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Dracula: Origin Review of PC Game
The Dracula: Origin PC game is a new point and click adventure game following Dracula's archrival Van Helsing in a quest to prevent the vampire from wreaking bloody ruin
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The Adventures of Grim Fandango
Grim Fandango included a compelling storyline, many puns and gags, good humor, and challenging game play in an attempt to revive the genre.
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Wintermute: Free 2D Game Engine Review
Wintermute is a free 2D adventure game maker which provides an interface for developing graphical point and click video games in the style of Myst and Monkey Island.
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Adventure Game Overclocked Review
Overclocked: A History Of Violence is a dark psychological thriller of a PC adventure game with some innovative features based on character switching gameplay
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An Adventure Game to Play in the Dark
'Midnight Raiders' is especially good to play when there is a large group of people camping together.
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Letter Adjacency Word Generation
Technical article discussing the use of letter adjacency in natural language word generation. Useful backgrounder for RPG designers or those needing large amounts of computer generated language.
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LoTechComp II - Start Your Engines!
Why the world still needs more Choose-Your-Own Adventure-style computer games.
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Monkey Island Leads Adventure Game Revival
After dominating the industry in the early '90s with its point-and-click adventure games, LucasArts is reintroducing one of its landmark titles for a new generation.
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Multimedia IF: Pitfalls and Prospects
Can traditional interactive fiction incorporate multimedia elements - pictures, photos, sound effects, music and so on - without Selling Out To The Man?
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Multiple-Choice Adventure Engines
Two nifty new applications have been published for writers who want to create "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure" style games.
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Sherlock Holmes: the Awakened
Gamespot's 2007 Game of the Year featured Doyle's detective tracking down a Cthulhu cult. The game offers an exciting combination of horror and mystery.
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Sam and Max: Season One Review
A beloved Point 'n Click classic not only makes a comeback good enough to satiate nostalgic adventure gamers' appetites, but updates the genre for newcomers.
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How to Play Interactive Fiction
Knowing the standard commands and conventions of text adventures greatly helps players to play within the bounds of the interaction available in the game.
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IF Competition 2006 Results
The top seven games of this IFComp are all exceptionally good games. Two are by well-known authors in the community, and two by first-time IF authors.
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Monkey Island: Special Edition Review
Almost twenty years after its original release, The Secret of Monkey Island benefits from a new coat of paint and a tune-up in this enhanced reissue.
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Sneak Preview: The Curse of Monkey Island (Part 1)

Tomb Raider Underworld Review
Bounding off of Legend and Anniversary, Tomb Raider's adventure gameplay is pushed further in Underworld, but the game still fails as an action title.
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Wizard Quest
Play an interactive game like no other. Use your physical might, your powers of observation, and your thinking skills to answer questions and rescue four hidden wizards.
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Resident Evil 5 Review
Resident Evil 5 brings more intense action to the classic horror series and crafts an impressive cooperative experience, but at the cost of the singleplayer component.
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Voltranic Reviews
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What's in Santa's Sack?
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Action and Adventure Online Gaming
Online action and adventure gaming are hugely popular. Smart gamers understand, however, it's not all fun and games. They must be attentive to cost, security, and more.
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Companies in the Computer Game Industry: LucasArts
LucasArts - A company producing quality games containing great storytelling, and the newest in technology.
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Dragon Ball Origins Review
Dragon Ball Origins is a surprisingly faithful adaptation of the TV series and a technical achievement among DS games.
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Game Classic: Maniac Mansion
Reviving classic games is now big business. In the first of a series, Suite101 writer Robert Janelle looks back at one of his all-time favorite games: Manic Mansion.
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Games and Gifts
Some seasonal reflections on the intimate connection between gift-giving and game design.
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How To Have a Dora The Explorer Birthday Party
Use Dora, The Map, Backpack, and Boots from the popular kids' show Dora the Explorer to plan a birthday celebration that any young adventurer will love.
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Mountains on the Left, Ruins on the Right
Tolkien Enterprises recently moved to protect its trademarks in the gaming marketplace. Can they really prevent the gaming community from exercising its imagination, or are they just delaying the inevitable?
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Pesona 4 Playstation 2 Review
Atlus streamlines Persona 3's blend of text adventure and role playing to make its sequel one of the best RPGs of 2008.
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Text Adventures Still Around
Everything is becoming more graphic intensive. Even operating systems. But one gamer sub-culture doesn't care. In fact, they don't need graphics at all.
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A few big companies giving out freeware: Classics such as Zork 1

And the Winner is . . .
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E3 - the games
Today's article showcases some of the top games seen at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.
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Introduction to Video Games
Does your boyfriend play countless video games for hours on end? Make him share: try a little gaming yourself...
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Review: SubCulture - Part 1
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Understanding the Genres of Modern Video Games
While often unconsidered when doing research on any given title, the genre of a game actually influences the gameplay, storyline, and player immersion a great deal.
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New Toys in the Toybox
Tools for interactive fiction and LARP creation
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Two authors enter computer gaming world: Adams and Clancy develo
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A Big Outdoor Game
A noisy outdoor game to test mental and physical skills.
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Biohazard - Resident Evil: Code Veronica Initial Impressions
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Classic Reviews #3: NiGHTS
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Dead Rising 2 Rises from the Grave
Game publisher Capcom has confirmed that Dead Rising 2 is indeed in development for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
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Downloads and Dragons: Look what they've done to Fantasy, ma
A review of the Dungeons and Dragons trailer and how it fits into the emergence of fantasy adventure movies as potential top box office material.
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Free Dead Space Downloads for the XBOX 360
A look at the free downloads available for the Xbox 360 game, Dead Space.
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Games for the Outdoors
Whether played in the backyard or on a beach or in the wide green spaces after a picnic, these games are sure to please.
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Got Game?
Platforms and the internet are offering the best of the game world - this month's focus.
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Halloween brought bad news
Papyrus and SegaSoft lays off workers; Interplay scraps a game and a division, DWANGO and the US Subspace are shut down for good.
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