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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Posts by Jack Allin
Demo foretells upcoming arrival of Twilight Oracle
Kickstarter coming April 25th for comedic point-and-click fantasy adventure from the creator of The Corruption Within... Read more
Project Dark sees the light on PC, Switch and mobile devices
Choice-driven, episodice narrative anthology presented through binaural audio... Read more
The Last Worker review
The Last Worker offers an intriguing blend of gameplay elements, but it labours under some dodgy mechanics and questionable design decisions... Read more
Killer Frequency getting dialed in for release
First-person "black comedy slasher adventure" is coming soon to PC and Meta Quest 2... Read more
Demo unearthed for The Abandoned Planet
Slideshow-style pixel art adventure set in the Dexter Stardust universe coming to Windows, Mac and Linux this summer... Read more
Demo whipped up for Windy Meadow – A Roadwarden Tale
Choice-based visual novel with animated sprites coming later this year to Windows, Mac and Linux... Read more
Cursed Mansion exits Early Access
Demo of retro RPG-styled nonlinear survival horror also available on Steam and itch.io... Read more
The Illusion: Curse becomes tangible on Steam
Third installment in escape room horror series available now for Windows PC... Read more
An interview with musician/composer Robert Holmes
The award-winning composer of the Gabriel Knight series is back with a new collection of original game-style music in his latest album SON of SEQUEL, and drops by to chat with us about it during its Kickstarter campaign... Read more
Wonderland Quest due to drop later this year
Hand-drawn casual fantasy adventure coming to Steam for Windows PC... Read more
Storyteller video walkthrough
Storyteller is a unique and creative spin on the puzzle genre in which players are given a variety of iconic characters, settings and emotions to build tales of love, betrayal and revenge. Use the blank canvas to manipulate secrets and desires, slay... Read more
I Dream of You and Ice Cream ready for scooping on Xbox
Port of 2020 allegorical horror puzzler available to download from the Microsoft store... Read more
Beyond the Wall video walkthrough
You ring your friend's doorbell, but still, no one opens, although the light is on? Discover what happens one summer’s night Beyond the Wall of the garden with the tall house... Read more
Birth video walkthrough
Birth is an adventure puzzle game about constructing a creature from spare bones & organs found around the city in order to quell your loneliness. Solve physics-based puzzles & discover secrets in lovingly hand-drawn museums, bakeries, bookstores and more... Read more
Faraway 3: Arctic Escape video walkthrough
It’s been several years now since your journey began, searching for your lost father. After unraveling a huge number of mind-boggling puzzles, the last gateway you entered took you to an altogether new wintery continent filled with frosty, new temples to... Read more