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
Clues point to 2025 release of Agatha Christie – Death on the Nile
Microids reimagining of the famous whodunit to be set in the 1970s with a new second playable character... Read more
Sweet first taste of Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland served up
Language-driven overhead pixel art adventure inspired by true events coming to PC and Xbox next year... Read more
Early glimpse shows How Was Your Day? looking good so far
Culturally diverse, supernatural time-looping mystery from New Zealand coming soon to Windows and Mac on Steam... Read more
Open Roads review
Open Roads is a short but emotionally stirring character drama that is, fittingly, more about the journey than the destination, without so much as a speed bump challenge to slow you down in the latest narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home... Read more
TOEM 2 announcement provides new reason to smile
Sequel to cozy 2021 black-and-white isometric photography adventure coming to PC and consoles in 2026... Read more
Duck Detective to soar again in The Ghost of Glamping
Sequel to popular cozy deduction mystery The Secret Salami coming to PC in 2025... Read more
First details leak out from Escape Simulator 2
Sequel to popular 2021 solo or multiplayer co-op escape room puzzler in development for Windows, Mac and Linux... Read more
Portrait of a Torn completely assembled on Windows PC
Steam demo also available for psychological puzzle-adventure from the creators of Seven Doors and Charon's Staircase... Read more
Beyond Blue to resurface next month with VR-exclusive sequel After the Storm
Follow-up to E-Line Media's immersive 2020 ocean exploration adventure coming in January to the Meta Store... Read more
Details go public for A Week in the Life of Asocial Giraffe
Upcoming cartoon animal adventure blends point-and-click comedy gameplay with stealth objectives... Read more
First details dug up for Mesektet
Point-and-click pixel art thriller unveiled by the creator of The Castle and The Legend of Skye... Read more
First details unlocked for Lost Key: The Path of Illumination
Point-and-click pixel art murder mystery unveiled by the creators of The Adventures of the Black Hawk... Read more
Enigma of Fear ready for conquering on Windows PC
Paranormal survival horror blending pixel art characters and 3D environments available now on Steam... Read more
Neon Blood spills onto PC and consoles
Neo-noir adventure-RPG hybrid available now digitally worldwide and in physical format for PS5 and Switch in Europe... Read more
The Adventures of Zomboy to be revived next month in commercial remake
Enhanced update of 2012 "bite-sized" post-apocalyptic freeware Flash game coming December 19th to Steam... Read more