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
Two Falls (Nishu Takuatshina) climbing towards summer 2024 release
Narrative adventure presents two contrasting perspectives on 17th-century French and Indigenous first encounters... Read more
Demo offers first glimpse into The Cerpan Project
Kickstarter coming soon for Spanish-dubbed, hand-drawn point-and-click adventure... Read more
Rose Cottage shows first signs of life
Hand-drawn Victorian-era point-and-click mystery set inside a mortuary in development for PC... Read more
Trust No One to release later this quarter, honest
Experimental point-and-click conspiracy thriller in Ukraine unveiled by the creators of Boxville... Read more
Demo emerges from Devil's Hideout
New point-and-click pixel art horror adventure from Cosmic Void coming to PC on September 10th... Read more
First details spawned for M.S. Salmon
Noir-styled anthropormorphic animal mystery aboard a luxury liner coming to PC and Switch in summer 2024... Read more
Home: A Story of Light to come out on PC
Hand-drawn Victorian-era point-and-click adventure to star a boy and his pet mouse... Read more
Spiral winds closer to release with playable demo
Upcoming narrative adventure offers "poetic vision of cognitive degeneration seen from the inside"... Read more
Demo opens the door to Hyperdrive Inn
Magical realist pixel art adventure with fabric-crafted aesthetic coming to PC in 2024... Read more
Plans for The Brilliant Coup well underway
SCUMM-styled point-and-click British crime comedy adventure coming to Steam in 2024... Read more
Pine Hearts to spring up in early 2024
Cozy isometric cartoon adventure coming soon to Windows PC on Steam... Read more
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami to be served up on PC
Cartoony animal deduction adventure from the creator of Kraken Academy coming early next year... Read more
Happy Hotspot Holidays 2023 – A Developer Season’s Greetings Video
'Tis the season for our annual collection of holiday video greetings from all manner of developers, from genre legends to solo indies and everything in between, many of them with top new games released in the last calendar year... Read more
Demo served up by The Crimson Maid
Supernatural murder mystery from the creators of Last Days of Lazarus coming to PC and consoles in 2024... Read more
Lust of God to be fulfilled on PC
Lovecraftian erotic thriller to continue story begun in Lust for Darkness and Lust from Beyond... Read more