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Review: David vs Goliath – a Righteous Tale

By On July 7, 2014 ·

Of all the Bible-based computer games I’ve had my eye for a while, few have got me as excited as Righteous Tales – David vs Goliath. Until they actually get released, one can never be entirely sure how seriously to take them, but from all of the pre-release material this game looked like it […]

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The Greatest Adventure – Stories from the Bible

By On March 3, 2011 · 1 Comment

I suspect that – at least on some subconscious level – one of the inspirations for the Old Testament adventure game I’m working on was the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible. Produced during the mid-80s, the series chronicles the adventures of two archaeologists, Derek and Margo, […]

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Machinarium: Game Review

By On February 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

One of the great advantages of developing Ebenezer, my Old Testament adventure game, is the excuse it gives me to periodically “do research” by playing other adventure games that are out there and seeing some of the different approaches that people take. For a while now I’ve been eager to play Machinarium, a […]

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Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge

By On March 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment

What was so special about Monkey Island 2?

Well, if you haven’t heard the news already, LucasArts are releasing a special edition remastered version of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge. Originally released in 1991, it is regarded by many fans as the greatest of the Monkey Island games, and perhaps even one of the […]

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Adam’s Venture Episode 1 Review

By On October 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

A Genuinely Good Bible-Based Video Game? Surely Not!

It was with some excitement that I came across the website for Iceberg Interactive’s new game Adam’s Venture Episode 1: The Search for the Lost Garden. As I’ve shared previously, the landscape of the Christian video game market is littered with less-than-stellar experiences, and though […]

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Beneath A Steel Sky

By On August 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment

After hearing about the upcoming rerelease of Beneath a Steel Sky for the iPhone later this year, I’ve been replaying this old classic using ScummVM. Beneath a Steel Sky was one of my favourite games as a kid, with its haunting dystopian vision of the future firmly entrenched in my memory, clearly taking […]

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The Secret of Monkey Island

By On July 15, 2009 · 1 Comment

What made this classic gaming franchise so enduring?

Nineteen years ago, in 1990, Lucasfilm Games released the first instalment in what would become one their most beloved series of games ever: The Secret of Monkey Island. Almost two decades later, LucasArts will today be releasing a “reimagined” Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, with […]

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The Glory of Day of the Tentacle

By On March 4, 2009 ·

What Adventure Game makers can learn from LucasArts’ classic Introduction

There’s no doubt in my mind that the greatest Point & Click adventure game of all time, leagues ahead of all competition, is Day of the Tentacle, by LucasArts. Released in June 1993, it was rated as the #1 Adventure Game of […]

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