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Mindjacking, Puzzle Solving, Pixel P & C Fun (DEMO style)
I just finished the demo for Technobabylon which you can get off their website or on STEAM: Official website: http://www.technobabylon-game.com/demo Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/371800/ It was one of the best p & c demos I’ve played yet. It was an amazing teaser … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, adventure game, technobabylon, wadjeteye, wadjeteye games
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I hope I can afford an Afterlife train ticket (Grim Fandango Remastered overview)
In 1998 I was in third year of college and working hard. I’m not even sure how I found time for video games, but I did and on top of that heap was Grim Fandango. Up to that point I … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure games, doublefine, doublefine games, grim fandango, lucasarts, tim schafer
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Tim Schafer Games: the History of, and my Love of BROKEN AGE
Double Fine Adventure was what turned me into a Kickstarter fiend for a few months. The only thing that ended that fun was a mix of finances and seeing certain projects I funded just take way too long. Still I … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, broken age, double fine, double fine adventure, doublefine games, games, history, reds, review, tim schafer
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Cognitive Reasoning Turns Its Final Time
When things end, especially serials we hope that even if they end with room for more, they offer a satisfying ending. One we can contemplate and understand what has come and what may come. With so many series recently ending … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure games, cognition, erica reed, phoenix online studios
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Ba Dum, Chimk, Tzzt… Feel the Beat, of Beat Buddy
This first time I tried out BEATBUDDY was a long time ago, or least a year. They had a pre-alpha demo on STEAM that was designed to literally just get you excited and it did. It looked really cool right … Continue reading
How Many Hits Can You Get? A Combo Crew review
One of the biggest things that have become a regular part of life over here at Pop-Culture Spectrum is mobile gaming. I’m grabbing my iPhone and playing things like Robot Unicorn, Whale Trail, Punch Quest, Middle Manager of Justice, Eyelord … Continue reading
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Tagged android, combo crew, iphone, mobile, squids, the game bakers
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COGNITION: Looking through the chapters
Through three chapters the saga of Erica Reed, a paranormal detective in the series of COGNITION has grown in amazing ways. In episode three brand new developments to gameplay as well as story bring things to amazing climax which in … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure game, cognition, erica reed, phoenix online studios, pos studios
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Spelling Words, Making Magic. A Game Not To Miss!
I have never been good at word finders, and I actually not even really good at Scrabble. I miss those large scoring words, because even though I know them, the scrabble part of it always confuses me. Yet I play … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, adventure game, games, spellirium, ugags, untold, words
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Best Point n Click/Adventure Games of 2012/Early 2013
In 2012 the point n click adventure game of yesteryear saw a true resurgence. This return to a beloved game form that had been more cultist and present over in Europe for the last few years started making mainstream breakthroughs … Continue reading
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A Look at Independent Games that Are My Fancy
Independent video games have tons of soul, but finding ones that truly call to me are difficult. Finding video games that I want period are difficult, but they do exist. I generally enjoy point n’ click adventures, third person action … Continue reading
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Tagged games, gaming, independent, indie, video games
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