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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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Lake to rise again with Season's Greetings DLC

Lake to rise again with Season's Greetings DLC

Wintry holiday-themed expansion to relaxing mail delivery slice-of-life adventure coming this November... Read more

Syberia to be adapted into animated series

Syberia to be adapted into animated series

Microids to consult with What The Prod on new medium for Benoît Sokal's alternate history fantasy world... Read more

Repella Fella drawing a crowd on Steam

Repella Fella drawing a crowd on Steam

Free prologue of cartoony choice-based dramedy set in postapocalyptic Australia also available on Windows and Mac... Read more

Planet of Lana review

Planet of Lana review

Planet of Lana breaks no new ground, but it’s a beautiful and frequently captivating sci-fi puzzle-platforming experience... Read more

First chapter of Barrett Foster detected on PC

First chapter of Barrett Foster detected on PC

Free prologue of indie investigative mystery also available on Steam and Epic Games Store... Read more

DESORDRE fully pieced together on Steam

DESORDRE fully pieced together on Steam

Portal-style physics puzzle from the creator of Time Breaker available now on Windows PC... Read more

Total Reload gearing up for PC and consoles

Total Reload gearing up for PC and consoles

Portal-style 3D environmental physics puzzler coming to Steam and Epic this summer, and consoles in 2024... Read more

Return to Grace on PC to stay

Return to Grace on PC to stay

Futuristic sci-fi narrative adventure available now to download on Steam and Epic... Read more

Quintus and the Formidable Curse preparing to be unleashed

Quintus and the Formidable Curse preparing to be unleashed

Horror-themed sequel promises to be "larger and far more dangerous" than 2021's Quintus and the Absent Truth... Read more

Strong Bad's Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate taking shape

Strong Bad's Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate taking shape

Three bite-sized comedic mysteries based on Homestar Runner web cartoon "coming soon" on PC... Read more

Creation of The Talos Principle II well underway

Creation of The Talos Principle II well underway

Sequel to Croteam's acclaimed 2014 philosophical sci-fi puzzler to arrive on PC, PlayStation and Xbox platforms later this year... Read more

Annie and the AI springs to life on Steam

Annie and the AI springs to life on Steam

Narrative puzzle game about cultivating human/articifical connections available now for download on Windows and Mac... Read more

Delving deep into Stasis: Bone Totem with the Brotherhood

Delving deep into Stasis: Bone Totem with the Brotherhood

Brothers Nic and Chris Bischoff drop by to discuss life in South Africa and everything you always wanted to know about their highly anticipated new adventure due out this month. Bonus top five: Favourite isometric games... Read more

Liva’s Story DLC springs up for Gerda: A Flame in Winter

Liva’s Story DLC springs up for Gerda: A Flame in Winter

Available now on PC and Switch, brand-new prequel installment tells the standalone tale of a WWII resistance leader... Read more

Appointed launch date arrives for HRO: Adventures of a Humanoid Resources Officer

Appointed launch date arrives for HRO: Adventures of a Humanoid Resources Officer

Puzzle-driven visual novel adventure in a retro sci-fi universe now on Steam... Read more