reverberating on PC and Switch
Former mobile-exclusive graphic novel murder mystery significantly re-imagined for new platforms... Read more
Arsene Lupin: Once A Thief to steal onto PC and consoles this year
Origin anthology unveiled by Microids and Blazing Griffin, creators of the Hercule Poirot early cases... Read more
Demo reveals first clues about Five Day Detective
Full version of hand-drawn, side-scrolling mystery adventure coming to PC in 2025... Read more
NORCO devs drop musical demo for upcoming micro-adventure Silenus
Custom collaborative demo promotes new album by doom metal band Thou... Read more
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