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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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Lost Forest now found on Steam

Lost Forest now found on Steam

Relaxing first-person "walking sim/adventure game" available for download on Windows PC... Read more

Piero's Pilgrimage gets underway on PC

Piero's Pilgrimage gets underway on PC

Absurdist black-and-white adventure from solo Ukrainian developer available now on Steam... Read more

Murder Is Game Over back on in October with Deal Killer

Murder Is Game Over back on in October with Deal Killer

Third installment of top-down, pixel art detective-and-dog mystery series unveiled on Steam... Read more

Demo sampler offers early slice of Abscission

Demo sampler offers early slice of Abscission

Full version of Lovecraftian retro-styled detective mystery coming to PC later this year... Read more

Nearly time for original Clock Tower in North America and Europe

Nearly time for original Clock Tower in North America and Europe

First-ever Western translation of 1995 Super Famicom survival horror coming to PC and consoles... Read more

Alabama Bones Adventures debut being whipped into shape

Alabama Bones Adventures debut being whipped into shape

Demo available for classic-styled satirical pixel art adventure coming to Windows, Mac and Linux this summer... Read more

Harmony: The Fall of Reverie review

Harmony: The Fall of Reverie review
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Don’t Nod’s visual novel Harmony is an awkwardly balanced mix of gorgeous but limited production values, clumsy choice mechanic, and an intriguing story whose best parts you never get to experience yourself... Read more

Demo offers first chance to Love Too Easily

Demo offers first chance to Love Too Easily

Choice-driven interactive movie with minigames based on romantic comedy Korean dramas... Read more

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes sets its sights on 2023 release

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes sets its sights on 2023 release

Surreal nonlinear puzzle adventure coming later this year to PC and Nintendo Switch... Read more

First trailer materializes for An English Haunting

First trailer materializes for An English Haunting

New supernatural pixel art adventure from the creator of Nightmare Frames unveiled for Windows PC... Read more

Sentimental Death Loop comes alive on Nintendo Switch

Sentimental Death Loop comes alive on Nintendo Switch

Isometric time-looping narrative adventure about preventing your own death coming to PC later this quarter... Read more

Cease to Breathe finds life on Steam

Cease to Breathe finds life on Steam

Short, nonlinear MacVenture-styled horror adventure available now for Windows PC... Read more

Bloody Horror Plant to sprout up later this year

Bloody Horror Plant to sprout up later this year

Hand-drawn point-and-click horror comedy from the creator of Wonderland Quest unveiled for Windows PC... Read more

Demo pushed out for The Adventures of R. Sole

Demo pushed out for The Adventures of R. Sole

Episodic debut of multiverse-spanning point-and-click adventure coming to Windows and Mac in early 2024... Read more