Adventure Game Hotspot

Search

Jack Allin

Jack Allin avatar image
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. 

Contact Jack Allin

Posts by Jack Allin

Bent Oak Island growing closer to release

Bent Oak Island growing closer to release

Retro point-and-click indie adventure starring fraternal twins coming this year to Windows PC... Read more

Kickstarter emerges from At the Sea of Madness

Kickstarter emerges from At the Sea of Madness

Lovecraft-inspired point-and-click horror adventure coming to PC and mobile devices this year... Read more

Spiritless Ltd. open for business on Steam

Spiritless Ltd. open for business on Steam

Demo for comedic hand-drawn ghostbusting adventure also available for download on Windows and Mac... Read more

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

Steam Puzzle Fest demo reveals How 2 Escape

Steam Puzzle Fest demo reveals How 2 Escape

Co-op escape game puzzler to launch this year for PC and consoles alongside free mobile companion app... 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