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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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Shooting the Breeze with The Drifter's Dave Lloyd

Shooting the Breeze with The Drifter's Dave Lloyd

Powerhoof's co-founder joins us from Down Under to chat about his upcoming gorgeous pixel art pulp thriller, The Drifter. Bonus top five: Best games of 1990 kick off our ongoing year-by-year analysis... Read more

June is the time for SENSEs: Midnight on consoles

June is the time for SENSEs: Midnight on consoles

Ports of old-school 3D survival horror coming to PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch platforms... Read more

The Creepy Syndrome video walkthrough

The Creepy Syndrome video walkthrough

Stories of a disturbed mind that intertwine with each other while being analysed by a mysterious psychiatrist. The Creepy Syndrome is an anthology that offers four different psychological horror tales, each with its own gameplay and retro pixel art style... Read more

Demo has the scoop on Times & Galaxy

Demo has the scoop on Times & Galaxy

Cartoon journalism adventure in space coming to PC on Steam in 2024... Read more

Chronique des Silencieux to be revealed later this year

Chronique des Silencieux to be revealed later this year

Kickstarter coming next month for isometric deduction-based mystery set in 1970s France... Read more

Demo emerges from Rusty Lake's Underground Blossom

Demo emerges from Rusty Lake's Underground Blossom

Next installment of surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure series to arrive this summer on PC and mobile devices... Read more

Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward becomes real on consoles

Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward becomes real on consoles

Procedurally generated survival horror available now to download on PlayStation and Xbox platforms... Read more

The Creepy Syndrome ready for catching

The Creepy Syndrome ready for catching

Anthology of psychological horror stories with varied graphics and gameplay available today on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch... Read more

First words expressed about Language Adventure!

First words expressed about Language Adventure!

Stop motion point-and-click edutainment adventure to offer "language learning" in 2024... Read more

Last Christmas now present on Steam

Last Christmas now present on Steam

Former point-and-click Adventure Jam 2022 entry to be updated and expanded for commercial PC release... Read more

Demo set free for Escape from Mystwood Mansion

Demo set free for Escape from Mystwood Mansion

Full version of first-person 3D puzzle adventure to arrive on Steam for Windows PC this summer... Read more

Stray Gods to find a home on PC in August

Stray Gods to find a home on PC in August

Choice-driven "roleplaying musical" set in modern-day urban fantasy world coming to Steam on August 3rd... Read more

Kickstarter takes off for 10 Dead Doves

Kickstarter takes off for 10 Dead Doves

Demo available for retro-styled narrative-driven horror adventure coming to PC later this year... Read more

A New York Hour with Wadjet Eye's Dave Gilbert

A New York Hour with Wadjet Eye's Dave Gilbert

The acclaimed writer/designer/actor/director joins us to talk indie development, voice acting, creative choices, and so much more, including the studio's upcoming Nighthawks and Old Skies. Bonus top five: best modern pixel art games... Read more