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The Classic Gamers Guild Podcost goes to Monkey Island – twice!
Anna Vigue and The Phantom Fellows designer Paul Korman take a break from Sierra for a long-overdue visit to the first two LucasArts piratey classics... Read more
Why The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour deserve better... and why they don't
In his latest "fair and balanced retrospective" video, Space Quest Historian sets his sights on Trilobyte's classic – or maybe not so classic? – 1993 adventure game and its sequel to find out why they seem to attract a lot of hate from modern reviewers. ... Read more
AdventureGameGeek's top games of 2024
In his latest amusing video, AdventureGameGeek narrows down the many great releases of 2024 to a personal top five adventure games (plus honorable mentions). ... Read more
The Hotspot Highlights – The Best Adventure Games of 2024
To close out 2024, we celebrate the very best adventure games released in the past twelve months, counting down to our #1 Adventure Game of the Year... Read more
Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum – A Fair & Balanced Retrospective
The Space Quest Historian is back with his next deep dive retrospective of the Tex Murphy series, this time for the vastly improved, if still more than a little janky second game. ... Read more
Even MORE King's Quest IV details
Following his ALMOST exhaustive exploration of King's Quest IV, OneShortEye is back to fill in the remaining gaps with another insightfully detailed look at The Perils of Rosella... Read more
Now showing: Fogtown TV pilot – Mystery of the Moth Napper!
The first episode of the whimsical Sherblock Holmes-inspired puppet series debuts worldwide today, completely free to all on YouTube... Read more
Classic Gamers Guild Podcast – New old games and ranking non-Sierra/LucasArts adventures
In a fun month of new podcasts, Anna Vigue and The Phantom Fellows creator Paul Korman rank some games made by neither Sierra nor LucasArts, then explore a fan-made remake, a demake and a voice mod for various beloved Sierra classics. (Because a whole month without Sierra was just too much to bear.) ... Read more
Why timers in Sierra games are so broken
Many Sierra VGA remakes from 1991-1996 are so infamously plagued with timer problems that it's a mystery how they ever got out the door in the first place. In his latest video,the Space Quest Historian takes a look at why this happened, using the black sheep of the Space Quest family as an example... Read more
Gabriel Knight sightseeing in New Orleans
A vacation to visit the locations that inspired Sins of the Fathers may be the next best thing to actually being in a Gabriel Knight adventure. ... Read more
The Dirty Secrets of King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
You thought you already knew King's Quest IV inside and out? In his latest video, OneShortEye highlights in detail all the "dirty secrets" the game conceals that aren't quite as family friendly as its reputation suggests, whether from secret game mechanics, hidden developer messages or funny words that confuse the internal swear detection, dead ends, not-so-random RNG elements, and less than optimal endings. ... Read more
Tex Murphy: Mean Streets – A Fair & Balanced Retrospective
Mean Streets was a highly flawed but intriguing introduction to the world of Tex Murphy, and the Space Quest Historian takes us on a fascinating look back to 1989 and a game that was far ahead of its time. ... Read more
AdventureX 2024 Steam event is underway!
The UK narrative games convention is digital-only this year on Steam, with over 140 games and dozens of great panels lined up, running from November 4 - 11, 2024... Read more
