Jack Allin

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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Posts by Jack Allin

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

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

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

Bye Sweet Carole introduced for 2024 release

Traditionally animated horror fairy tale from the creator of Remothered blends classic adventuring with stealth and platforming... Read more

The Question of Review Bias

Does bias negatively (or positively) impact a review unfairly? What does it mean for a writer to be truly "objective?" It's a very important topic to us as journalists, so this week we explore these questions and more from an editor's perspective. Bonus top five: Games and movie reviews we personally disagree with. (Because that's okay!)... Read more

Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot set to return for The London Case

Sequel to 2021's The First Cases coming this summer to PC, PlaySation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch platforms... Read more

Paws of Coal to be unearthed on Steam next month

Animal-themed narrative adventure in the Trip the Ark Fantastic universe coming May 1st on PC... Read more

Interior Worlds is out on Windows PC

Demo also available for short photographic "exploration adventure" through liminal spaces on Steam... Read more

Sherlock Holmes takes on The Case of the Hung Parliament in VR

Single or multiplayer live-action deduction mystery available via AppLab and SideQuest on the Meta Store... Read more

An interview with Jane Jensen, legendary designer of the Gabriel Knight trilogy ... and beyond?

With her husband Robert Holmes Kickstarting a new music album of original game themes, this seemed like a perfect time to touch base and get her perspective on things and discuss their plans for the future – plans that they've made no secrets about hoping could ultimately lead to that long-awaited new Gabriel Knight sequel... Read more

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