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AGD Interactive

AGD Interactive

AGD Interactive (or Anonymous Game Developer Interactive) is a name that is likely familiar to both the adventure gaming community and the indie game development scene. The group, formerly known as Tierra Entertainment (a parody of Sierra Entertainment), is best known for releasing 2 highly acclaimed fan remakes of King’s Quest games—King’s Quest I VGA and King’s Quest II+ VGA. The same group,…

interview  Posted by Jonathan Yalon.
Bill Fisher

Bill Fisher

William R. Fisher may not be a name instantly recognizable by adventure game fans—his initials, however, may be. He is founder of WRF Studios, a small game company named after his own initials, and an independent adventure game developer working more or less in solo on his own games. He is the author of Last Half of Darkness: Shadows of the Servant (2005) and Last Half of Darkness: Beyond the…

interview  Posted by Erik-André Vik Mamen.
Grim Fandango

Grim Fandango retro

Grim Fandango is a classic that is not only among the greatest adventure games ever made but also among the greatest stories ever told. It is rare for a game to maintain an everlasting eminence such that it can still best more contemporary titles year after year. Indeed, there are only a few games that, no matter how old, can sustain the quality or appeal that goes far beyond what the game…

review  Posted by Stefan Lubienski.
BluMiAl Studios

BluMiAl Studios

BluMiAl Studios is a small Italian game development studio founded in 2005 by Michel Palucci and Alessio Restaino. The company’s first project, Aurora: The Secret Within, is a point-and-click 3D adventure game based on the infamous Roswell UFO incident of 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico. In July 2007, Lexicon Entertainment struck a deal with BluMiAl Studios to publish an English language translation…

interview  Posted by Philip Jong.
The rise and fall of Full Throttle: a conversation with Bill Tiller

The rise and fall of Full Throttle: a conversation with Bill Tiller

Playing Full Throttle is like tasting a rich bowl of roadhouse chili filled to the rim with biker gangs, chick mechanics (covered in engine grease too), and truckers with badass tattoos. An action packed, comical (albeit short), animated graphical adventure set in the backdrop of an apocalyptic future, Full Throttle touches on the subculture of motorcycle gangs and their steel horses. It is also…

feature  Posted by Marshall Ratliff, Philip Jong.

Past Favorites

Roberta Williams

Roberta Williams

No adventure game designer had ever achieved the level of success as Roberta Heuer Williams (Roberta Williams) had. Born in 1953, she and her husband Ken Williams co-founded On-Line Systems, which later became Sierra On-Line, when she was only 26. Mystery House, which she wrote in 1979, was the first graphic adventure game ever created for the PC. Her portfolio of games, spanning over nearly 20…

interview  Posted by Philip Jong.

A guide to create the ideal adventure game

What is an ideal adventure game? The answer to this question has eluded adventure game designers, developers, and players. Many so-called adventure games of today have blurred the line that, in the past, has so clearly defined the adventure genre of yesteryear. Recently, I have taken an interest in the issue, mostly to see if it is possible to reestablish this missing line. The goal of this…

feature  Posted by David Tanguay.

Random Picks

Zork: The Undiscovered Underground

Zork: The Undiscovered Underground retro

Infocom is a legend in the realm of interactive fiction. Among the text adventure titles that have defined this genre, the Zork series is the most famous. Zork: The Undiscovered Underground is the official prequel to Zork Grand Inquisitor and returns to the legendary past of the series. In the classic style of the original Infocom games, this is a pure text adventure title. Albeit gamers who are…

review  Posted by Ernest Petti.